Barbara Heap

Head of Portfolio Specialists

Barbara brings more than 30 years’ experience in financial markets to her role as a portfolio specialist at Impax Asset Management.

Barbara started her career as an analyst at Nomura Research Institute in 1989 then moved into asset management at Clerical Medical Investment Management as part of its Japanese and Asian equity team. She then spent more than two decades at British Airways Pensions Investment Management, initially as a Japanese Equity Portfolio Manager, then as Head of Japanese Equities. Before joining Impax in 2020, she spent a year as Investment Director at JP Morgan Asset Management, providing fiduciary oversight of the firm’s multi-asset solutions investment process.

Barbara graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business/Commerce from the University of Ottawa. She is a CFA Charterholder.