Mastering Climate Risk: Essential Strategies for Asset Owners and Asset Managers
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Nick Burrough
Sustainable Finance Market Specialist, Sydney
Bloomberg
Nick Burrough joined Bloomberg in 2015 and is based in Sydney. Nick over 30 years of experience across Sell Side Fixed Income Trading, Consulting and most recently Bloomberg. Nick has worked in London, Toronto and now Australia, and now as the Bloomberg Sustainable Finance Specialist for Australia & New Zealand helps clients understand Bloomberg's solutions and develop these solutions as the market and regulations develops. Nick graduated from Durham University with a BSc in Mathematics & Physics, is an Associate of Corporate treasurers and holds CFA ESG Valuation & Investing and CFA Climate Risk certification.
Ben Carr
Global Head of Climate Risk Products
Bloomberg
Ben Carr leads climate risk product development at Bloomberg. He is a climate-related financial risk expert with over two decades of financial services experience working in both the public and private sector including at the Bank of England, the European Commission and Aviva. He has run several sustainable finance fora including the Scenario Analysis Working Group of the Climate Financial Risk Forum, co-chaired by the Bank of England and UK Financial Conduct Authority. He has led the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) track of the UN convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance and the Sustainability Working Group of the CRO Forum. Ben is also a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Warwick.Ben Carr leads climate risk product development at Bloomberg. He is a climate-related financial risk expert with over two decades of financial services experience working in both the public and private sector including at the Bank of England, the European Commission and Aviva. He has run several sustainable finance fora including the Scenario Analysis Working Group of the Climate Financial Risk Forum, co-chaired by the Bank of England and UK Financial Conduct Authority. He has led the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) track of the UN convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance and the Sustainability Working Group of the CRO Forum. Ben is also a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Warwick.
Anthony Lee
Risk Specialist Sales
Bloomberg
Anthony worked as a derivatives trader and PM for over 15 years in Hong Kong. He's been with Bloomberg for the past 8 years. His current role covers insurance companies, hedge funds, asset managers and corporations on risk and regulatory solutions.
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