Rachel Whittaker CFA®, MSc

Head of Sustainable Investing Research, Robeco

Rachel Whittaker is Head of the Sustainability Investing Research Team at Robeco. She previously worked for Robeco from 2015 to 2017 as a Senior SI Analyst, and now leads a growing international team of SI analysts. Her team’s responsibilities include identifying the impact ESG has on business fundamentals, increasing and broadening SI sector knowledge and further developing the SDG framework for mapping and measuring SDG contributions across all investment portfolios. Before rejoining Robeco in 2021, she worked at UBS as SI strategist in the CIO Office of the global wealth management arm. Prior to joining Robeco in 2015, she worked in various SI roles for the UN PRI, Vontobel Asset Management, and Mercer’s Investment Consulting business. She started her career in 2000 as a sell-side equity research analyst. Rachel earned her undergraduate at the University of Cambridge, and an MSc in Corporate Environmental Management at the University of Surrey, UK. She is a CFA® charterholder.