KBI Global Investors (North America) Ltd

KBI Global Investors (North America) Ltd

KBI Global Investors was founded in 1994 by a group of Irish investment professionals including Noel O'Halloran, who remains CIO today. The firm began as a boutique equity manager and has since built a reputation for thematic investing in resource efficiency — water infrastructure, sustainable agriculture, and natural-resource productivity. KBI is headquartered in Dublin with an additional office in New York. The firm's strategy centers on long-only global equity funds that target companies enabling the sustainable use of water, food, and materials. KBI's flagship funds include the KBI Global Water Fund, KBI Global Sustainable Agriculture Fund, and KBI Global Resource Efficiency Fund. Portfolio holdings have included companies such as Xylem Inc (water infrastructure), Deere & Company (agricultural technology), and Waste Management Inc (resource recovery). KBI invests primarily in developed-market equities across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. KBI employs a team of approximately 40 investment professionals across Dublin and New York. The firm maintains a proprietary research process that scores companies on resource efficiency metrics. In 2023, KBI launched a new strategy focused on global sustainable infrastructure, responding to client demand for climate-resilient assets (per Citywire, 2023). KBI operates as a stand-alone asset manager, with no disclosed family office or philanthropic foundation affiliation. KBI's structural differentiator is its long-standing thematic focus on resource efficiency — a strategy it has maintained since its founding in 1994, well before ESG investing became mainstream. This consistency gives the firm a deep dataset and sector-specific expertise that newer entrants often lack. The firm remains privately held by its founding partners, which allows it to maintain a long-term investment horizon without pressure from external shareholders.