Hendrik Garz

Dr. Hendrik Garz is a Global Head of Methodology & Product Architecture at Sustainalytics GmbH.
He is on the Board of Directors at Sustainalytics GmbH.
He is heading Sustainalytics’ global ESG Rating Products (ESG Risk Rating and Corporate Governance Rating) and Thematic Research.
He also manages Sustainalytics’ Frankfurt office, which covers the company’s business activities in the DACH region.
He is active in the responsible investment community, serving as co-chair of the German association of investment professionals’ (DVFA) commission on responsible investing, and is a member of the European Federation of Financial Analyst Societies’ Commission on ESG.
Before joining Sustainalytics, he worked as a sell-side equity analyst/strategist at WestLB for more than 15 years.
Prior affiliations include serving on Project Delphi’s technical working group, the advisory committee for the STOXX ESG index family, the PRI working group on ESG integration, the Technical Review Committee of the Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR), and the Investor Testing Group of the IIRC.
Finally, he was also involved in the development of the German Sustainability Code.
He holds a Ph.D.
in Finance.