Sean Kidney

Co-Founder and CEO
Climate Bonds Initiative

Sean focuses on promoting investment priorities for climate and green bonds, how governments can take advantage of the green bonds market and the development of international collaborations.

He serves as a member of the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance; is co-Chair of the India Green Bonds Council; and is a member of the UK Green Finance Task Force. He has provided advice to the People’s Bank of China on how to grow green bonds in China; has been a member of the Commonwealth Expert Group on Climate Finance; and has been a consultant on green bonds to the United Nations Secretary General. Sean also acts as convenor of the Green Infrastructure Investment Coalition (GIIC).

A regular speaker on climate change and finance, Sean has over the past year spoken at conferences and seminars on six continents. His background is in stakeholder communications, social change strategy and issues marketing. He was previously a marketing advisor to a number of the largest Australian pension funds, a owner of social marketing, web site development and current affairs publishing firms.

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