Third Economy, a leader in sustainability and governance consulting, is thrilled to welcome Abbe Billings as Head of Institutional Consulting.

Abbe has had a distinguished career in investment stewardship, most recently at BlackRock where she worked across many disciplines on behalf of BlackRock’s investment stewardship team, including client engagement, client reporting and most recently, engaging with clients about BlackRock’s proprietary Voting Choice program.

In this role she served as a client engagement lead, focusing primarily on Europe and the Americas, to help clients understand the importance of investment stewardship to drive durable, long-term financial value creation. In her ten years at BlackRock, Abbe engaged with hundreds of clients on issues relating to sustainability and corporate governance, namely through engagement with boards and management and through proxy voting, and she comes to Third Economy as a leader in the field of responsible investment.

“I am thrilled to welcome Abbe and her deep bench of stewardship expertise to the Third Economy team,” said CEO Chad Spitler. “With Abbe’s hire, Third Economy is able to service a growing roster of investor clients who are looking to expand their stewardship, responsible investing and sustainable finance capabilities. These concepts represent key growth opportunities for institutional investors to raise assets, to satisfy clients and beneficiaries and to make more informed investment decisions.”

Before her time at BlackRock, Abbe served in strategy and business development roles across various organizations and disciplines. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tennessee and a certificate in modern mentorship from Harvard Business School.

With Abbe's expertise, Third Economy broadens and deepens its commitment to servicing the institutional investor community and creating solutions that enable a more sustainable economy for investors, asset owners and other beneficiaries. Abbe’s work is bolstered by

Third Economy’s VIA3 rating and research product, enabling financial advisors and their clients to incorporate sustainability as a meaningful factor into portfolio asset allocation.