Nick Robins is Senior Director, Climate Finance and Private Sector at the World Resources Institute, which he joined in October 2025.

He has over 25 years’ experience with sustainable finance, working in investment management, banking, financial policy, and research. Prior to joining WRI, he was Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics, where he founded the Just Transition Finance Lab and remains a Special Adviser.

From 2014 to 2018, he was Co-Director of the UN Environment’s Inquiry into a Sustainable Finance System. Prior to this, he was the Head of HSBC’s Climate Change Centre of Excellence and Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment funds at Henderson Global Investors. Nick has also worked at the European Commission and the Business Council for Sustainable Development. In addition, Nick is a Commissioner on Scotland’s Just Transition Commission as well as the co-founder of Carbon Tracker and Planet Tracker.

He lives in London with his family and is the author of a history of the East India Company, The Corporation that Changed the World.