Nana Li

Head of Sustainability & Stewardship, Asia-Pacific, Director, Impax Asset Management

Hong Kong

Nana joined Impax in 2022 and is responsible for leading Impax’s sustainability and stewardship-related research and advocacies in Asia-Pacific. Nana researches, prioritizes and organizes engagements with Impax’s investee companies and regulators, manages external sustainability and stewardship -related inquiries, and assists in the ongoing development of the Impax proprietary sustainability-analysis and methodologies. Prior to joining Impax, Nana worked as the Research and Project Director at the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA). At ACGA, Nana published five significant reports relating to corporate governance research in Asia. Whilst there, she also presented to the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges and the Shenzhen Asset Management Association. Since 2018, Nana has been the Chair of ACGA’s China working group, a role she continues to fill today. Upon joining Impax, Nana remains a Specialist Consultant to ACGA. Nana has spoken at international conferences hosted by a number of financial institutions and international organisations including ACGA, ADB, AmCham, AVCJ, BritCham, CDP, CFA, China SIF, CLSA, COP, Deutsche Bank, EMIA, Forbes, GFANZ, GRI, HSBC, ICGN, IEEFA, LSEG, Macquarie, Morgan Stanley, OECD, PRI, Responsible Investor, ReThink and WBA. She was also interviewed by international media including Bloomberg, CGTN (CCTV’s English Channel), Financial Times, Ignites Asia, The Asset and Wall Street Journal. She is a guest speaker at several universities including CUHK, PKU, U of Edinburgh and U of Toronto. In 2024, Nana co-authored the book titled: Unlocking Corporate Success by the Power of Diversity, the first book to discuss diversity issue from investors’ perspective in Japan. Nana sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Council of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants, the Global Policy Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network, the ESG Committee of the Women in Finance Asia and the Caixin China ESG30 Forum. She is a member of the IFRS Sustainability Reference Group and the Global Capacity Building Coalition Advisory Group. Nana is also an instructor of the Association of Stewardship Professionals.

Nana has an MBA from the University of Chicago (Honors), a Master of Finance from the University of Hong Kong (Dean’s List), and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales (Distinction). She is a CFA charterholder and has finished the HKICPA Qualification Program.