Ed4S Academy

Tom has held a leadership capacity across academia, the private, and public sectors for most of his career, most notably leading the University of Cambridge’s ClimateWise network, the largest insurance industry group on climate change risk. He has directed numerous research collaborations on emerging best practice across the financial services sector and regularly advises governments on green finance. Tom supported the early work of the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), has led multiple reviews of the insurance industry’s response to climate change risk, and developed models on the impact of physical and transition risks for investment and lending portfolios. Support for the Sustainable Development Goals includes promoting the role of technology in deepening access to financial services, and working with cities across the Global South to deliver more sustainable, resilient, and bankable public infrastructure projects.