Miranda Beacham

Miranda Beacham

Head of UK Responsible Investment.

Bio

Miranda Beacham is Head of UK Responsible Investment. She is responsible for ESG integration, voting and engagement. Her role involves overseeing the environmental, social and governance research process for ethical and sustainable funds. She also oversees the stewardship activities, supports the ESG integration processes and further research in ESG issues for all equity investments across the firm. Miranda is responsible for the monitoring and engagement of the ESG approaches and performance of investee companies in line with the firm’s responsible investment policies. She leads engagement activities with public policy makers and investee companies on issues such as board structure, remuneration, environmental impact and social practice. She sits on the stewardship committee and chairs the remuneration and share schemes committees at the Investment Association in the UK. Prior to joining the team, she was a research assistant in the UK equity team and she co-founded the UK responsible investment team in 2000. Miranda joined the industry and the firm in 1995. She studied chemistry at Napier University in Edinburgh and has the IMC professional qualification.