Abigail Dean is a well-educated and accomplished professional with extensive experience in sustainability, real estate, and asset management. Dean graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the prestigious University of Sheffield, and later attended St Albans High School for Girls. She has held various management positions in her career, including her current role as Head of Sustainability, Real Estate at Nuveen. Prior to this, she served as the Head of Sustainability at TIAA Henderson Real Estate (TH Real Estate) and JLL, where she also worked as the Head of Sustainability, Property, and Asset Management, and Director of Upstream Sustainability Services. A versatile professional, Dean also worked as a Research and Marketing Internship at Corporate Citizenship Company and as a Conference Producer and Event Manager at Marketforce Business Media Ltd.

Dean's skills and expertise include sustainability, asset management, sustainability reporting, corporate sustainability, environmental management, real estate management, and sustainable development. She is interested in advancing sustainability practices within the real estate and investment management industries, and contributes to thought leadership and industry-wide initiatives.