Meet Lara

Lara Kesterton joined Vontobel Asset Management in June 2017. In January 2024, she was elected Head of Sustainability for the Vontobel Conviction Equities Boutique. Before that, she was Head of ESG Research for the mtx strategies.

Before 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 a number of 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.