Kathleen is a Senior Sustainability Manager in Active Ownership within the Investments Vector Sustainability Group. Kathleen engages with companies on ESG issues on behalf of the different asset classes. Kathleen joined abrdn in 2019 from Kempen Capital Management where she worked as a Senior Sustainable Investment Manager. Prior to this, she worked for Matheson Investment Management ( part of Jardine Fleming) as an Associate Director and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) as an Investment Director covering mainly European companies. Kathleen graduated with a Master’s degree at Brussels University in Commercial Management Engineering (Etudes de Solvay). She is also an associate member of the CFA, having completed the Institute of Investment Management exams before the Institute converted to the CFA.