Gareth Evans

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT GARETH EVANS

Persuasive and meticulous, I am an insightful and client-facing sustainable investment analyst with 19 years’ international experience driving performance and growth in market share for equity investment and commodities trading specialists. My detailed grasp of performance drivers with particular expertise in climate and sustainability considerations, including reporting under the FCA’s SDR and TCFD frameworks, is complemented by the proven ability to engage effectively with a range of stakeholders on investment strategies and evolving market opportunities. In my role at Baillie Gifford as their sustainability expert, I guided investment decisions and ensured we obtained the FCA’s SDR ‘Focus’ label for the flagship,$1.5BN Sustainable Growth portfolio. I also engaged with the senior leadership teams of portfolio companies to assess and challenge on governance quality and energy transition / climate strategy credibility. As a thought leader, I educated clients and colleagues on regulatory changes and trained juniors on the integration of sustainability into broader risk analysis, as well as raising ESG literacy across the investment teams.My breadth of experience includes much broader Global Equity Analysis from five years at Walter Scott & Partners, in addition to years in commodity trading, notably with Trafigura in Geneva and Singapore. As well as demonstrating my adaptability and talent for quickly adding value, these experiences have refined my financial literacy and enabled me to translate the impact of a range of factors into actionable insights. I am an able presenter who communicates informative narratives to stakeholders from different backgrounds and with varying technical abilities.I am valued for my ability to build consensus, engaging diplomatically with differing views and challenging established market views constructively to achieve broader buy-in to strategies and trade ideas.