BNY Mellon IM taps Lombard Odier IM for responsible strategy head

Kristina Church to join the $2.3trn firm

BNY Mellon Investment Management has appointed former Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) head of sustainable solutions, Kristina Church, as its new head of responsible strategy.

The $2.3trn firm intends to drive its positioning in the responsible investment space, and as a provider of investment solutions, following the appointment. According to BNY Mellon IM, Church will oversee client engagement, product development and contribute to public policy and initiatives, as well as advise on data and reporting. Church joins from LOIM, where she headed up sustainable solutions at the firm. Prior to that, Church spent 10 years at Barclays Capital, partly in its sustainable and thematic research team, and also as head of European automotive equity research. She...