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People - JUNE 19, 2020

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DWS selects Desiree Fixler for new group sustainability officer role

by Kali Persall

Desiree Fixler has been appointed to the newly-created role of group sustainability officer (GSO) at DWS, effective in August. Based in London, Fixler will report to CEO Asoka Woehrmann.

Fixler joins DWS from alternative investment specialist ZAIS, where she served as portfolio manager and managing director for impact investing. She also previously worked at JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch.

In her new role as GSO, Fixler will help the firm implement an ESG strategy that is consistent across all regions, and fully aligns with DWS’s duties, both as a fiduciary and as a corporate, according to a statement from the firm.

She will be primarily responsible for orchestrating all of DWS’s sustainability efforts globally across the entire value chain, linking all of the teams working on sustainability topics across the firm.

“The appointment of our GSO is a huge step for us in creating a holistic approach to ESG at DWS,” said Woehrmann. “We ar

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