Rodney Boyd Email & Phone Number

Scotland, United Kingdom

Leading Strategy for the Transmission business. Building out a (new) team to provide: 1) strategy development direction and support for colleagues; 2) market insight and research; 3) growth opportunity identification and assessment.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Senior Manager in the Policy and Strategy team in the British Business Bank, the UK's government-owned economic development bank. Policy and Strategy lead on net zero, sectoral interventions, portfolio alignment to net zero, ESG and green finance, including data, reporting and disclosure. Our mission is to drive sustainable growth and prosperity across the UK, and to enable the transition to a net zero economy, by improving access to finance for smaller businesses. The Bank manages the UK Government’s access to finance programmes for smaller businesses within a single commercially-minded institution.

London And Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Paris Area, France

Green Finance and InvestmentPolicy Analyst leading work on climate investment strategies, building robust infrastructure project pipelines, and the role of institutions like green investment banks and development banks to foster creation of low-carbon markets. Supported work of the OECD Centre on Green Finance and Investment (http://www.oecd.org/cgfi) and delivery of the annual Forum bringing together leading actors across the green finance community to help catalyse and support the transition to a green, low-emissions and climate-resilient global economy.

San Francisco Bay Area

Leading work on renewable energy and energy efficiency financing, particularly how to use public financing to mobilise private investments more effectively.Main project: working with International Finance Institutions to assess energy productive interventions within their portfolio and operation processes.

London, United Kingdom

Advisor to Professor Stern. Policy Analyst within GRI's policy team at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Research interests:- Role of the public in climate change investment. Efficient financial support and effective policies.- Private sector investment strategies and business models.- Investment risk analysis.- Power system and energy network economics.

London, United Kingdom

Consultant member of the Secretariat (Climate Policy Initiative) of the Global Innovation Laboratory for Climate Finance (climatefinancelab.org). Delivering qualitative and quantitative financial analyses of Global Renewables Independent Power Supplier (https://www.linkedin.com/company/grips-ag-energy-service-company/): an innovative approach to financing off-grid hybrid generation, offering carbon reductions and energy security to regions without electricity access. Member of the project analysis team including private and public sector members: proponents Deutsche Bank and Alex Voigt (founder: Q-Cells, GRIPS, Younicos); World Bank; African Development Bank; UK DECC; German BMU; US State Department.

Berlin, Germany And Venice, Italy

Analyst of energy and climate policy at Climate Policy Initiative in Venice, previously based at the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW - Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) in Berlin.Covering a range of topics: power market design options; transmission infrastructure regulation, planning and financing; fossil fuel policies; EU carbon market economics; renewable energy support; EU and national power policy mappings and effectiveness analyses. Since early 2012, Rodney has been involved in climate finance and the role of public monies to mobilise private investment: contributing to the first comprehensive analysis of climate finance tracking in Germany, an investigative case study on a Swedish onshore wind farm. Most recently, analyzing the role and effectiveness of public investment to unlocking the potential of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP).CPI is a policy effectiveness analysis and advisory organization that assesses, diagnoses, and supports national efforts to achieve low-carbon growth. Our analysis looks at implemented policy in both the developed and developing world, deriving lessons to help policymakers fast-track best practices: we help policymakers do more of what works, and less of what doesn’t.

Berlin Area, Germany

- Visiting Researcher in the Department for Climate Policy (led by Karsten Neuhoff) at the DIW (German Institute for Economic Research/Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung).

Florence Area, Italy

Member of the selection committee for papers submitted to one of Europe's most important conferences on Energy Markets hosted by the Florence School of Regulation. Contributed to reviewing peer papers on energy market topics such as regulation, policy design, investment, and climate change.

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London, United Kingdom

Led risk analysis, price forecasting and trading strategies for international carbon markets covering technical analysis and international policy dissection.- Owner of IDEAcarbon’s primary market carbon index – a unique source for CDM insight.- Wrote and edited high quality daily/weekly/monthly client publications and analysis under pressure to tight editorial deadlines supported by bespoke technical and analytical tools.- Areas of expertise covered: multilateral climate policy (at UNFCCC and government level), international flexible mechanisms, the CDM and its regulation (at primary and secondary market levels), EU ETS policy-making & climate policy developments in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and others.- Contributed to the development of the firm’s client base and supporting the senior company advisors. Liaising with carbon market participants, senior policy makers and research institutions.Achievements:- Climate Policy contributor in World Bank’s State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2010, April 2010.- Point of contact for numerous carbon market participants – traders, project developers, journalists etc..- Representative in IETA’s CDM and Post-2012 Working Groups.

Warwick, London, Wokingham

Worked variety of positions throughout the Commercial and Energy/electricity transmission sectors of National Grid.- Future Requirements, Balancing Services a. Led market analysis within Future Requirements, Balancing Services. b. Supported minimising economic exposure of company to increased intermittency in the generation portfolio, coupled with changing demand behaviours and climate policy progression. - Climate Change Initiative, Corporate Centre a. Coordination/communication lead of National Grid's Global Climate Change Initiative. b. Implemented the Cost of Carbon investment process with Global Investment Manager, provided training on the process.- Future Transmission Networks. UK Commercial a. Delivered several high-level projects: Smart Metering-GBSO potential, Offshore Network economics, Distributed Generation penetrations (used in Lords Select Committee), Stakeholder Management, energy market communications, supervisory role.- Asset Health, UK Asset Management a. Secretary of substation condition assessment sub-group. b. Delivered analyses on electrical equipment operational effectiveness and efficiency: transformers, substations, cables and OHLs. Developed tangible economic models for condition assessment, replacement, refurbishment and reserve equipment strategies.

Master'S Degree, Sustainable Energy Systems, Msc (First Class With Distinction)

Expansive commercial and technical degree covering economics and engineering aspects of sustainable energy: policy and regulations.

Bsc (Hons), Mathematics

Final year project: Investigating the Complex Zeroes of the Riemann Zeta Function