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Top Moves
Stacy Swann has been appointed by the multilateral development bank IDB Invest as Managing Director and Chief of Blended Finance. IDB Invest supports sustainable companies and projects to achieve financial returns and improve economic, social, and environmental development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Swann is the Founder of Resilient Earth Capital, an angel investment community targeting climate start-ups. She also serves on numerous boards, including for the Green Guarantee Company, which dispenses financial guarantees to climate-related investments in the global south.
Co-Founders Ibbi Almufti, Rebecca Birmingham, Sean Merrifield, and Hedi Smida have launched Class 3 Technologies, a software company that helps large property owners and institutions protect themselves from climate-driven disasters. The company owns a proprietary simulation engine — named Iris — that generates engineering-grade risk assessments and resilience strategies to inform effective adaptations. Class 3 is a spin-out from Arup, the global engineering and built environment consultancy.
Truman Seamans has launched OSCAR, a non-profit, open-source platform for governments and supporting organizations that hosts planning tools for climate adaptation and resilience. He is actively courting donors and partners to support the build out of the platform. Seamans previously founded and ran OS-Climate, another open-source project designed to help financial institutions integrate climate risk into their decision making.
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New Roles & Promotions
Kevin Stiroh has joined Resources for the Future, an economic research and policy non-profit. Stiroh formerly served at the Federal Reserve, where he spearheaded much of the central bank’s climate-related financial risk efforts. In his new role, he serves as a founding member of the advisory committee for the Climate-related Financial and Macroeconomic Risk Initiative. This initiative is a joint effort between Resources for the Future and the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University, aiming to assess how climate change threatens global financial stability and broader macroeconomic objectives.
Anna Kramer has been appointed to Program Manager at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), where she will oversee products that support building decarbonization and climate resilience. Anna was previously an independent climate consultant focused on technical grant writing, climate adaptation strategies, and resilient infrastructure.
Heidi Stiller has been made Senior Advisor at The Water Institute, where she will contribute to the work of its Community Resilience Center. Stiller was formerly South Regional Director for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office for Coastal Management. She served 21 years total at the agency.
Jay Gulledge, formerly Climate Change Integration Advisor at USAID, began a role as Visiting Professor of the Practice at the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame on September 1. In August, he also took on the position of Director of Scientific Programs at PSE Healthy Energy.
Filip Babovic has been promoted to Assistant Director in the Risk Advisory Team at Moody’s Insurance Solutions, where he works on modeling how extreme weather events impact portfolio, capital, and underwriting decisions across financial institutions. Babovic has been with Moody’s-RMS since 2019.
Tushar Agarwal has switched from Axa Climate to the Lodha Foundation, a Mumbai-based charity focused on powering India’s development. At the Foundation, he serves as a Program Lead, focusing on integrating climate resilience into urban development.
Mike Martello has been appointed Senior Climate Resilience Engineer at HNTB, the US-based infrastructure design firm. He previously served as a Civil Engineer with the US Army Corps of Engineers, where among other tasks he worked on quantifying the direct and indirect costs of flooding for critical infrastructure assets.
Samuel Groth has been hired as a Physical Risk Modeler by JP Morgan. He previously worked at Barclays as a quantitative analyst focused on climate physical and transition risks.
Emmalina Glinskis has joined Aon as a Senior Associate Director in the Climate Risk Advisory team. Glinskis formerly worked at parametric insurance start-up Floodbase. In her new role, she will focus on climate risk analysis, crafting innovative insurance solutions, and liaising with risk engineers to mitigate on-site hazards.
Departures
Pete Daw stood down as Head of Climate Change at the Greater London Authority on September 6. In this role, he helped oversee the delivery of the London Climate Resilience Review and supported Mayor Sadiq Khan as Chair of C40 Cities.
Open Opportunities
📍The Climate Resilience Fund is seeking a Development Officer to support its efforts building partnerships and leveraging resources that support community-level climate resilience throughout the US. The role is fully remote. Apply here
📍The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo is hiring for a Managing Director, Climate Resiliency for Quebec. The successful candidate will be tasked with mobilizing best practices in climate adaptation across the region, with a particular focus on guidance and action to combat three perils — flood, wildfire, and extreme heat. Applications close October 17. Apply here
📍 Epoch is looking for a Product Engineer and (Fast)API Engineer to build out its platform for monitoring agriculture and forestry supply chains. UK-based candidates are preferred. Learn more
📍 Engineering consultancy Buro Happold is hiring for a Climate Action & Resilience Lead to expand its US Resilience Advisory Service. The position is available in either New York or Los Angeles. Apply here
📍 North Carolina State University is looking to appoint a Director of the State Climate Office. The incumbent will oversee a department that provides quality data, analysis, and decision support on climate risk and resilience-building statewide. The role is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Apply here
📍 RF Catalytic Capital, an offshoot of The Rockefeller Foundation that mobilizes grant and impact capital, is hiring for a Program Manager in Washington, DC. The role involves supporting the four pillars of its new US$50mn Build the Shared Future Initiative: Global Cooperation, Global Health Rearchitecture, Reimagining Humanitarian Nutrition Security, and Climate Narrative. Apply here
📍 Fintech company FIS is looking to hire a Senior Director covering climate risk for its Solutions Management team. The incumbent will take the lead engaging clients on climate risk, weather perils, sustainability, and climate disclosure requirements. The role is based in London. Apply here
📍 Flood modeling company Fathom is on the hunt for a PR Manager to oversee its global public relations strategy and execution. The role is UK-based, and the incumbent is expected to commit to 1–2 days a week at the company’s Bristol office. Apply here
📍 FireTech company Pano AI is hiring for multiple San Francisco-based and remote roles, including a Director of Product Management for Pano Rapid Detect, a solution that facilitates early wildfire detection. Apply here
📍 Floodbase is hiring for a Go-To-Market Strategy Director and Head of Distribution to join its office in Brooklyn, New York. The company provides a software platform that enables re/insurers to offer first-of-their-kind parametric flood insurance products. Apply here (GTM Strategy Director) / Apply here (Head of Distribution)
📍 San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) is hiring a Senior Meteorologist to help strengthen its ability to anticipate and manage weather-related impacts on the electric grid and identify system vulnerabilities. The role is based in San Diego. Apply here
📍 WTW is seeking a Head of Event Response. The successful applicant will design and implement a catastrophe event response framework tailored to WTW’s re/insurance clients, as well as a loss estimation framework for calculating the financial impact of disasters. Candidates are being considered for a variety of WTW’s US locations. Apply here
📍 Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) is hunting for a new Executive Director to lead the organization. ESIP is a non-profit supported by NASA, NOAA, and USGS that brings together science, data, and information technology practitioners. The role is US based. Apply here
📍 Cloud-seeding start-up Rainmaker Technologies is welcoming applications for a Meteorological Radar Scientist to acquire, process, and analyze radar data to support validation of its precipitation enhancement efforts. The position is US based. Apply here
📍 Gallagher Re is searching for a Global Wildfire Peril Lead to join its Property Research Team. The role involves leading wildfire catastrophe model research and evaluation, and acting as the company’s thought leader on wildfire risk in the wider industry. This role is available in a variety of locations in the UK and Europe. Apply here
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