Ivelina Stefanova

Ivelina is a Climate Investment Strategist at AVIVA Investors. Her work focuses on delivering sustainable solutions and ESG factor integration within strategic asset allocation, and mapping climate change frameworks to client’s investment needs.

Prior to joining the firm, she supported the development and implementation of the sustainable investment strategy of Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business.

Her past experiences also include Legal & General, where she helped the development of the ESG Policy for the group’s annuity portfolio, and United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), where she supported investors alignment to the Financial Stability Board’s TCFD recommendations and the Paris Accord.

Ivelina holds an MSc in Climate Change, Finance and Management from Imperial College London and a BSc in Economics. She is currently pursuing her CFA designation.