Blake Pontius

Mr. Blake Pontius is a Director of Sustainable Investing at William Blair Investment Management LLC.
In this role, he coordinates the firm’s integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in its investment processes and provides ESG research support to the global equity team.
He also leads the firm's ESG leadership team.
Previously at William Blair, he was a global portfolio specialist and institutional client relationship manager.
Before joining William Blair in 2005, he worked at UBS Asset Management and Mercer.
In addition, he holds the SASB Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) credential and the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.
He received a B.A.
in economics, with honors, from Michigan State University and an M.B.A.
in finance, with distinction, from DePaul University.