Meet Lara

Lara Kesterton joined Vontobel in June 2017. Since January 2024, she is Head of Sustainability within Conviction Equities. Before that, she was Head of ESG Research for mtx strategies.

Prior to joining Vontobel, she worked on developing decarbonizing pathways for international hotel groups and on a World Bank project with the Maldives government. She also worked with several private-equity groups on renewable energy investments. She is a lawyer by professional background, with five years’ practice in a leading London law firm, specializing in banking and international finance.

Lara holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from the University of Durham, the legal qualifications PGDL and LPC from the London College of Law, and a Master of Science in Environmental Change & Management from Oxford University.