BlackRock Appoints Louise Kooy-Henckel as Global Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions

Mark Segal June 9, 2026

Investment giant BlackRock announced today the appointment of Louise Kooy-Henckel as Global Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions, responsible for leading the firm’s efforts in sustainable and transition investing.

Kooy-Henckel takes on her new position after joining BlackRock as EMEA Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions in early 2025.

Prior to joining BlackRock, Kooy-Henckel served as Managing Director and Investment Director, Sustainable and Impact Investments, EMEA at Wellington Management, responsible for leading ESG research and integration, impact investing, climate, and long-term engagement strategies, and for oversight of portfolio positioning, performance, and risk exposures for the firm’s impact investment approaches. Before joining Wellington Management, she spent nearly 20 years at JPMorgan Asset Management, including serving as head of the Global Equities client portfolio management team.

BlackRock’s former Head of Commercial Strategy, European Client Business, Helen Lees-Jones, is now serving as Head of Commercial Strategy, European Client Business at the firm.

In a post announcing her new appointment, Kooy-Henckel said:

“I look forward to further developing BlackRock’s Sustainable & Transition platform globally – an area that is central to how many of our clients think about long-term value creation.”

Mark founded ESG Today following a 20 year career in investment management and research. Prior to founding ESG Today, Mark worked at Delaney Capital Management (DCM) in Toronto, Canada, most recently as the firm’s head of U.S. equities. While at DCM, Mark was part of the firm’s ESG team, responsible for evaluating and tracking the sustainability factors impacting portfolio companies, and assessing the suitability of companies for portfolio inclusion. Mark also spent several years in the sell-side research industry, covering the technology and services sectors. Mark holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York, a BBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, and is a CFA charterholder.