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Stephanie Maier

Stephanie Maier - Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment


Stephanie Maier is Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment, responsible for leading GAM’s sustainable and ESG (environmental, social and governance) strategy.

Stephanie joined GAM Investments in January 2021 from HSBC Global Asset Management, where she was Director for Responsible Investment. Prior to that, she spent seven years at Aviva Investors, latterly as Head of Responsible Investment Strategy and Research, and was formerly Head of Research for EIRIS, an ESG research and consultancy firm. Stephanie holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London, a BA in Biological Sciences from Oxford University and the Investment Management Certificate (IMC). She is based in London.

Stephanie Maier

My Insights

Investment Opinions

5 min read

It’s time to rethink how we see nature
05 May 2023

The world is in the midst of a nature crisis that cannot be ignored. GAM Investments’ Stephanie Maier considers the intrinsic link between nature loss and climate change and explores what financial decision makers across the world can do to tackle the systemic challenge of nature loss and degradation.

Investment Opinions

6 min read

The lesson for Europe in the Inflation Reduction Act? Invest smarter.
21 April 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act represents perhaps the most significant shift in green investment in the 21st century. GAM Investments’ Stephanie Maier examines the implications of the Act for Europe and why the European Union’s response to the legislation presents an opportunity.

GAM Explains

8 min read

GAM Explains: Diversity
07 March 2023

GAM Explains: Diversity

Investment Opinions

5 min read

COP15: The journey to conserve biodiversity has just begun
04 January 2023

With humans driving a nature crisis on a scale not seen for 10 million years and the talks tasked with solving it delayed four times, a lot was resting on COP15 in Montreal. GAM Investments’ Stephanie Maier examines whether the biodiversity conference met expectations.

My Videos

Active Thinking

10:43 min watch

Sustainable Investing – Stephanie Maier
24 April 2023

Stephanie Maier highlights the legislative, policy and industry developments in sustainable investing over the last quarter in her latest Active Thinking video, as well as discussing the growing focus on biodiversity from governments and investors.

Active Thinking

10:42 min watch

Sustainable Investing – Stephanie Maier
14 February 2023

After limited outcomes from COP27, Stephanie Maier looks ahead to what we can expect from COP28, and highlights how economies are waking up to business opportunity generated by the transition to net zero.

Active Thinking

11:02 min watch

Sustainable Investing – Stephanie Maier
03 November 2022

Stephanie Maier reviews the three major trends influencing sustainable investing and discusses how the upcoming COP 27 conference in Egypt will urge governments to strengthen their national targets and commitments following the hottest European summer on record.

Active Thinking

9:27 min watch

Sustainable Investing – Stephanie Maier
21 July 2022

Stephanie Maier reviews some of the major regulatory developments in sustainable investing and how these changes may shape the future.