Sarah Moody
Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer
Sarah leads our brand, marketing, communications, and sustainability functions. Sarah joined abrdn in January 2023 as Chief Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations Officer, before being appointed to her current role in May 2024.
Sarah is also the Chair of the abrdn Charitable Foundation, a Non-Executive Director of the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust and an Advisory Council member of the Impact Investing Institute.
Sarah has wide-ranging experience in both publicly listed companies and advisory roles, supporting international businesses on all aspects of corporate affairs and investor relations. Before joining our business, Sarah was Co-Founder and CEO of Future 30 Funds, a start-up asset manager focused on sustainable investing. Prior to that, Sarah was Group Director of Corporate Affairs & Investor Relations at Pennon Group plc, where she was part of the team that sold Viridor energy-from-waste and recycling to KKR for £4.2 billion. Sarah was previously an Associate Partner at Finsbury (now FGS Global), the strategic communications advisory firm.
Sarah started her career in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and latterly at BMO Capital Markets.
Sarah has a BA with First Class Honours in European Social & Political Studies from University College London and an MBA from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.