Edward Lees

Edward Lees

Co-Head of the Environmental Strategies Group

Bio

Edward is Co-Head of the Environmental Strategies Group within Fundamental Active Equities and an ESG Champion. He is responsible for all activities related to the management and performance of environmental strategies and portfolios. He joined BNPP AM in 2019.

Edward began his career in 1994 at Morgan Stanley in New York in investment banking and private equity. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2000 and founded and co-ran the Goldman Sachs Thematic Investment Group (2005-2009). He subsequently joined UBS to start a principal investing business. Since 2012, Edward was CEO and co-founder of North Shore Partners (part of Duet Asset Management from 2015) and later co-founded Sustainable Solutions (2017-2019).

He holds an MBA from Wharton and a BA from Amherst College.

Location London

Joined 2019

Articles from Edward Lees

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
Article

Forward thinking

The case for listed environmental infrastructure

Global infrastructure systems are under mounting pressure. Rapid digitisation, the expansion of artificial intelligence and datacentres, and the widespread electrification…

By Edward Lees & other authors

06/10/25
Article
Wheat Field

Forward thinking

The need for solutions for sustainable agriculture and land management

The global food system must be transformed urgently to tackle the environmental and economic risks of unsustainable farming methods. Especially…

By Edward Lees & other authors

24/04/25
Video

Forward thinking

Energy transition - Where do we stand?

Recent climate headlines have been bleak: global carbon emissions hit record highs in 2024, as did Earth’s average surface temperature.1…

By Edward Lees

11/02/25
Video

Forward thinking

Energy transition: Where do we stand?

2024’s climate headlines made for bleak reading: global carbon emissions hit record highs, as did Earth’s average surface temperature.1 Political uncertainty…

By Edward Lees

10/02/25
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