Saskia Kort-Chick is a Senior Vice President and AB’s Director of Social Research and Engagement for the Responsibility team, where she leads AB’s global efforts to further enhance investors’ ability to integrate social issues into their decision-making and investment processes. Kort-Chick has been leading AB’s work on modern slavery, which has been recognized with the Themis International Services 2021 Combatting Modern Slavery Award; the Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Awards 2022 ESG Assessment Tool of the Year, Risk and Reporting Award; and was a shortlist for the PRI’s 2022 Stewardship Initiative of the Year Award. She herself was also shortlisted for the International Corporate Governance Network Rising Star Award in 2022. Kort-Chick is also responsible for the development of ESIGHT, AB’s ESG research and collaboration platform, and chairs the ESIGHT Steering Committee. She co-chairs the APAC Responsibility Steering Committee and is a member of both the Controversial Investment Advisory Council and Proxy Voting and Governance Committee. She participates in many industry organizations, including Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking Asia Pacific, PRI’s Advance, Asia Corporate Governance Association and the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change. Prior to joining AB in 2010, Kort-Chick worked for investor relations consultancy RD:IR as a senior account manager. She holds a BA (cum laude) in social sciences from University College Utrecht, Netherlands; an MA (with merit) in war studies from King’s College London; a postgraduate certificate in management (with a focus on corporate responsibility) from Birkbeck, University of London; and an Investment Management Certificate (IMC) from the CFA Society of the UK. Location: Melbourne