Joseph Keefe

Former President, North America

Joe Keefe held the role of President and CEO of Pax World Management starting in 2005, and continued serving as President of Impax Asset Management, North America, from the firm’s acquisition in 2018 through his retirement in 2024. Joe is a recognized leader in the sustainable investing industry in the US, acknowledged for his work promoting sustainable investing and ESG analysis, and especially for his advocacy supporting and enabling gender lens investing. Though his leadership, Joe exemplified the culture and values of Impax.

Prior to joining the firm, Joe was President of NewCircle Communications, a strategic consulting and communications firm specializing in corporate social responsibility and public policy communications. He served as Senior Advisor for Strategic Social Policy at Calvert Group from 2003-2005 and as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Citizens Advisers from 1997-2000. He is a former member of the Board of Directors (2000-2006) of US SIF, the trade association representing asset managers and investors engaged in sustainable investing throughout the United States. Joe co-founded the Thirty Percent Coalition and is former co-chair of the leadership group for the Women’s Empowerment Principles, a joint program of the United Nations Global Compact and UN Women. Before entering the investment management industry, Joe worked in private law practice for 16 years.

Joe holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from the College of the Holy Cross.