Rick Stathers leads the global investor research team at CDP. Rick was formerly Head of Responsible Investment at Schroders where he spent the last 16 years building and leading the responsible investment team. He is experienced in defining and leading environmental and social engagement in addition to research strategy for multiple sectors and asset classes. He was responsible for the inception of the Schroder’s Global Climate Change fund and Advisor to the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership’s ‘Unhedgeable Risk.’ He holds a BSc Hons in Environmental Biology and an MSc from Imperial in Environmental Technology.