Iftekhar Ahmed

Iftekhar Ahmed is an international expert in sustainable finance with extensive research and training in climate and inclusive finance for global development. Currently, he is a Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Sustainable Finance and the module leader for a band-new postgraduate module in “Green Finance and Sustainability” at Newcastle University Business School (NUBS). Previously, he has held academic and research positions at the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK), University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand), Universiti Utara Malaysia (Sintok, Malaysia), Universiti Teknologi MARA (Shah Alam, Malaysia), and has held guest lectures on "climate-related financial risks" at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester (Manchester, UK). He has conducted research and policy work for several organisations, including the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). He is the Lead Author for the IPBES nexus assessment, focusing on "financial instruments for biodiversity-related elements of the nexus." Previously, he has also contributed to a policy-relevant book chapter on “ASEAN energy policy” that has been published by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). He is pioneering systemic resilience analytics to advance practical solutions for corporates and financial sectors to cope with complex environmental and social risks. His research broadly focuses on different aspects of environmental and social risk analytics for resilient finance to address complex global challenges. Current projects try to inform and influence how the work of institutional investors, asset managers, financial intermediaries and financial supervisors can achieve an equitable, net-zero and nature-positive future (for people, planet and prosperity), with a particular interest in emerging markets and developing economies. For further details, please visit my website: https://iftekhariahmed.github.io/