Based in London Sachin Bhatia, CFA, is Head of UK Pensions & EMEA Consultant Relations at Invesco. Within this role, he leads relationships with EMEA investment consultants and manages the sales and client team focused on UK Pension clients.

Prior to joining Invesco in March 2016 Sachin has worked in a number of firms including Barings and BlueCrest Asset Management in various sales and consultant relations roles, before which he was an investment consultant at Hewitt Associates.

Sachin studied BSc Economics at Queen Mary University of London and is a CFA Charterholder. Sachin is also one of the founding members (and ex Co-Chair) of the Race & Ethnicity workstream within the Diversity Project, as well as Director and Ambassador for Reboot (Aimed at improving Ethnic Diversity across Financial Services).

Why is corporate culture becoming more important as a strategic focus?

Corporate culture is becoming a key consideration when investors are determining if they want to work with a particular firm or a manager. It is being viewed as a strong indicator of a firm’s commitment to their clients, staff and ultimately their long term success and survival.

In your view, why is it important to set a higher standard of stewardship and behaviour within the investment industry?

Because it is the right thing to do not only from a culture perspective but also to ensure the best outcomes for our clients, our colleagues and ourselves.

Why did you decide to sit on the ACT Global Leadership Council and what does it mean to you personally?

I wanted to be part of the Council as I am genuinely excited and enthused by what the ACT Framework is setting out to achieve – The ongoing importance and focus on culture is clear across the Industry and by being able to develop and standardise a recognised framework that captures culture we can help work towards improving culture.

For me personally, I think having strong culture is the basis to be able to improve all associated factors such a Diversity, Inclusion and staff well-being.