In her role as Director of Responsible Investment (RI) Jelena drives the further implementation and development of Anthos’ RI strategy. Through a process of full integration Jelena works with all the departments to ensure they have the right tools for integrating RI in their work. In addition, she is also developing Anthos’ Climate Change approach and Human rights policy. With COFRA Holding, she piloted the Impact Management Project assessment of Anthos’ assets under management and helps clients to develop and implement their RI approach. For those involved in RI innovation, Jelena is a great source of inspiration and a sound interlocutor to discuss portfolios on a strategic level. 

Before joining Anthos, Jelena led the transition work of ESG integration from the RI team to the front office at PGGM, a not-for-profit cooperative pension fund service provider based in Zeist, the Netherlands. She worked across asset classes with a special focus on private equity and external management selection and monitoring. She also wrote policies, implemented and engaged companies on the topic of Human Rights and Labour and contributed to the Dutch Pension Fund Agreement on Responsible Investment (IRBC). Before PGGM, she helped the RI team in Aegon further implement RI in their process and finished the LLM International Business Law and Globalization summa cum laude at Utrecht University. Jelena is member of the Advisory board of Net Impact in Amsterdam, offering strategic guidance and supporting the mission to help young professionals broaden their thinking, building networks and scaling their impact beyond individual actions. 

Jelena comes from Skopje in North Macedonia, where she graduated from the Faculty of Law and successfully finalized the bar exam by the Macedonian Bar Association. She speaks English, Macedonian and Serbian and has a working understanding of Dutch.