Jim is Senior Advisor for Financial Institutions Engagement within the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets. In this role Jim works with banks, insurance companies and regulators to accelerate transformation of the practices and policies that govern US and global capital markets in order to reduce the worst financial impacts of climate change and other sustainability threats. 

Prior to joining Ceres, Jim worked in the global finance industry as an international banking and capital markets specialist.  For over 25 years, Jim advised multinational corporations, multilateral organizations and governments on financing and risk management strategies in both developed and frontier markets.  Most recently he was based in London, England as Citi’s solutions sales head for the CEEMEA region, comprising Central & Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Pakistan and Africa.  Jim has also conducted business with private and public-sector partners in the Caribbean, Central America, Canada, Western Europe and the United States.

Jim is a CFA charterholder and a graduate of Harvard Business School’s General Manager Program.  He is also currently enrolled in the Harvard Kennedy School’s PLC program, which focuses on Public Policy design and Moral Leadership.  He is married with two children and lives in Boston.