Professor Raúl Rosales
Professor of Practice in Net Zero Asset Management
Biography
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:
- Accelerating Transition: Climate Finance policies to prioritise in the first 100 days
- 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
News
New research sets out three overlooked opportunities to fund net zero transition
Governments, regulators and global financial institutions are overlooking major opportunities to unlock the estimated US$9.2 trillion worth of financing...
A climate finance policy playbook for the new UK government
A higher Capital Gains Tax rate for heavy carbon emitters and streamlined listings rules for green companies are just two of the urgent policy recommendations...
“We must make sure perfection isn't the enemy of the good,” says sustainability expert at Net Zero panel
King’s Net Zero Centre hosted panel of government and industry sustainability experts this month.
UK could reach Net Zero faster by expanding its Emissions Trading Scheme
King's policy paper suggests carbon unit prices could be boosted by 67% and 26% additional land unlocked for woodland creation.
New Visiting Professors
New Visiting Professors join Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences
News
New research sets out three overlooked opportunities to fund net zero transition
Governments, regulators and global financial institutions are overlooking major opportunities to unlock the estimated US$9.2 trillion worth of financing...
A climate finance policy playbook for the new UK government
A higher Capital Gains Tax rate for heavy carbon emitters and streamlined listings rules for green companies are just two of the urgent policy recommendations...
“We must make sure perfection isn't the enemy of the good,” says sustainability expert at Net Zero panel
King’s Net Zero Centre hosted panel of government and industry sustainability experts this month.
UK could reach Net Zero faster by expanding its Emissions Trading Scheme
King's policy paper suggests carbon unit prices could be boosted by 67% and 26% additional land unlocked for woodland creation.
New Visiting Professors
New Visiting Professors join Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences