Eric Pedersen is the head of responsible investments at Nordea Asset Management, and serves on the Danish Corporate Governance Committee, the board of the Danish Fund and Asset management Association, and the Finance Denmark Forum for Sustainable Finance. Eric holds an M.A. in Economics from the University of Copenhagen.
Having completed his Master’s thesis on Economic Reform in India, he began his professional career at the United Nations, being employed as a junior economist by UNDP in Mali, West Africa. After joining Unibank of Denmark (the Danish predecessor bank of Nordea) in 1996, he has worked in various roles in the asset management area, including head of product development, head of strategy for the asset management and life business, and branch manager of Nordea Bank S.A., Singapore branch. His latest previous position was as deputy CEO of Nordea Funds.
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