Introduction
ESG Talent
The focus on valuing companies in relation to their focus on environmental, social, and governance factors has been increasing in recent years as the world turns its attention to value and impact driven investing. The global push to lower negative environmental impact, increase the social impact of business, and build a more equal world has resulted in leading investment firms looking for talented ESG investment professionals. HW Anderson has become an industry leader in the sourcing of talented investors. As an ESG executive search specialist, our network at every level across the industry offers us the ability to engage with high profile market players. Our team is committed to partnering with investment firms across the industry from private equity to hedge funds. We strive to deliver top tier talent to our clients by following our robust and competitive search methodology based on building a network and exhaustive approach.
Functional Coverage
Diverse Relationships
The global focus on improving environment, social and governance impact has presented an array of sub-focus areas in which ESG investment professionals focus their analysis when valuing a company. As more focus areas have emerged, the greater the analysis required to understand the impact of a company’s ESG focus areas. This increase in sophistication of ESG investing has fueled the demand for HW Anderson as an ESG executive search specialist to partner with clients in mapping the market, executing retained searches, and engaging in team lift outs. Our team operates globally whilst building a granular knowledge base within each trading region.
- ESG Portfolio Managers: We have expertise in finding ESG portfolio managers across varying focuses within environmental, social, and governance investment factors. This includes individuals who focus on one area, and individuals who are broad across the ESG spectrum. We have a strong track record as ESG executive search specialists finding talented revenue generators across trading regions.
- ESG Analyst: We work with analysts and researchers with varying degrees of experience who can work as part of a wider ESG team and generate valuable insights for PMs. This includes analysts who have capital deploying responsibilities, as well as those who don’t.
- ESG Data Scientist: We work with technical individuals who have a strong commercial awareness to source and streamline data pipelines to aid the decision making of the analysts and PMs. Our dedicated quantitative front office team continually maps the market and delivers high success on retained searches.
Global Strategic Relationships
Our Talent Pool
As an ESG executive search firm we operate with best in class talent across the globe in order to identify individuals for a widespread range of retained searches and team lift outs. Our strong reputation in the market allows us to build strong relationships with talented individuals throughout their career, making HW Anderson the leading ESG recruiting firm for all levels of experience.
INVESTMENT STYLE
Nuanced Knowledge
We have extensive experience headhunting Equity Sector Head’s for a variety of investment strategies. Our expertise enables candidates and clients to have a full view of the market and top talent in the space. We most commonly source our candidates from the following equities investment strategies.
LONG ONLY
LONG ONLY
Our long-only investors typically come from Asset Managers, where they take low risk views of the market, investing according to deep-value, long-term returns.
MARKET NEUTRAL
MARKET NEUTRAL
L/S market-neutral investors are H.W. Anderson’s bread and butter equities talent. We source Equity Sector Head’s with a keen eye for a market-neutral strategy, who employ fundamental low net strategies to mitigate risk factors.
DIRECTIONAL
DIRECTIONAL
We consistently source candidates and place investors into directional investing roles. In this capacity, investors deploy high conviction strategies with high volatility and a “tilt” in their book, weighting it towards long or short positions.
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Team
Our People
Within the hyper-competitive and tight-knit trading and investment community our growth as a firm since inception has been exponential and truly organic. Every specialist HW Anderson consultant has been trained in-house and from-scratch. This ensures our methodology is original and consistent and that our culture is unique. Thanks to this growth we are positioned as a leader in Trans-Atlantic front office search. With three established offices, in the USA, UK and EU, our talented team is uniquely positioned to deliver meaningful value for our clients into the future.