Mirza Baig has been promoted by Aviva Investors to the new role of Global Head of ESG. Previously, Baig held the role of Global Head of ESG Investments, managing a team of eight sustainability specialists. He will report to Chief Executive Mark Versey and join Aviva Investors’ Executive team to lead and coordinate ESG strategy, delivery and commercialisation across the business. A key part of his new role will be to set firm-wide ESG strategy. Versey said: “I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mirza on his new role and welcome him to the Aviva Investors Executive team. Mirza’s promotion is just reward for the role he has played in driving our ESG agenda, accelerating the integration of ESG into our investment process, the build-out of our sustainable outcomes franchise and enhancing our active engagement programme.”
