David King is Chief of Staff to the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero's (GFANZ) technical workstreams and is a published author on climate finance and Nature-based Solutions.As Chief of Staff, David supports Curtis Ravenel, Head of the GFANZ technical teams and Senior Advisor to Mike Bloomberg, Mark Carney, and Mary Schapiro. David also co-manages GFANZ's global operations and leads research on net zero transition finance and fit-for-purpose climate scenarios. -----At COP28, the GFANZ Secretariat published a Technical Review Note on Scaling Transition Finance and Real-economy Decarbonization, a supplement to the 2022 Net-Zero Transition Plan Report. As a co-author, David wrote case studies demonstrating the application of its methodologies for catalyzing transition finance. As a follow-up to the Technical Review Note, he helped publish additional case studies from leading financial institutions, showing how they are voluntarily and independently scaling climate finance. These case studies were launched at the Global Business Forum during New York Climate Week (2024).Previously, as Funds & Vehicles Lead at Capital for Climate (C4C), David managed a global team profiling investment opportunities in Nature-based Solutions (NbS). At the request of the UN, through its Climate Champions team, this research was presented at COP26 during the world biodiversity summit. He also co-authored a landmark report on Nature Tech, unveiled at COP27, and founded C4C's acclaimed climate finance newsletter, which tracked macro trends across sectors for an audience of 3.5k+ senior investment professionals.David is a native New Yorker and can usually be found walking or biking the city.
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Chief Of Staff, Technical WorkstreamsGlasgow Financial Alliance For Net Zero (Gfanz) Jun 2023 - PresentNew York, New York, United StatesThe GFANZ technical workstreams support the net zero transition through the promotion of widespread transition planning, the development of transition finance, and by catalyzing industry progress across sectors.As Chief of Staff I:•Manage technical workstream resources / budgets, publication timelines, and personnel (Transition Finance, Index Investing, Nature in Transition Planning)• Coordinate the research and development of fit-for-purpose climate scenarios and pathways to help financial institutions with target setting, transition planning, and to diligence investment opportunities in the net-zero transition• Support the management of GFANZ's global Operations, including internal KPIs, alliance data, and progress report development• Conduct original research for senior management and daily briefings for Mark Carney & Mary Schapiro• Support the GFANZ Secretariat with Alliance and convener engagement (ex: NZBA, NZAM, UNEP-FI, PRI, Ceres, etc.)• Serve as a liaison for Curtis Ravenel’s speaking engagements (including coordination, prep materials, and on-site support)Notable completed work includes:• Authored the case studies in the “GFANZ Technical Review Note on Scaling Transition Finance and Real-economy Decarbonization” published at COP28 and the Workshops in a Box training tools for Chief Sustainability Officers• Co-led the integration of GFANZ's Net Zero Transition Plan framework guidance with the Principles for Responsible Investment reporting framework's supplementary guide to investor climate reporting -
Climate Finance & Net Zero Transition Plan DataGlasgow Financial Alliance For Net Zero (Gfanz) Feb 2023 - PresentNew York, New York, United StatesThe Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) is a practitioner-led, global coalition of financial sector institutions and their sector-specific alliances representing over 40% of all private capital at more than $130 trillion AUM. Together they work to accelerate the global transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. A net-zero transition plan is a set of goals, actions, and accountability mechanisms to align an organization’s business activities with a pathway to net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. Net-zero transition plans are foundational to operationalizing commitments and demonstrating the credibility of a financial institution's net-zero pledge. With GFANZ I:• Lead the research and data on net-zero transition plans for financial institutions and real-economy companies• Collaborate with industry leaders on the application of Artificial Intelligence for net-zero transition plan assessment• Co-run daily intelligence for senior management across GFANZ as well as bespoke research for Mark Carney's various speaking engagements and public appearances -
Funds & Vehicles LeadCapital For Climate Oct 2021 - Apr 2023New York, New York, United StatesAs Funds Lead, I:• Led the due diligence of funds, companies, and projects in the build of a nature-based solutions investment pipeline• Organized investor collaboratives on Nature-based Solutions investment opportunities for C-suite clients, institutional investors, and Ultra High-Net-Worth family offices• Founded/authored a weekly newsletter on global climate finance for more than 3.5k senior investment professionals• Conducted original market research on the cost of transitioning all sectors of the economy to net-zero emissions• Interviewed experts at the nexus of climate finance, science, consulting and project development in the build of an institutional roadmap for the net-zero transition• Assisted C4C’s co-founder, Tony Lent, with fundraising Notable completed work includes:• Managing a global team of researchers and writers in the build & deployment of a Nature-based Solutions investment platform, launched during the Biodiversity Summit at COP26 by the UN Climate Champions Team• Co-authoring the first market landscape analysis/sizing on Nature Tech for Nature4Climate & The Nature Conservancy with a focus on Measurement, Reporting, and Verification - launched at COP27 & COP15 (UN Biodiversity Conference)• Co-creating, hiring, and managing an MBA summer associate & intern program on investable NbS funds & vehicles -
Research AssociateCapital For Climate May 2020 - Oct 2021New York, New York, United StatesCapital for Climate (C4C) is accelerating capital deployment to climate solutions required to achieve a 1.5°C degree outcome. It provides an integrated offering, including a climate solution intelligence platform, hosted investor communities, and education and strategic advisory services. At COP26, in collaboration with the U.N.’s High-Level Climate Champions, C4C launched a free, public-purpose pilot version of their platform focused on Nature-based Solutions.• Built an investment database of climate focused funds & vehicles, using proficiency in multiple CMS', financial databases like Dealroom, Crunchbase, PitchBook, Preqin, and climate tools/frameworks including but not limited to SBTi, TCFD, Climate Works, Project Drawdown, and The Exponential Roadmap• Run C4C's Search Engine Optimization (SEO) using Google Analytics, Squarespace, LinkedIn, and Twitter -
National Security Researcher And Ta To Col. Wilkerson (Former Chief Of Staff To U.S. Sec. State)William & Mary Jan 2019 - Sep 2020Williamsburg, VaColonel Lawrence Wilkerson’s graduate course, Running the World: Case Studies of Power, begins with a three seminar look at both the history behind the 1947 National Security Act and the national security state’s development into the present day. After which the course becomes a round table examination of how the United States is confronting or planning to confront various national security crises around the globe; culminating in a real-time war-game simulation.As a Teaching Assistant I:• Led war-game simulations on national security issues and assisted graduate students, law enforcement, and military personnel on domestic and foreign policy research with a focus on the national security risks of climate change -
Private Equity - Finance & OperationsL Catterton May 2018 - Sep 2018SingaporeL Catterton is the largest and most global consumer-focused private equity investor. L Catterton has over $15 billion of equity capital across six fund strategies dedicated to growing middle market companies and emerging high-growth enterprises. Since 1989, the firm has made more than 200 investments in brands across all segments of the consumer industry. During my time with L Catterton I:• Conducted market and portfolio management research in various sectors, including F&B and Apparel, demonstrating fluency in S&P Capital IQ and EDITED• Presented to asset-company executives, investment professionals and consumer sector experts • Completed customer management and visual marketing research in Singapore/Hong Kong• Improved time management skills, research skills, and intercultural office experience -
ResearcherPublic Citizen May 2016 - Aug 2016Washington D.C. Metro AreaU.S. Chamber Watch is a project of Public Citizen. Its mission is to promote greater transparency and accountability in American politics by shedding light on the lobbying, campaign spending and misinformation campaigns of the largest corporate lobbying group in the country, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as well as on the large corporations that provide the majority of its funding. During my time with Chamber Watch I:• Wrote, and had published, the official investigative report on the funding and membership of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (shown below under published works)• Wrote articles on the U.S. Chamber's activities, challenging their stance on a multitude of issues• Updated a weekly newsletter for our list serve• Compiled a database detailing all of the U.S. Chamber's positions, voting histories, and official statements from its President on a plethora of topics• Helped run a Small Business Summit in the Senate office building on Capitol Hill; (working with keynote speakers such as Senators Warren and Whitehouse) -
Founding MemberGenius Prep Jan 2012 - Apr 2016New York City Metropolitan AreaGenius Prep is a comprehensive tutoring institution. Its unique approach to learning combines the academic prowess of a more traditional after school tutoring program with the excitement of an all you can play game-room. The students are highly motivated to do their work not only efficiently but also effectively, since their scholastic achievements are rewarded with extra time in the game-room.At Genius Prep I:• Tutored 1st-4th grade math, high school level history and physics, SHSAT, and SAT• Helped build the center’s amenities• Chaperoned students ages 8-12 during the summer program all over NYC• Led after school pickups for tens of students• Aided in the search for new employees and clients
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InternThe Corcoran Group Jul 2015 - Aug 2015New York, Ny• Reviewed real estate transactions archive from 2000-2015 to create a digitized system for retrieving any and all deal information more efficiently• Assisted in daily office administrative tasks, including scheduling and material filing
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