Toby Belsom has spent 30 years in fund management, ESG and investment research at Aviva Investors, Henderson Investors, UN Principles for Responsible Investment and ShareAction. His first financial sector role in 1996 was as an analyst on one of the leading ESG teams in Europe. He worked with the same team for over 10 years before moving to a listed equity portfolio management role for a further 10 years. Over the last 5 years he has managed a 12 strong team at UN Principles of Responsible Investment which develops market guidance to support signatories across asset classes and strategies in their response to regulation such as SFDR and commitments such as net zero. Recent publications have covered responsible investment in venture capital & private debt and human rights & private markets. His team is also develops content for PRI’s annual reporting framework. He also sits on the Advisory Boards for the ESG data business Novata and investor relations business CEN Advisory.