Advisory councils
Independent advisory councils
A number of our funds have an independent advisory council to support the fund manager.
The central tasks of this interdisciplinary council to the sustainability funds of Sarasin Investmentfonds SICAV are to periodically check the sustainability analysis and exclusion criteria, and to discuss investment strategy.
The current members of the advisory council are:
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Mrs Margit Huber-Berninger Lawyer, former Chairman of the Swiss Association for Environmental Protection (now equiterre) |
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Mr Klaus Guenther MBA, Managing Partner of Günther GmbH & Co. |
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Prof. Volker Hoffmann Professor for Sustainability and Technology at the ETH Zurich |
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Mrs Heike Leitschuh Author, moderator and consultant for sustainable development |
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Prof. Stefan Schaltegger Professor of Business Studies specialising in environmental management at the University of Lüneburg |
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Mr Christian Speich Zoologist and science journalist |
The two funds for institutional clients in Germany and Austria, one balanced and one purely a bond fund, are also supported by an independent advisory council.






