State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation, has appointed Xinting Jia as it ESG investment strategist for Asia Pacific. In this newly created role, she will report globally to Karen Wong, global head of ESG and sustainable investing, and regionally to Michele Barlow, head of strategy and research for Asia-Pacific.
Jia, based in Melbourne, will work with clients in Asia-Pacific to support the firm’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies, and develop bespoke solutions to address ESG and performance goals.
She joins the company from CareSuper, an industry superannuation fund in Australia, where she was an ESG specialist, leading the firm's ESG policy formation, implementation and stewardship. Prior to that, she was head of responsible investment in Asia at Mercer Investments. At Mercer, Jia advised and helped Asian institutional investors integrate ESG factors into their investment processes.
