Speaker

Dr Brian O’Callaghan

Dr Brian O'Callaghan is a senior advisor to Ministers of Finance on the climate transition and an energy infrastructure investor. He is Lead Researcher and Project Manager at the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and Vice President at Acadia Infrastructure Capital. He is also a Senior Advisor on Climate Finance to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and to the Sustainable Debt Coalition.

Dr O’Callaghan’s core research concerns the economic and environmental impacts of government investment (fiscal policy) and other associated questions of public finance (e.g., sustainable debt, supply chains). He is particularly interested in the role of green government policy in constrained economic environments (e.g., periods of economic distress) and how this can incentivise private investment.

Having advised Ministries of Finance in over twenty countries, including the US and UK, on major economic policy items, Brian has built a reputation for helping bring theoretical possibility to practical action. He regularly supports philanthropic partners as well as the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action.

Brian was formerly a Research Fellow of the Harvard Kennedy School and a consultant at Boston Consulting Group. Brian holds a DPhil in environmental economics from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He holds dual undergraduate degrees in Engineering (First Class Honours and the University Medal) and Commerce (Finance and International Business) from the University of Sydney.

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