Finance GreenWire: Impax appoints head of Trading and expands marketing team

Dean Palin has joined as head of Trading, bringing with him more than 10 years of trading experience. Palin formerly worked in foreign exchange at Westpac Institutional Bank, Barclays Bank International and Fidelity Investments, and in fixed income at Lehman Brothers.

Natalie Over joins from Osmosis Investments where she was Investor Relations executive. Prior to that, Over spent two years in marketing at New Star Asset Management.

Ian Simm, chief executive of Impax said:
"We are delighted to welcome Dean and Natalie to our expanding team, which continues to attract talented individuals from across the market. Impax is growing rapidly as institutional investors seek to commit significant amounts of capital to the environmental sector.

"Since 1998, when Impax secured its first investment advisory mandate, environmental markets have expanded out of all recognition. There are now more than 1,300 quoted companies generating a total of c. US$500 billion of revenue each year and expecting to deliver, on average, double-digit percentage annual earnings growth."