Amundi US Appoints Head of ESG

Amundi US today announced that Annie Chor Joyce has joined the firm as Head of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) for Amundi US, the US business of Amundi, one of the world’s ten largest asset management firms.¹ The appointment is effective December 6.

Joyce will be responsible for driving the ESG strategic direction for the US, collaborating closely with senior leadership, global ESG teams, investment management, marketing, and distribution teams across the firm globally, as well as with external industry partners. She reports jointly to Lisa Jones, President and CEO of Amundi US, and Head of the Americas, and Elodie Laugel, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Amundi based in Paris. Joyce’s appointment follows Amundi's commitment as a signatory to the United Nations-sponsored Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and recent commitment to de-carbonization efforts through its participation in the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.

Lisa Jones, said, “Annie has tremendous experience across a diverse range of organizations and issues related to responsible investing, and her background provides a strong foundation for her to lead our ESG strategy in the US. As a firm that is deeply committed to responsible investing, we continue to invest in resources aimed at strengthening our global leadership in ESG. We are confident Annie will be instrumental in leveraging Amundi’s global ESG resources and expertise for our clients.”

Joyce has a decade and a half of experience in the financial markets and sustainable investing, working with institutional and wealth investors across the impact investing spectrum in both public and private markets. She joins Amundi US from MSCI Inc., ESG Research, where she was Vice President, ESG Consultant. She led MSCI’s fixed income ESG coverage and worked closely with institutional clients on integrating ESG and climate strategies across their enterprise, investment decision-making, and product development activities.

Prior to MSCI, she worked at several impact-driven organizations, including Social Finance, a national impact finance and advisory non-profit, Éclat Impact, an impact investing fintech startup, and the World Economic Forum. Prior to this, she worked at Barclays Capital in Global Markets.

Joyce has a Dual MBA and Master of Advanced Management degree from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain and Yale University School of Management in New Haven, Connecticut. She earned a B.S. in Finance with Minors in International Studies and Human Development from Boston College.

About Amundi US

Amundi US is the US business of Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager by assets under management and ranked among the ten largest globally^[1]. Boston is one of Amundi’s six main global investment hubs^[2] and offers a broad range of fixed-income, equity, and multi-asset investment solutions in close partnership with wealth management firms, distribution platforms, and institutional investors across the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

With our financial and extra-financial research capabilities and long-standing commitment to responsible investment, Amundi is a key player in the asset management landscape. Amundi clients benefit from the expertise and advice of close to 4,800 employees in 36 countries. A subsidiary of the Crédit Agricole group and listed on the Paris stock exchange, Amundi currently manages approximately $2.09 trillion of assets.^[3]

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1. Source: IPE “Top 500 Asset Managers” published in June 2021, based on assets under management as of 12/31/2020

2. Boston, Dublin, London, Milan, Paris, and Tokyo

3. Amundi data as of 9/30/21

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