Marisa Anna Hall
Co-head of the Thinking Ahead Institute, WTW
Marisa is co-head of the Thinking Ahead Institute, a global not-for-profit investment research network focussed on mobilising capital for a sustainable future. The Institute’s membership includes more than 60 of the world’s largest asset owners and asset managers with combined responsibility for over USD$16 trillion. Prior to joining the Institute, Marisa was a Senior Investment Consultant in WTW’s advisory business. Marisa Hall is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (FIA) Hall has a keen interest in sustainability, governance, culture and the future of work and has published a number of thought pieces in these areas. She is on the standing committee of Investment 20/20 which is a UK based not-for-profit which focuses on attracting diverse talent into the industry. In 2020 she was named on the 2020 list of Financial News' Rising Stars of Asset Management in Europe and was winner of ‘Woman of the Year’ in the 2020 Women in Finance Summit & Awards Series. In 2021 she was featured on the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) roll call of thought leaders in the category of ‘actuaries changing mindsets’. Hall serves on the steering committee of #talkaboutblack, a powerful movement that aims to improve the conversation on ethnic diversity. This falls under the UK wide industry initiative, The Diversity Project. She holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC). She has a MSc (Distinction) from CASS Business School, London and a first-class degree in Mathematics from the University of the West Indies.
