Clare Hierons is Head of the Finance and Capital Markets Programme at Laudes Foundation. She leads Laudes’ work to transform, and harness the power of, the finance system in pursuit of a just transition in industry. After a first career in commerce, Clare began her non-profit career at the Carbon Trust culminating in the role of Head of Networks before becoming CEO of Carbon Leapfrog – a charity supporting the development of community energy.
Clare then set up a charitable foundation for the Energy Saving Trust before translating her experience at the project level into the broader topic of sustainable finance. This included time as COO of both Accounting for Sustainability and ShareAction as well as consultancy engagements with Carbon Tracker and the Finance Dialogue. Clare has a degree in Engineering from Brunel University, an MBA from Cranfield School of Management and is on the board of Energy Local CIC.