Edward Lees

Edward Lees

Co-Head of the Environmental Strategies Group

Bio

Edward is co-CIO of the Environmental Strategies Group and is a senior portfolio manager of five environmental strategies managed by the team, having co-founded the group when he joined BNPP AM in 2019.

Edward began his career in 1994 at Morgan Stanley in New York in Investment Banking and was subsequently a Managing Director in Equities at Goldman Sachs in London blending quantitative and fundamental practices while investing in companies focused on how the world feeds, moves, energises, and builds itself. He founded the Goldman Sachs Thematic Investment Group that invested across the capital structure including public equity, private equity, and venture deals. He was subsequently a founder of Clear River Capital and a Managing Director in Equities at UBS. He was the co-CIO and co-founder of thematic long-short asset management boutique North Shore Partners.

He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and an AB from Amherst College, magna cum laude.

Location London

Joined 2019

Articles from Edward Lees

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Portfolio perspectives

Emerging market equities offer a deep‑value play as the global growth engine turns green

 By Edward Lees and Ulrik Fugmann, Co-Heads of the Environmental Strategies Group EMs now sit at the centre of the world’s…

By Edward Lees & other authors

11/08/26
Article

Portfolio perspectives

Monetising AI: Driving innovation and multiple investment opportunities

By BNP Paribas Asset Management Chief Market Strategist, Daniel Morris, and co-Head, Environmental Strategies Group, Edward Lees  Artificial intelligence has…

By Daniel Morris & other authors

07/07/26
Article

Portfolio perspectives

The sovereignty challenge: Investment opportunities in a fragmented world

By Ulrik Fugmann and Edward Lees, Co-Heads of the Environmental Strategies Group, and Portfolio Manager, Lazare Hounhouayenou   In today’s…

By Ulrik Fugmann & other authors

30/06/26
Article

Forward thinking

Clean energy investment: Balancing energy security with net zero

WATCH VIDEO: In the face of escalating geopolitical tensions, technological innovation, and the urgent need to transition to a low…

By Nadia Grant & other authors

18/06/26
Article

Portfolio perspectives

Water: The hidden constraint shaping the digital economy

Structural megatrends are pressuring water resources, increasing scarcity and challenging long‑term sustainability and economic growth. This creates opportunities for investors…

By Edward Lees & other authors

21/04/26
Article

Portfolio perspectives

Measuring what matters: Impact reporting in listed equities

BNP Paribas Asset Management’s Environmental Strategies Group has published the inaugural impact report for its Clean Energy Solutions strategy. In…

By Edward Lees & other authors

04/03/26
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