Sustainable Investing

Deutsche’s Khan sees move to ESG as 'permanent adjustment'

German lender’s head of ESG for Asia-Pacific argues that simply asking market players to do no harm isn’t enough and that they must be incentivized for doing more good.

Adrian Murdoch

September 30, 2020

Kamran Khan appeared in Asia at exactly the right time. He was appointed in mid-May to Deutsche Bank’s newly created role of head of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) for the Asia-Pacific, making the German lender the first in the region to have a dedicated ESG representative.

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