responsAbility Investments, an asset manager specialising in development investments, has appointed Roland Pfeuti as Head Investment Solutions & Sales and a member of its Executive Management team. 

Pfeuti assumed his new position at the start of January 2017.

Pfeuti will be responsible for the investor-oriented areas of the business, Investment Solutions and Sales.

Pfeuti said: “As a specialist in development investments, responsAbility has a very strong platform for growth both in the area of fixed income and in private equity. responsAbility’s main investment themes have enormous growth potential and are experiencing extremely high levels of demand. I look forward to working for responsAbility.”

Pfeuti joined responsAbility from Asia Climate Partners in Hong Kong, a joint initiative of Robeco, ORIX Corp. and the Asian Development Bank, where he served as Managing Director, Private Equity. 

He previously held positions at RobecoSAM Private Equity, Bank Julius Baer and Credit Suisse/Credit Suisse First Boston in New York, London, Zurich, Sydney and Melbourne. 

Rochus Mommartz, CEO of responsAbility Investments, said: “In the coming years, responsAbility wants to mobilise even more capital for the investment themes of energy and sustainable agriculture and, in particular, to achieve growth in the area of private equity investing.” 

“Roland Pfeuti worked in the field of climate investments for the last 15 years and has an excellent understanding of the needs and expectations of our investors,” he said.

Founded in 2003, the company is headquartered in Zurich and has local offices in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Lima, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Nairobi, Oslo and Paris. 

responsAbility currently has $3.2bn of AUM invested in over 550 companies in 96 countries. 

Its shareholders include a number of reputable institutions in the Swiss financial market and its own employees.