Aniket Shah
Aniket Shah is the Head of Sustainability and ESG Research, Americas at UBS. He is a distinguished practitioner in the sustainable finance space and has spent his career at the intersection of public policy, global finance, and academia. Shah devoted nearly a decade to leading development finance initiatives around the world. His work spans investment banking, asset management, macroeconomic research, and policy advice. While doing this, Shah has worked in over 30 countries. He is also a lead researcher for various publications on economic and financial development.
Aniket Shah Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Head of Sustainability and ESG Research, Americas
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Analyst
Academic History
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PhD, Economic Geography
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BA, Political Science
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
- Shah is a Senior Fellow at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment.
- He is Senior Advisor for Sustainable Finance at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
- He is the International Treasurer of Amnesty International.
- He is a member of the Young Professional Board of the International Rescue Committee.
- He is a member of the National Council of World Wildlife Fund USA and The Economic Club of New York.
- He is on the Board of Directors of Shared-Interest and the Deer Iland Corporation.
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
- As the Head of Sustainable Investing at OppenheimerFunds, he was responsible for working with portfolio managers and investment product specialists to further integrate sustainable Investing practices across all aspects of the firm’s business activities.
- As an investment professional and strategist at Investec Asset Management, he advised some of the world’s largest institutional investors on how to develop long-term portfolio investment strategies with a focus on emerging markets and the Africa opportunity set.
- As an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, he focused on mergers and acquisitions in the Financial Services Group.
OTHERS
- He is the Lead Author of the report titled Africa and the United States: A Defining Relationship of the 21st Century, a collaborative study between Investec Asset Management and the US Chamber of Commerce.
- He is the Co-Editor of Learning from the World: New Ideas to Redevelop America.
- He is a frequent contributor to Institutional Investor’s Global Market Thought Leadership series, where he writes on asset allocation topics for investors globally.
- He has published books, reports, and articles on a variety of topics pertaining to sustainable development and financial markets.
- He was a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship and won various academic and leadership awards at Yale.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.