Boston Common Asset Management

Liz is the lead portfolio manager of Boston Common’s Emerging Markets (EM) strategies. In this capacity, she works with analysts to create sustainability-focused EM portfolios, helps grow the firm’s EM research capabilities, oversees overall portfolio positioning, and communicates with clients and prospects. She also has research responsibilities focusing on the global consumer staples sector. With over 15 years of investment experience spanning EM and Global equities, fixed income, and quantitative research, Liz is passionate about investing in EM companies that can enable the transition to a more inclusive and sustainable future. Prior to joining Boston Common, Liz was an analyst and portfolio manager at Batterymarch Financial Management, where she most recently served as the head of Asia ex Japan on the Emerging Market Equities team. She played an instrumental role in launching an Asia ex Japan long-short fund and a Global Equity fund. She also gained asset allocation experience with Standish Mellon Asset Management. She began her career in economic and strategy consulting in 2000. Liz earned a BA in international finance from Wuhan University (China), an MA in economics from Tufts University, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. She is a CFA® charterholder and a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society. Outside of investing, she volunteers as a Girl Scout troop leader and enjoys tennis, yoga, and traditional Chinese dance.

Matt is the Chief Investment Officer of Boston Common’s international equity strategies. In this capacity, he works closely with analyst and portfolio construction teams to create internationally focused portfolios. He also communicates key aspects of these strategies, including ESG and impact criteria, security and sector positioning, macroeconomic outlook, and performance, with clients and prospects. On the research side, Matt currently serves as a healthcare analyst, where he focuses primarily on pharmaceuticals and biotech. He previously covered financial services. Matt is a member of Boston Common’s Board of Directors. From 1997 to 2001, Matt worked at Dodge & Cox in San Francisco, where he covered banks and REITs and helped the firm launch its international mutual fund. He began his career at State Street Research and Management in Boston in 1995. Matt received his AB cum laude in economics and international studies from Colby College and has an MA in international relations from Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he specialized in emerging markets and worked on development consulting projects in Mexico and Ecuador. Matt has lived in Spain and has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Matt lives on Massachusetts’ North Shore with his wife and two daughters. He enjoys traveling, hiking, reading, and tennis and currently serves on the board of MicroLoan Foundation USA.

Praveen is a founding member of and current contributor to Boston Common’s international ESG strategy. He is also a part of the U.S. portfolio construction teams. He brings over 25 years of investment analysis experience in equity research, as well as in telecom- and media-related corporate development. Praveen uses this professional experience to help clients grow their assets while encouraging portfolio companies to incorporate greater ESG-integrated thoughtfulness into their operations. He is a member of BCAM’s Board of Directors. Before joining Boston Common, Praveen served as an equity analyst at Fidelity Investments, Citigroup Asset Management, and a hedge fund. While at Fidelity, Praveen managed the Select Industrial Equipment fund for two years and the Select Advisor Electronics fund for a year. At Citigroup, Praveen covered the global semiconductor industry. During his business development career at Cox Communications and GTE Wireless, Praveen worked extensively on projects in Mexico. He also worked in Japan and Germany early in his career. Praveen received his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and his BS in chemical engineering from Osmania University in India. He is a CFA® charterholder. Beyond investing, Praveen enjoys spending time with his family, taking long walks, working out, reading, and streaming the occasional movie.

Kim is a portfolio manager for Boston Common’s US Value and US Core Equity strategies and co-portfolio manager for their Global and International strategies. With over 20 years of experience as an analyst and portfolio manager. Her research responsibilities include the global consumer discretionary and communication services sectors. Before joining Boston Common, she was a senior portfolio manager with Wells Fargo’s Social Impact Investing team, where she co-managed multiple US large-cap ESG strategies that incorporated client values. She developed and co-managed a sustainable US REIT strategy that beat its benchmark over one–, three–and five-year periods. Kim oversaw portfolio construction, worked directly with the team’s analysts, and communicated with clients and prospects. Before that, she was in a similar role as a partner with Nelson Capital Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo Private Bank, where she co-managed several predecessor strategies to Social Impact Investing. Kim began her career as an investment banking analyst with Alex. Brown’s Media and Telecommunications group. She also managed multi-asset class portfolios for Wells Fargo Private Bank for several years.

Kim earned a BBA from the University of Notre Dame with a double major in finance and government. She is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of San Francisco. Outside the office, Kim has traded world travel and her passion for scuba diving in favor of pursuits closer to home in recent years. She can often be found with her family and in nature near her San Francisco home.