Yang Wang

Yang Wang is an ESG data specialist at William Blair Investment Management. Based in the firm’s London office, he focuses on elevating William Blair’s ESG data capacities and integration practices in coordination with analysts and portfolio managers. Yang also supports both equity and fixed-income ESG data initiatives by using both traditional and alternative data sets, including MSCI, Carbon4, and news sentiment data. In addition, he applies the latest analytical techniques to translate ESG data into actionable investment insights. Before joining William Blair, Yang worked as a data scientist and analyst in different financial institutions, including Lloyds Banking Group, Jupiter Asset Management, Janus Henderson Investors, and BNP Paribas, leading their ESG and data initiatives from data source due diligence and alpha signal detection to investment strategy integration. Yang holds a CFA certificate in ESG investing. He received an M.Phil. in technology policy (analytics) from the University of Cambridge and an M.Sc. in environment and development projects (ESG) from the University of Manchester.