Professor Raúl Rosales

Raúl Rosales is a Professor of Practice in Net Zero Asset Management within the Department of Engineering at King's College London, focused on the Net Zero Centre. He also serves as a Senior Executive Fellow at Imperial College Business School and played a pivotal role in launching the Singapore Green Finance Centre (SGFC) in 2020, where he currently serves on its management committee. Raúl also works as a Senior Advisor for Orchard Global Asset Management LLP, an Alternative Credit Investment Fund in London.

His background in the financial industry spans 30 years, most recently at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as Senior Banker for Energy and previously at BBVA as Global Head of Multilateral Banks (MDBs). He is a Doctor in Civil Engineering, specialising in sustainable infrastructure and energy project financing by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain (2013). Raúl is based in London.

His latest policy paper 'The Carbon Credit Price and National Tree Planting Impact of Woodland Carbon Code Admittance to the UK-ETS' explores global carbon markets and how the UK can unlock revenue and additional capacity for the Net Zero transition with woodland creation. It was published in partnership with Imperial College Business School and Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company Plc.

In addition to this latest paper, Raúl has also published a series of works on Carbon Finance, including under the mandate of the British High Commission in Singapore:

• Green Finance: Voluntary Carbon Markets in ASEAN, challenges and opportunities for scaling up
• Global Voluntary Carbon Markets(VCMs) and Market Infrastructure
• Financial Accounting For Carbon Finance: A New Standard For A New Paradigm