Clem Perry is the Global Lead, Clean Energy Supply for the WRI Polsky Energy Centre. In this role, Clem leads the strategy for a diverse global team, developing catalytic partnerships to help accelerate the clean energy transition.

Prior to WRI, Clem spent over a decade in the UK Civil Service, most recently as Head of Innovation Policy in the Cabinet Office where he led on the launch of the Breakthrough Agenda for COP26. Before that, he was Head of Strategy for the UK's International Climate Finance, where he developed the strategy for £3.5bn climate mitigation spend to help developing countries respond to the challenges of climate change. Clem has also worked as a senior policy advisor at Ofgem, the UK energy regulator; as a writer for an environmental journal; and, for a few months, as a London bus driver whilst trying to get a band off the ground (it never did). He has a Master's degree in Environmental Policy from the London School of Economics and an undergraduate degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Manchester.

Clem now lives with his partner and 3 children on the Devon-Cornwall border, restoring 15 acres of farmland attached to a Victorian farmhouse that he eco-renovated. He loves music, the outdoors, and travel.