Manulife Asset Management names Chew as new head of ESG research

By Susanna Moon

Chicago, Oct. 3 – Manulife Asset Management has appointed Emily Chew as global head of environmental, social and corporate governance research and integration, based in Hong Kong.

Chew's appointment follows Manulife Asset Management becoming a signatory to the U.N.-sponsored Principles for Responsible Investment in 2015, according to a company announcement.

Chew was most recently head of ESG research for Asia-Pacific at MSCI Inc. Before that, she was a capital markets lawyer with Baker & McKenzie in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on funds management, capital raisings and real estate investment trusts.

She has an MBA from the University of Oxford and Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.

The appointment was effective Sept. 2, and Chew reports to Peter Mennie, senior managing director and global head of investment risk and quantitative analytics.

Manulife is the global asset management arm of Manulife and has offices in Toronto, Boston and Hong Kong.

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