Zoë Knight

Zoë Knight is an expert and authority in the ESG field, having served stakeholders across capital
markets for 25 years. Identifying that climate change would be a game changer, in 2007 she set up a
socially responsible investment research team at Merrill Lynch.

In 2010, Zoë joined the Global Research business of HSBC to provide institutional investors with
climate change analysis and recommendations. Since then she has produced insights on low-carbon
opportunities in bond and equity markets, long-term carbon and water risks and managing financial
stability in relation to climate change. Her Keeping it Cool series of briefings on climate policy,
economics and investment ideas achieved a number one analyst ranking for climate change research
by institutional investors in industry awards from 2014 to 2017.

In 2018, Zoë set up the Centre of Sustainable Finance at HSBC to provide climate insight across the
group. The Centre provides thought leadership about transforming the real economy and
strengthening the financial system response to climate change. Centre achievements include
collaborating with 45 academic and industry partners across 15 countries to produce over 150 pieces
of work.

Prior to HSBC, Zoë worked in both a major European and US investment bank. An economist by
academic background, she brings her unique knowledge to bear across a range of organisations,
including the UK All Parliamentary Group on Climate Change, UK Finance, the Task Force on Climate
Related Financial Disclosures and the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero. In addition, she is a
regular contributor to the academic agenda, and is a contributing author to ‘Investment opportunities
for a low-carbon world’, 2009. Currently, she is a Commissioner on the Energy Transition Commission,
sits on the Advisory Board of the UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment and the WEF Global
Future Council on Net Zero Transition.

In 2020, she was recognised as one of 275 Global female energy influencers by the Women’s Energy
Council. In 2021 she featured in ‘The Female Lead’, a book of 67 women changing the world today
and in 2022 she was included in the Financial News inaugural list of the fifty most influential people in
Sustainable Finance.

September 2022