Impact Cubed announced today that Helge Kostka and Owen Thiers have joined the firm as directors to support the continued expansion of its European business.
With careers spanning over two decades in finance and investment management, the executives bring a wealth of knowledge about investment management to ESG practitioners.
Prior to joining Impact Cubed, Helge was chief investment officer at a UK wealth manager and head of portfolio engineering at Deutsche Asset Management. His work with ESG investments began at Aviva, with the evolution of their equity product strategy. Helge is a Graham and Dodd Award winner and certified ESG advisor.
Owen is a specialist in investment management, having worked for more than 25 years at large global asset managers, including Citi, Deutsche Asset Management, and J.P. Morgan. Owen also served as a member of Impact Cubed’s advisory board, providing leadership to guide the firm’s strategy and most recent business expansion.
“Our team’s hands on experience with the investment process gives us a different perspective on creating ESG solutions and consistently sets us apart from other ESG data providers. Helge’s and Owen’s impressive careers and their deep body of knowledge in asset and wealth management will help drive our unique solution set in Europe,” commented Impact Cubed CEO Libby Bernick.