Jimmy Yan

Jimmy serves as Director of ESG in the New York City Comptroller’s Office Bureau of Asset Management (BAM) which manages the investments of the New York City pension funds, collectively the fourth largest pension system in the U.S. He joined BAM in 2014 where he helps lead ESG integration, sustainable investing, and diverse and emerging manager programs in asset allocation, manager diligence and monitoring and risk management. Prior to the Comptroller’s Office, Jimmy served as a Trustee for the New York City Employees Retirement System (NYCERS) and as the General Counsel for the Manhattan Borough President’s Office. Jimmy also served as the General Counsel for the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and a Deputy Chief Counsel to the New York City Charter Revision Commission. Prior to entering government, Jimmy worked in public interest litigation, direct legal services, public policy advocacy and community education in education law, civil rights, and immigrant rights. He is a graduate of New York University School of Law and the University of California at Berkeley.