WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--V-Square Quantitative Management LLC (V-Square) today announced that Mamadou-Abou Sarr has been appointed to the board of directors of US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment. Sarr also will serve on the US SIF Foundation Board. US SIF's 13-member board of directors provides strategic guidance to advance sustainable and impact investing across all asset classes.

“V-Square is a member of US SIF because its work is critical to educating financial professionals and other key stakeholders and to convening and activating the field of sustainable and impact investing to ensure its continued growth,” said Sarr.

Mamadou-Abou Sarr is the founder and President of V-Square, a global asset management firm with sustainability at its core. An industry leader in the field of sustainable investing and financial innovation, Sarr founded V-Square in 2020 after an accomplished career in asset management whilst working for global financial services companies across the U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

Sarr is joined by newly elected or appointed board members Anthony Eames, Vice President and Director, Responsible Investment Strategy, Calvert Research and Management; Kimberly Griego-Kiel, Chief Executive Officer, Horizons Sustainable Financial Services; Ebony Perkins, Manager, Investor and Community Relations, Self-Help Credit Union; and Stephanie Cohn Rupp, Chief Executive Officer, Veris Wealth Partners.

Diederik Timmer, Executive Vice President, Sustainalytics, was elected for a second term and also re-elected as Board Chair. A full list of the US SIF board of directors can be found at ussif.org/board.

“We greatly appreciate our members who offer up their time and expertise to make this organization stronger,” said Lisa Woll, CEO of US SIF. “I am thrilled to welcome Anthony, Kimberly, Ebony, Stephanie and Mamadou to the board and to continue to work with Diederik as board chair.”

“I am honored to be re-elected and to continue to serve as Board Chair. I look forward to working with all of the new and returning members of our board,” added Diederik Timmer, Chair of the Board of Directors of US SIF.

About V-Square Quantitative Management

V-Square's mission is to be a new vector of change in the way we generate investment returns for investors in alternative asset classes, core equity and fixed income by creating "Better Value for Longer". For additional information, please visit www.vsqm.com.

About US SIF and the US SIF Foundation

US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment is the leading voice advancing sustainable and impact investing across all asset classes. Its mission is to rapidly shift investment practices toward sustainability, focusing on long-term investment and the generation of positive social and environmental impacts. US SIF members include investment management and advisory firms, mutual fund companies, asset owners, research firms, financial planners and advisors, community investing organizations and nonprofit associations.

US SIF is supported in its work by the US SIF Foundation, a 501(C)(3) organization that undertakes educational and research activities to advance the mission of US SIF.

Learn more at ussif.org.