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    New ESG Head Takes Over at P+

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    Stockholm (NordSIP) – P+, the €21.5 billion Danish pension fund for academics, has appointed Christina Gordon Christiansen as its new head of responsible investments.  She takes on the role as an internal promotion, having joined P+ in July 2022 from Industriens Pension where she had been Head of ESG.  Her predecessor Kirstine Lund Christiansen has left P+ to join SEB Denmark as its new Head of Sustainable Banking.

    Commenting on the changes, P+ Chief Investment Officer Jasper Riis said: “I am pleased that Christina Gordon Christiansen has agreed to become our new head of responsible investments, and I am very pleased that we have been able to fill the position with a competence from our own ranks.  Christina has already had a great influence on the work with responsible investments in P+, where she has, among other things, been responsible for our ambitious climate efforts, and I look forward to continuing the collaboration.  I am sure that Christina’s professionalism, experience and insight into P+ will continue to benefit the pension fund in the future.”

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    Gordon Christiansen paid tribute to the departing Lund Christiansen, whose near 8-year tenure at P+ saw the fund implementing an active ownership approach to responsible investing:  “I would like to thank the organisation for the trust.  Kirstine Lund Christiansen has been a great inspiration, and I am taking over a team in absolute top form.  I look forward to continuing our ambitious work so that we can also deliver responsible pensions to the members of P+ in the future.”

    Earlier this month P+ signalled its firm commitment to the goals of the Paris climate agreement with a decision to remove all fossil fuel companies with upstream expansion plans from its investment portfolio.

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