Rachel Tinkler has joined Mint Asset Management in the newly created role as head of responsible investment.
Tinkler comes to Mint following a five-year stint at Milford Asset Management where she most recently served as a sustainable investment analyst.
Prior to Milford, the law graduate spent over a year at consultancy firm, PwC, in a tax associate position.
According to a Mint release, Tinkler will “drive responsible practices and lead the company in its corporate responsibility initiatives”.
“She will be responsible for further developing the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors and strategy across the Mint portfolios,” the Mint statement says.
“Rachel holds key experience in ESG analysis and process integration, stewardship and engagement, sustainability disclosures and reporting, and critical evaluation of regulatory changes in Aotearoa’s environmental, social and cultural landscape.”
At Milford, Tinkler helped implement the boutique manager’s responsible investment strategy with other duties including publication of inaugural ESG engagement disclosure documents.
Mint has also hired Sam Arcand as an analyst in the Australasian equities team.
Arcand, who has both law and commerce degrees, also previously worked at PwC in Auckland as a senior analyst.
Mint has refreshed its investment team of late following the departure of CIO, Anthony Halls, in August; promoting former analyst, Michael Kenealy, to portfolio manager, and hiring Ryan Falls as a senior analyst.
Now part of the diversified financial services firm, Amplifi, Mint has about $2 billion in funds under management including a more than $630 million local equities mandate from the NZ Superannuation Fund.