Gabriella Abderhalden

Gabriella Abderhalden has over 25 years of work experience in the finance and investment industry. Currently, they work as the Director of Sustainability Research at Robeco since 2021. In this role, they are a Senior Sustainable Research Analyst focusing on global consumer discretionary companies. Gabriella assigns internal ESG and SDG scores based on Robeco's framework and integrates ESG assessment in the investment process. Gabriella is also the project lead for internal sectoral decarbonization pathway in the automotive industry.

Before joining Robeco, Gabriella worked at BLKB as an Investment Research Analyst from 2020 to 2021. Gabriella was responsible for equity buyside analysis of consumer and financial stocks in Switzerland and the US. Gabriella implemented a stringent ESG process and defined an investable universe according to proprietary ESG criteria.

From 2019 to 2020, Gabriella worked as an Executive Director and Equity Research Analyst at Julius Baer. Gabriella'sprimary responsibility was analyzing the 50 largest multinational consumer companies, including food, beverage, luxury goods, automotive, and specialty retail. Gabriella generated stock picks that resulted in a 1% point excess return in 2019.

Gabriella's previous experience includes working at UBS as an Executive Director and Equity Research Analyst in the Asset Management department from 2013 to 2018. Gabriella was responsible for consumer, hospitals, consumer healthcare, real estate, and industrial companies in emerging markets. Gabriella applied strict ESG criteria in their analysis based on MSCI ESG reports and company disclosure.

At Credit Suisse, Gabriella worked as an Investment Banking Associate and Analyst from 2002 to 2006. Gabriella was involved in various transactions such as M&A, equity and debt capital markets, and LBOs. Gabriella developed strong valuation and financial modeling skills during this time.

Gabriella had internships at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in marketing and finance roles in 2000 and marketing analysis in 1999. Gabriella also worked as an intern at UBS in Swiss Economic Research and Management Accounting in 1998 and 1996, respectively.

Gabriella Abderhalden's education history indicates that they attended IMD in the year 2020, where they studied Digital Transformation. Prior to their time at IMD, they pursued a Master's degree in Finance, General from the University of St.Gallen, attending from 1996 to 2001. Before that, Gabriella completed their Matura in Business/Commerce, General at Kantonsschule Wattwil, spanning from 1991 to 1996.

In addition to their formal education, Gabriella Abderhalden obtained a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification from the CFA Institute in September 2010. Gabriella also achieved a Cambridge English Proficiency certification from Cambridge English Language Assessment in August 1999.