Karine Hirn

Partner at East Capital Group

Speaker

Karine Hirn is a partner and co-founder of East Capital Group, a global asset management group founded in Sweden in 1997, that comprises several strategies and specialisations to offer active management solutions in equities, bonds and real estate assets with a clear ESG framework.

Born in France and based in Hong Kong since 2013, Karine is Chief Sustainability Officer for the East Capital Group and Chairperson of the Luxembourg-domiciled management company and fund structures. Previously, Karine was China Chief Representative in Shanghai and CEO of East Capital in Sweden. Karine is a French Trade Advisor, Vice Chair of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Board of the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. She is also an advisor to the Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University in Boston. She is a frequent commentator on emerging markets and sustainable investing in international conferences and media. Prior to East Capital, she worked in Russia, in the banking industry and as a financial consultant in Nizhny-Novgorod and Moscow. She holds a MSc in Management from EM Lyon, a Post Graduate Degree in Eastern European Studies from Sciences Po Paris and studied in Moscow Academy of Finance and Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki.