MOVES-Standard Life Investments appoints governance director

LONDON, Jan 24 (IFR) - Standard Life Investments, the UK-based investment manager, has appointed Deborah Gilshan as governance and stewardship director to strengthen its ESG investment team.

Gilshan will report to Euan Stirling, head of stewardship and ESG (environmental, social and governance) investment and will actively engage with companies, their boards and regulators on governance issues, SLI said on Tuesday.

She (Munich: SOQ.MU - news) will join in May from RPMI Railpen, where she is head of sustainable ownership. Gilshan is also a member of the steering committee of the 30% Club, a global initiative to promote diversity, and co-chairs the 30% Club's institutional investor group in Britain.

"As active investment managers, engagement continues to be at the heart of our approach to ESG matters and it is important for us to influence the standards of governance that apply," said Stirling. (Reporting by Steve Slater)