Member ESG Advisory Committee, Financial Conduct Authority, Chair of the Board, Venture ESG
Desiree Fixler is recognized as an advocate for change and impact in the practice of ESG investing and sustainability. She works as a senior advisor to financial institutions, is a member of the U.K’s Financial Conduct Authority’s ESG Advisory Committee and is the Chair of the Board of Venture ESG. Desiree is a frequent public commentator and provides expert insight on topics including ESG, the prevention of greenwashing, whistleblowing and crisis management.
Desiree has over 20 years of experience in both sustainable finance and investment banking. She was Group Sustainability Officer at DWS Group, where she was responsible for driving the firm’s overall sustainability strategy. It was here that she exposed what she considered to be extensive greenwashing. She highlighted the discrepancies between the firm’s public ESG claims and its internal statements and actions and called for greater transparency and accountability in ESG investing.
She has held senior roles at JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Zais Group, where she built and managed ESG investing and structured credit businesses, delivering overall policy and analytical frameworks, investor strategies and product development. Her track record of product innovation includes several awards winning and market transformational products. This includes the development of the JECI, which evolved into the iTraxx and CDX indices, as well as a series of impact securitizations.
Desiree holds a BSc Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE). She is a member of the CFA’s ESG Technical Committee and a member of the LSE’s Entrepreneurship Advisory Group.