 : IPE Focus on Biodiversity 2023

Brian Kernohan is Chief Sustainability Officer, Private Markets at Manulife Investment Management. Kernohan is responsible for sustainability strategy, support and related engagements across Manulife Investment Management’s private markets business. He directs global sustainability programs for the firm’s timber, agriculture, real estate, infrastructure, private equity and credit asset classes. Kernohan is also accountable for developing policies and environmental compliance mechanisms as well as being responsible for government relations concerning business and environmental strategies specific to timber and agriculture. He was previously director of policy at Forest Capital Partners, where he was responsible for a variety of programs, including forest certification, forest policy, government affairs, public relations, conservation transactions, and ecology support. He also held the position of chief sustainability officer for Hancock Natural Resource Group. Kernohan is a director of Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification and member of the Board of Governors of the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement. He holds the certified wildlife biologist designation from The Wildlife Society.

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