Victoria Barron

Victoria Barron is the Chief Sustainability Officer at GIB Asset Management and has overall responsibility for the business sustainability agenda, sustainability frameworks and governance, as well as leading projects to enhance corporate sustainability while supporting the growing development and adoption of sustainability at the sector and regional levels. 

Victoria has over 15 years of experience in sustainable investment, working with asset owners, asset managers and industry stakeholders. She was most recently Head of Sustainable Investment at BT Pension Scheme, the UK's largest corporate pension scheme, leading its sustainable investment and stewardship strategy. Previously, she was a Responsible Investment Equity Analyst at Newton Investment Management and worked for Hermes Equity Ownership Services, the FTSE Group, and CCLA Investment Management. Victoria currently co-chairs the ASCOR project, a sovereign debt issuer climate change assessment tool backed by $5trn AUM, and has served on multiple investor advisory bodies including the UK Asset Owner Roundtable, Investment Association Climate Change Working Group, UK Sustainable Investment Finance Association, the Quoted Companies Alliance, 30% Club Investor Group and SBTI Investor Group. She studied at Imperial College London, Manchester University Business School, and Oxford Said Business School.