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Höppner will retain her fundraising and investor relations responsibilities – unusual for CSOs, who typically work in operational, dealmaking or portco management teams.

Marie Luchet has left her role as director of continental Europe at the PRI.

The new hire will lead the firm’s investments in the space, including an expansion from the UK to continental Europe later this year.

Claire Hedley most recently led GSAM’s ESG client strategy group in London and was responsible for the asset manager’s client facing and commercial ESG efforts across EMEA.

A conversation with two Rubensteins shows how the industry changes, and how it stays the same.

Joohee Rand is an impact investing and philanthropy consulting veteran.

Kristina Kloberdanz joins Macquarie Asset Management as CSO – replacing Chris Leslie, who will support investment activities at Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, a source close to the firm says.

ICG has appointed Barclays’ Elsa Palanza as global head of sustainability & ESG from Barclays, while Eimear Palmer joins Pantheon’s investment team as global head of ESG.

Cubera, a longtime secondaries investor, is raising its first primaries impact fund and plans to 'explicitly address and manage the sustainability performance' of all its funds, says Bitterling.

Generation IM’s offshoot Just Climate is preparing to launch multiple thematic funds addressing emerging and developed markets.