Ben Caldecott

 Ben Caldecott is Head of Policy, Advisory at Climate Change Capital, the leading environmental investment banking group. He directs the CCC ThinkTank and advises CCC funds and clients on the development of policy-driven markets. During his time at CCC he has worked on secondment at a senior level in the Strategy Directorate of the UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change and as a Sherpa to the Green Investment Bank Commission.

 In addition to his role at CCC, Ben is a Trustee of the Green Alliance and a Visiting Fellow at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University. He also has a number of other board and advisory level appointments with organisations working on environment policy.

 Prior to joining CCC, Ben was a Research Director and Head of the Environment & Energy Unit at Policy Exchange, a leading UK based think tank. He has also worked for the United Nations Environment Programme and Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Ben read economics and specialised in development and China at London, Peking and Cambridge universities. He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, Royal Geographical Society and LEAD International.