General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> December 25, 2000
ELIZABETH ELLIOTT MCGEVERAN is a Vice President of Friends Ivory & Sime.
She leads the North American equities program for the company's global
Social and Environmental Research Unit. Friends Ivory & Sime is a
London-based investment management firm that specializes in socially
responsible investing and is the largest manager of socially responsible
investments in the UK. The firm recently launched their first socially
responsible mutual funds in the US, the Friends Ivory Social Awareness
Fund, a US domestic fund, and the Friends Ivory Social Awareness
European Fund, the first European socially responsible fund offered in
the United States. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. McGeveran was the
Managing Director and, for three years, Media Director of the Social
Investment Forum of Co-op America. She is a member of the Board of
Directors. Ms. McGeveran began her career as a research consultant
studying citizens' access to legal institutions and their understanding
of the law. She earned her BA in Sociology and Anthropology with a minor
in Political Economy from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Profile
ANDREW PRINGLE is Director of Investments for Friends Ivory & Sime and
Lead Portfolio Manager of Friends Ivory Social Awareness Fund. As lead
manager of the Mutual Fund, Andrew Pringle heads a New York-based team
that includes four managers with specific US Industry sector expertise.
He has been with the firm for almost two decades. Mr. Pringle joined the
London-based parent company in 1981 as part of the insurance and
actuarial unit, and, in 1985, began working in investment management.
He managed US equity portfolios since 1987. Mr. Pringle shares
responsibility for managing the Friends Ivory Social Awareness Fund
portfolios with New York based investment management team. He graduated
with honors from Bristol University in England with a Bachelor of
Sciences degree and is an Associate Member of the Institute of
Investment Management and Research in the UK. Profile
approach it?
Mr. Pringle: There are two sides to the answer: the investment side and
the socially responsible or SRI
