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Kirsty Jenkinson is the Director of the Markets and Enterprise Program at the World Resources Institute (WRI).

Kirsty 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 is WRI’s center for environmental entrepreneurship helping environmentally-focused small and medium enterprises in six key emerging markets compete in a global economy. Environmental Intelligence for Tomorrow’s Markets seeks to influence how companies and financial markets identify, evaluate and manage environmental risks and opportunities and includes the Aqueduct project for measuring and mapping water risk. Kirsty also chairs WRI’s Business Group to co-ordinate the Institute’s activities with the private sector.

A British national, Kirsty 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. Kirsty holds a M.A. in International History from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Kirsty is an avid sports fan, with a particular interest in cricket, and is a keen traveler who enjoys the big outdoors.