Roland Rott, CFA

Head of ESG at La Française Asset Management

Roland has sixteen years of experience in sustainable investing. He began his career in asset management in 2002 as a corporate governance consultant conducting projects, for example, for DWS and GMI Ratings. Thereafter and for ten years, he was a Senior Investment Manager and Partner at GO Investment Partners LLP.

Roland joined La Française in 2016 as Managing Director of Inflection Point by La Française, the group’s London-based ESG research centre that conducts in-depth company analyses covering themes like climate change, digitalisation and innovation. Roland, in addition to his position as Managing Director, is also Head of ESG for La Française AM.

Roland has been an Investment Committee Member of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative since 2017. He holds a PhD in Finance from Goethe University and is a CFA charterholder.