UBS Asset Management has hired Narina Mnatsakanian (pictured) in the newly-created role of head of impact investing.

Reporting to head of sustainable investing Lucy Thomas and based in the Amsterdam office, Mnatsakanian will lead the expansion of the group’s impact investment offering, research and impact measurement capabilities.

Previously, Mnatsakanian led sustainability and impact investments at Van Lanschot Kempen, and was portfolio manager of the Kempen Global Impact Pool, multi asset impact fund. She has also worked in private equity fund of funds, a Dutch pension fund asset manager and was head of global networks & outreach at the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).