Karen Mahrous has joined Clarion Partners as a senior vice president and head of ESG.
Mahrous is based in Clarion’s New York City office and reports to Jeb Belford in his new capacity as CIO.
She will work with cross-functional teams throughout the organization to develop a formal framework to implement the firm’s recently announced commitment to the Urban Land Institute’s Net Zero by 2050 Greenprint program and strengthen Clarion’s alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
In addition, she will work with the asset management team to pursue carbon reduction programs across all sectors in Clarion’s global portfolio, and she will be responsible for supporting Clarion’s industrial team in implementing its new prototype for the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification program for new industrial development. Mahrous also will partner with the firm’s human resources department to manage its growing number of diversity, eq
