Sustainable finance is evolving at a rapid pace, and skills development must do so at a similar rate preparing practitioners to navigate and spearhead that ongoing evolution.
IBF Fellow (2026), Sustainable Finance
Mervyn Tang
Head of Sustainability, APAC & Investment Director, Global Equities, Schroders
Biography
Mervyn Tang joined Schroders in 2021, based in Singapore. As of Head of Sustainability, he works with Asia asset owners to design and implement implementing their sustainability investment objectives and frameworks. As Investment Director, Mervyn represents Schroders’ global equities investment capabilities across Asia, delivering investment insights, market outlook and portfolio solutions to asset owners and wealth. Mervyn is an executive committee member of the Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA) and was co-lead of their Transition Finance workstream, and co-chair of the Investment Management Association of Singapore’s (IMAS) ESG working group.
Prior to joining Schroders, Mervyn was Global Head of ESG Research at Fitch Ratings, overseeing a research team across London and Hong Kong focused on thematic ESG research. Over the past two decades he has held roles in finance and policy at MSCI, the Bank of England, and Citigroup.
Mervyn is a passionate advocate for skills development, teaching as a faculty member of the Wealth Management Institute and Nanyang Technology University. He has taught over 300 hours under this capacity, designing the “Certificate in Introduction to Climate and Decarbonisation” one-day program, and teaching the “ESG for asset managers” module of the Master of Science in Asset & Wealth Management program.