Stephanie Weston joins PGGM

Stephanie Weston - the doyenne of superannuation and champion of sustainability - has joined PGGM in the Netherlands as the pension fund's head of client portfolio analysis and management.

In a LinkedIn post, Weston says she is thrilled that her new role will be integral to ensuring a total portfolio approach.

TPA incorporates impact factors on an equal footing with risk and return objectives.

"I feel particularly lucky to be able to combine this wonderful career opportunity with family commitments; our older son is a talented cyclist based in the Netherlands," she said,

Weston has over 20 years' experience in the banking and financial services sector.

Her most recent executive role was head of portfolio design at HESTA.

Before that she was an independent member on the AustralianSuper Investment Committee.

Weston has recently been a board member of the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute.

Previous roles include investment management director at Genworth Australia and a similar role at AMP.

She has spent five years at Mercer and 15 years at the Reserve Bank of Australia, covering portfolio management and asset allocation.

Commenting on her new job, Weston pointed to PGGM as being known for "walking the talk" when it comes to impact investing and in particular following the UNPRI Sustainable Development Goals in their portfolio implementation.

"Along with AustralianSuper, BCIM and APG, PGGM established the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform.

"The platform's standard and artificial-intelligence driven data enables investors to assess companies on their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

"As investors, we know that what can be measured can be managed; and the platform is now used by many pension and superannuation funds globally as well as other market participants such as Bridgewater and BlackRock."