Expert Review Committee Member
Maria Larsson Ortino
Maria Larsson Ortino is a member of the Expert Committee for the 2020 Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark. Maria joined Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) in January 2019 where she is a Global ESG Manager within the Investment Stewardship Team. She leads the Stewardship Team’s efforts on health as well as being responsible for global engagement and voting activities for holdings within the pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, chemicals and tobacco sectors.
Prior to joining LGIM, Maria has been a member of the ESG teams at Newton Investment Management and State Street Global Advisors. She has also headed up the research team at a start-up corporate governance data company and served as an analyst within the IVIS team, part of the Investment Association, UK. She started her ESG career at PIRC, a proxy advisor, in 2007. Maria has an LLB from Queen Mary College, University of London and a Master’s Degree from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland.