Co-Head of Responsible Investment, Man Group
Jason Mitchell is Head of Responsible Investment Research at Man Group and chairs Man Group’s Stewardship Committee. Jason worked at Man GLG from 2004 to 2008 as a portfolio manager. From 2008 to 2010, he advised the UK government on infrastructure development across Sub-Saharan Africa. He returned to Man GLG in 2010 as a portfolio manager, before becoming Sustainability Strategist across Man Group in 2017. Prior to Man GLG, he was a Vice President at Andor Capital Management and an investment research analyst with Pequot Capital Management. He speaks and publishes widely on responsible investment. Jason’s articles and comments on sustainable investing have been quoted in a number of top-tier publications, including Financial Times, Institutional Investor, Wall Street Journal, CNBC Squawk Box, Aftenposten and Global Times. He also hosts the award-winning podcast series, A Sustainable Future.
Jason serves on the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Investment Committee, SASB (Sustainable Accounting Standards Board) Investor Advisory Group, the CFA Institute’s ESG Technical Committee, the World Bank Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) Advisory Group, the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Academic Advisory Committee and the EFRAG (European Financial Reporting Advisory Group) Lab Steering Group. He is a contributing author to: CFA UK’s Certificate in ESG Investing Textbook (Ed. 2 & 3, 2021); Responsible Investing: A Guide to Environmental, Social, and Governance Investments (Routledge: 2018); Sustainable Investing: Revolutions in Theory and Practice (Routledge: 2017) and Evolutions in Sustainable Investing: Strategies, Funds and Thought Leadership (Wiley Finance: 2012).