Willis Towers Watson appoints Diana Fox Carney as strategic adviser on sustainable business and the climate transition
October 25 2021 - 3:30AM
Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW) has appointed Diana Fox Carney
as a strategic adviser in its award-winning Climate Resilience Hub.
As a long-standing leader in transformative policy and business
thinking, Fox Carney will join Willis Towers Watson’s climate,
resilience and ESG solutions teams serving corporates and public
sector institutions in North America and worldwide.
As a development economist, Fox Carney developed early insights
on global sustainability risks and the challenges, choices and
opportunities for institutions on the pathway to low carbon, net
zero futures. Previously, Fox Carney led research at the IPPR think
tank and was a former Executive Director of Pi Capital, curating
and communicating world-shaping ideas for leaders from business and
finance. She has also held senior roles at think tanks in Canada
and the U.K., focused primarily on energy and climate. Fox Carney
is a Fellow of the Balsillie School of International Affairs and is
a current, or past, board member of several not-for-profit
organizations in development and climate. She works with several
climate technology companies and sits on the advisory board of
BeyondNetZero, a growth equity fund focused on the reduction of
carbon emissions.
Fox Carney, said: “I am very excited to be joining the team at
Willis Towers Watson, which has been at the forefront of innovation
around understanding and managing risk. The company’s unique
skill-set, combining exceptionally deep analytical capabilities on
climate with very wide engagement on critical issues such as human
capital management and board level advisory work, gives it enormous
potential to make a real difference for clients. I very much look
forward to contributing to this work.”
Rowan Douglas, head of Willis Towers Watson’s Climate and
Resilience Hub, said: “We worked with Diana in 2015 to support
groundbreaking climate policy research at IPPR and then at Pi
Capital. With her move back to Canada we are delighted that she has
joined WTW to serve our clients and drive innovations to support
the resilient, net zero and just transition in the Climate Decade
ahead.”
John Bremen, Head of Innovation & Acceleration for Willis
Towers Watson, said: “Diana is one of the world’s leading
sustainability experts, and it is a true privilege for us to
connect with her wealth of knowledge and experience in this area to
help our clients around the world navigate the transition to a low
carbon economy.”Fox Carney is a graduate of the Universities of
Oxford and Pennsylvania. She is based in Ottawa, Canada.
Diana Fox Carney will be moderating Risk Matters: Making
Resilience Add Up in a Net Zero Transition, a Willis Towers
Watson-hosted event at the Resilience Hub at COP26 on Tuesday,
November 2, at 9:15 a.m. (local time) Register for virtual
attendance here: https://cop-resilience-hub.org/
About Willis Towers WatsonWillis Towers Watson
(NASDAQ: WLTW) is a leading global advisory, broking and solutions
company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path
for growth. With roots dating to 1828, Willis Towers Watson has
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and ideas — the dynamic formula that drives business performance.
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