Rathbones has boosted its stewardship team with the hiring Kazuki Shaw as a junior ESG analyst.

In his new role. Mr Shaw will supporting the wider team on its stewardship projects, and scaling up its voting and engagement activities. 

He joins Rathbones from HSBC where he worked in a sales and trading role on the global futures desk. Prior to this, he was on the equity portfolio trading desk at Credit Suisse in Tokyo.

The appoinmtment follows the earlier arrival of Andrea Marandino, who joined in the new role of ESG and stewardship analyst. 

Ms Marandino joined the team from WWF UK where she was the sustainable finance and corporate risk manager. She has also been a guest lecturer at Birkbeck college on Corporate Governance and Business Ethics.

Both new hires will report to Matt Crossman, stewardship director.

Mr Crossman said: “The need for engagement is likely to increase markedly as investors rightly demand deeper commitment from wealth managers and stronger, ongoing communication and monitoring of investee companies. We are very pleased to have brought Andrea and Kazuki onto the team, increasing resource and benefitting from the experience they bring – Andrea, from an NGO background, and Kazuki’s knowledge of international markets