Ben CaldecottDirector of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group at University of OxfordDiscussion leader
Profile
Dr Ben Caldecott is the founding Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group and the inaugural Associate Professor of Sustainable Finance at the University of Oxford, a post maintained by an endowment and the first ever endowed professorship of sustainable finance. He is also a Supernumerary Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford. Ben operates across finance, policy, and research, working as part of boards and senior management, and with policymakers, regulators, and civil society on how to interpret and shape fast-moving energy, climate, environment, and wider sustainability topics.
Ben has more than fifteen years of boardroom experience as a non-executive director across listed companies, leading financial institutions, public bodies, and charities, supporting organisations to navigate risk and uncertainty, develop successful long-term strategies, and uphold robust integrity and governance. He is the only external member of the Board Sustainability Committee of DBS Bank, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, having joined in 2022. Since 2022 he has also been a Trustee of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Europe’s largest conservation charity.