Appointment strengthens capabilities for navigating clients in the impact investment landscape
SYDNEY, 22 APRIL 2024
Sustainability and impact investment expert Désirée Lucchese has joined the Board of Impact Alpha Partners as a Non-Executive Director. Désirée’s appointment will strengthen the firm’s capability to assist clients in navigating the impact investing landscape.
Impact Alpha Partners (IAP) was founded with the mission to partner with investors and help drive impact and alpha in investment outcomes.
Désirée is a highly accomplished responsible investment professional with a demonstrated track record of integrating sustainability best practice and innovation within various organisations. Désirée is an influential voice in the rapid evolution of responsible investment standards and reporting frameworks.
Désirée currently serves as a Sustainability Manager at MLC Life Insurance. Prior to this, Désirée was the Head of Ethics and Impact at U Ethical Investors and an ESG Consultant at MSCI ESG Research. Désirée is an Honorary Associate of the Finance Department at UTS Business School and a Sustainability and Social Impact Industry Mentor at RMIT.
Désirée has served as an advisor to Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) Technical Expert Groups and has collaborated on stewardship initiatives with the Investor Group for Climate Change (IGCC) and Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking (IAST). Since 2011, Désirée has been an Al Gore Climate Ambassador.
Non-Executive Director Désirée Lucchese commented: “There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come,” wrote Victor Hugo during times of great turmoil. That is my view of investment with impact today. We are now at a crossroads: rising climate risks increasing the potential for hot-house disasters, versus promising technological progress in the clean economy transformation and innovations in policies and markets. The scale of socio-economic change and disruption for society and the natural world will require unprecedented ingenuity and business resilience. Positive change requires courage and humility, which IAP will bring to this space.”
Managing Director Andrew Huang said: “We are excited to have an individual of Désirée’s calibre lend her knowledge and support towards our company mission. Désirée’s deep and cross-disciplinary expertise, which spans environmental science & systems, climate risk evaluations, and sustainable finance frameworks will provide invaluable guidance for IAP and our clients to appropriately and credibly navigate the impact investing ecosystem.”
Further enquiries:
Andrew Huang
M: +61 432 388 964
E: ahuang@impactalphapartners.com.au
About Impact Alpha Partners
Impact Alpha Partners is a newly established investment solutions firm based in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. IAP’s mission is to effectively partner with investors and help drive impact and alpha in investment outcomes.
