Sarah Bratton Hughes

Ms. Sarah B.
Hughes is a Senior Vice President & Head of Sustainable Investing at American Century Investment Management, Inc. She is responsible for driving and executing American Century's sustainable investing strategy and the management of its ESG research platform and active ownership practices.
She and her team serve as the center of ESG expertise for all the firm's investment teams – implementing firm wide ESG research and training, innovating ESG assessment tools, managing the ESG engagement and proxy voting protocol and driving sustainable investment initiatives and client solutions.
Prior to joining American Century Investments, she was the global head of sustainability solutions with Schroders, where she was responsible for delivering innovative, best-in-class sustainability solutions to clients globally.
Prior to that, she was head of sustainability for North America, where she led the strategic development and execution of sustainability initiatives.
She was also responsible for ESG integration for all North American-based investment teams, including equities, fixed income and private assets.
Previously, she served as an investment director at Schroders, where she represented and articulated the firm's value proposition for both U.S.
equities and sustainability to clients globally.
Prior to that, she held roles at Schroders as an associate product manager and a product executive.Before joining Schroders, she held roles at J.P.
Morgan Asset Management and JPMorgan Chase.
She has worked in the industry since 2007.
She earned bachelor's degrees in economics and in business management from St. Francis College