Eoin McDonald has been named as global director of natural capital at forestry-focused U.K. alternatives firm Gresham House, according to a news release.
In this newly created London-based role, McDonald will drive further development of Gresham House’s natural capital solutions strategy worldwide.
Gresham House has invested in forestry for over 40 years. In 2021, Gresham House’s British Sustainable Infrastructure strategy invested in Environment Bank, which creates “habitat banks,” parcels of land designed to prevent biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse.
“Eoin brings a wealth of expertise in managing institutional natural capital portfolios and has a proven track record of investment solutions in agriculture, forestry and sustainable land use,” said Tony Dalwood, CEO at Gresham House, in the news release.
“His ambition will be instrumental as we continue to scale our natural capital platform and meet the growing demand for sustainable investments.”
McDonald was most recently managing director at specialist investment management firm GreenAgCapital, where he developed investment strategies and led fundraising across vertically integrated investments within the food and agriculture sector.
Prior to this role, he had a portfolio manager at Insight Investment, a subsidiary of BNY, where he oversaw the performance and management of a global farmland fund.
Gresham House manages assets of approximately £8.8 billion ($11.4 billion), as of June 30.
