Kirsty Jenkinson

Ms. Jenkinson leads the Markets and Enterprise Program which focuses on harnessing markets and enterprise to expand opportunity and protect the environment.
The program has two key objectives: New Ventures, which aims to scale up a new class of entrepreneurs who advance innovative solutions to environmental and social challenges in six key emerging economies; and Envest, which seeks to influence how companies and financial markets identify, evaluate and manage environmental risks and opportunities.
A British national, Ms. Jenkinson spent the first six years of her career at Goldman Sachs in London working in Fixed Income sales and research analyzing corporate securities.
She moved to UK-based fund manager, F&C Asset Management, in 2001 to pursue her long-term career goal: encouraging the creation of sustainable, responsible, successful businesses and financial markets.
At F&C, Kirsty was a Director in the Governance & Sustainable Investment team and was at the forefront of analyzing how environmental, social and governance issues impact business.
Using the influence of F&C’s $150bn of investments, the Governance & Sustainable Investment team encouraged companies around the world to address a diverse range of issues, including climate change, biodiversity loss, corruption, human rights and corporate governance.
She gained particular experience analyzing how human rights issues impact business in conflict-affected countries and how serious corporate governance failings affected the financial sector during the global economic crisis.
Ms. Jenkinson holds a M.A.
in International History from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.