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Top Moves
Lauren Smart has joined Bloomberg as Global Head of Sustainable Finance. She assumes the role after a lengthy tenure at S&P Global, where she served most recently as Head of Sustainable1, the umbrella organization for the financial intelligence company’s sustainability businesses. Smart joined S&P Global after the company acquired Trucost, an environmental economics start-up she helped lead. At Bloomberg, she will head up the firm’s sustainable finance business with responsibility for strategy, growth, and execution.
Amanda Staudt is joining the American Meteorological Society (AMS) as its new Executive Director from March. The AMS serves as the professional society for weather, water, and climate sciences and services across the US. Staudt joins from Climate Crossroads, an initiative of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that drives actions to meet the climate crisis. She is a 20-year atmospheric scientist with long experience connecting science to society to inform decision making and support resilience.
Luca Arbau has joined the European Environment Agency as a Climate Risk & Resilience Expert, where he will participate in crafting the second European Union Climate Risk Assessment, which is slated for publication in late 2028. The inaugural analysis was produced in 2024. Arbau joins from ICLEI Europe, an organization of local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development.
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New Roles & Promotions
Katie Walsh has been promoted to Global Director, Cities, States and Regions at CDP, the environmental data platform. She previously held the role of Head of Climate Finance, Cities, States and Regions and prior to that filled various positions at the organization’s North America arm.
Departures
Ulf Erlandsson has exited the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII), the sustainable finance non-profit he founded and had led as CEO since 2020. The organization produces research, data, and representative portfolios for institutional investors looking to understand how fixed income instruments can further climate and environmental goals. While at AFII, Erlandsson pioneered the Contingent Resilience-Linked (CORL) bond structure, a concept for rewarding fixed income issuers for enhancing their resilience over the course of the bond’s term. Erlandsson is returning to AP4, the Swedish public pension fund, where he will serve as Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager. He had an earlier stint at AP4 from 2009 to 2017. With his departure, Justine Leigh-Bell has been appointed CEO of AFII. She has served as Co-CEO of the organization since July 2025, and as Executive Director since 2021.
Magali Caroline Van Coppenolle has stepped down from her role as Global Head of Policy at the Climate Bonds Initiative, a non-profit that promotes sustainable finance taxonomies for fixed income instruments that support climate and environmental goals. Coppenolle had been with the organization since 2023, and had previous roles at the Bank of England and consultancy Avantage Reply.
Open Opportunities
📍 Meta is seeking a Stormwater Program Manager to develop and lead stormwater management efforts across its growing portfolio of data centers and infrastructure assets. The role is based in New York City, Washington DC, or Melo Park in California. Apply here
📍 Munich Re is looking to appoint a Senior Product Manager, Adaptation & Resilience to join its climate change and risk management solutions unit. The successful candidate will own development of product vision and strategy, helping build out potential new products and a pipeline of prospective clients. This is a hybrid role based out of Munich, Germany. Apply here
📍 Arup, the engineering consultancy, is looking to hire a Strategic Growth Lead — Climate Resilience & Adaptation for its London office. The successful applicant will build out the company’s adaptation and resilience services for public and private clients as well as a pipeline of new opportunities. Apply here
📍 Aon, the risk consultancy and insurance broker, wants an Associate Director to join its Climate Risk Advisory team in one of its many US offices. The role calls for a technical specialist able to support climate risk assessment workflows and project delivery for clients across the power, renewable energy, digital infrastructure, and insurance sectors. Apply here
📍 Capital One, the US banking organization, has put a call out for a Climate & Geopolitical Risk Manager to serve at its Virginia offices. The incumbent will work to identify, assess, and manage climate and geopolitical risks to the company’s operations and business activities. Apply here
📍 Habitat for Humanity International, the global non-profit, is looking for a Director, Climate Resilience, to embed housing-focused resilience into its organizational priorities and global programs. The successful applicant will also advise on climate finance strategies and the integration of resilience into housing market systems and related financial services. The remote role is open to those within the US, Slovakia, Manila, Nairobi, San Jose (Costa Rica), and the UK. Apply here
📍 Gresham House, a specialist investment manager, is seeking a Climate & Nature Specialist for its London office. The role involves supporting the implementation of the firm’s climate and nature strategy, assisting with sustainability data integration, and handling sustainability reporting-related tasks. Apply here
📍 Adas, a UK agricultural and environmental consultancy, is on the lookout for a Climate Adaptation Consultant to address climate risk and resilience challenges facing clients across government, food systems, and agricultural supply chains. This hybrid role is based out of the company’s offices near Cambridge, in Bristol, or in Glasgow. Apply here
📍 Moody’s is hiring for a Senior Catastrophe Risk Consulting Associate to support clients with quantifying, managing, and operationalizing climate and catastrophe risk. The successful candidate will join the Insurance Advisory Team, providing oversight to junior associates and supporting innovative risk transfer solutions, including parametric insurance, catastrophe bonds, and alternative risk transfer structures. The position is based in New York. Apply here
📍 Rhizome Data, the US-based grid resilience start-up, is hiring for a Director of Utility Solutions to ensure clients receive measurable business value using the company’s products. Apply here
📍 Cotality is seeking a US Actuarial Analyst (Hazard and Catastrophe Products) to support the filing of hazard insurance products with state Departments of Insurance. The role is remote, based in the US. Apply here
📍 Bright Harbor, a US-based disaster recovery company, is hiring for multiple in-office and remote roles, including Disaster Recovery Advisor, Director of Advisor Operations, and Partner Success Lead. Apply here
📍 ISS Stoxx is hiring a Climate Data Scientist to enhance and expand its suite of climate and nature risk model and develop new products for its financial markets and government clients. Apply here
📍 The Climate Bonds Initiative is looking for a Resilience Taxonomy Manager to champion the Climate Bonds Resilience Taxonomy (CBRT) and support its integration in broader investment frameworks. This is a six-month contract role to cover maternity leave. It is based in London. Apply here
📍 The Clinton Foundation is on the hunt for a Senior Manager, Climate Resilience & Sustainability. The role involves managing and developing relationships with domestic and international organizations focused on advancing environmental sustainability and tackling the climate crisis. The role is based in New York. Apply here
📍 The City of Boston is looking to appoint a Director of Climate Policy to help implement Mayor Wu’s climate agenda. The successful candidate will carry out the city’s climate policy development and lead engagement with state and federal policymakers and regulators, manage delivery of climate and sustainability special projects, oversee energy utility collaboration on policy matters, and provide Department-wide guidance and support on legislative and policy strategy. Apply here
📍 Coastal resiliency tech start-up RCOAST is looking for remote drone pilots to join its team advancing coastal resilience through data and science. Applicants must be FAA Part 107 Certified. Apply here
📍 AEI Consultants, the building, environmental, land and sustainability consulting company, is hiring for a Project Manager to work on its FORTIFIED Commercial and Multifamily projects, perform Property Resilience Assessments, and support with natural and climate risk assessments. The role is US-based and fully remote. Apply here
📍 The Sequoia Climate Foundation, a climate philanthropy, is on the hunt for a Climate Finance Program Manager in London, UK or Irvine, California. The successful candidate is expected to produce “cutting-edge, evidence-based grantmaking plans designed to achieve transformational and lasting change” in support of the Climate Finance directorate’s impact goals and the Europe Portfolio. Apply here
📍 Floodbase is hiring for a Head of Distribution in New York and Head of Product in New York or Boston. The company provides a software platform that enables re/insurers to offer first-of-their-kind parametric flood insurance products. Apply here (Head of Product) / Apply here (Head of Distribution)
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