José Luis Reséndiz
Research Assistant, Transition Finance Research, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group
Profile
José Luis is a DPhil candidate at the Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and a Visiting Scholar at the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute, National University of Singapore.
His research examines the credibility and effectiveness of corporate climate transition planning, performance metrics, and financial pricing. His work explores how robust transition plans translate into measurable emissions reductions, how financial professionals assess transition finance metrics, and how sustainability-linked bonds can better integrate climate risk into pricing.
He has a strong background in climate-related economic research and policy, having worked at the London School of Economics and the University of Barcelona, as well as in think tanks such as Climate Arc. As a research economist for the World Bank, he analysed investment opportunities for phasing out fossil fuel-intensive activities in Southeast Asia. His career spans key roles, including Director of Energy Transition Planning for the Mexican government and management consultant at Berkeley Research Group, where he led ESG due diligence for renewable energy investments across Latin America and the United States.
José Luis has served as a technical adviser to standards-setting bodies such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the UK Transition Plan Taskforce, as well as to market reports commissioned by the UK Government, including the Transition Finance Market Review. He holds an MA in Economics from University College London.
