Jacqueline Murdock

Jacqueline Murdock is a Senior Associate on the team and has driven forward the team’s work on climate adaptation and driven unparalleled investor access to Brussels policymakers. Aniket Shah is Global Head of the Sustainability and Transition Strategy team at Jefferies. Formerly head of ESG at Oppenheimer Funds and UBS, Aniket has over 15 years in the industry. Luke Sussams leads the team in EMEA. With 12+ years working in ESG, Luke brings expertise across the field with a focus on climate, nature and the energy transition. Amani Mahmood is an Associate with a degree in engineering and joined the team this year. Overall, the team was the No. 1 ranked ESG team in the 2025 Extel US and EMEA surveys.

What We Are Known For

• Public policy analysis and unrivalled access in Brussels and Washington. With market turbulence due to trade wars this past year and increasing materiality of regulation, it became increasingly clear that we needed to continue our deep public policy analysis. We bring (geo)political, policy and financial analysis together in a way that draws unique and actionable investment insights for our clients. Best examples include the investment implications our two investor trips to Brussels.
• Legal insights. We continue to leverage our connections within the legal community to provide investors with detailed teach-ins on EU sustainability-related regulations. Our monthly teach-in series sees lawyers provide details both on how corporates/investors will need to comply with the regulation in question and, crucially, what the market implications of the law could be. Examples include our sessions on proposed EU reforms for the Chemicals Industry, CBAM, the Clean Industrial Deal, PFAS regulation, and more.
• Advancing the debate, rather than rehashing news flow. Our events advance investors’ understanding of key topics and do not shy away from lively debates such as those around climate risks, sustainability considerations for data centres, whether ESG investing is compatible with defence and more. This year, this has included two flagship summits on AI and sustainability, as well a summit on resilient investment approaches in a warming world.