SCOTT KELLY

Scott Kelly is Adjunct Associate Professor at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney, and is on the advisory board at Judge Business School's Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge. He was previously Chief Economic Advisor to the Parliamentary Commissioner of the Environment in New Zealand.

Scott has over 20 years of experience working across risk analytics, sustainability and climate change working within academia, business and government. As a seasoned economist he has given evidence to the US Senate and the New Zealand Parliament and has worked directly with central banks and governments in Europe and Australia on the development of climate policy for the financial sector. He has published over two-dozen peer-reviewed journals and is regularly invited to provide expertise to governments and the private sector on climate change, sustainability and economics.

Scott was also a post-doctoral Senior Research Associate at the Judge Business School's Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge, working with the insurance industry and corporates to assess systemic risks. He holds a PhD and MPhil from the University of Cambridge in economics and sustainability and a bachelor of engineering from the University of Auckland. He is a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, a Cambridge Trust Scholar and was a Junior Research Fellow of Darwin College.