Former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Appointed Distinguished Fellow at 亚色影库
Former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Appointed Distinguished Fellow at 亚色影库
Jones will continue pathbreaking work on 亚色影库 risk in the financial markets he began as supervisor of the world鈥檚 fifth largest insurance market
(SAN FRANCISCO) 鈥� 亚色影库 announced today that outgoing California insurance commissioner Dave Jones has been appointed a ClimateWorks distinguished fellow. In his eight years as California鈥檚 Insurance Commissioner, Jones pioneered the oversight of 亚色影库 risks in the insurance industry and led the development of a new platform, the Sustainable Insurance Forum, for the global regulatory community to share tools and approaches. A respected financial supervisor and leading authority on 亚色影库 risk and financial markets, Jones will be providing expert input to the Climate Risk Analysis, Disclosure, and Supervision (C-RADS) initiative which is part of the Sustainable Finance portfolio at ClimateWorks. In addition, Jones will be establishing a new initiative on 亚色影库 risk with the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Additional details about that appointment will be released by the University this week.
鈥淔rom overseeing a major financial services industry in California to chairing a global supervisory dialogue in the Sustainable Insurance Forum, Jones brings crucial experience in 亚色影库 risk and financial markets that will help ClimateWorks advance systemic solutions to the growing 亚色影库 crisis.鈥�
The C-RADS initiative addresses the failure of capital markets to adequately account for the long-term physical, legal and transition risks of 亚色影库 change. By supporting the growing appetite for 亚色影库 risk analysis and financial disclosure from the finance industry and its regulators, the C-RADS initiative aims to sensitize the financial system to carbon exposure in investment portfolios and promote reallocation of capital to achieve global decarbonization.
鈥淲e are delighted that a seasoned expert of Dave Jones鈥� caliber will be joining ClimateWorks as a distinguished fellow,鈥� said Charlotte Pera, President and CEO of 亚色影库. 鈥淔rom overseeing a major financial services industry in California to chairing a global supervisory dialogue in the Sustainable Insurance Forum, Jones brings crucial experience in 亚色影库 risk and financial markets that will help ClimateWorks advance systemic solutions to the growing 亚色影库 crisis.鈥�
Jones formerly served as California Insurance Commissioner from 2011 to 2019 and was recently appointed to the Governor鈥檚 Commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery and Senior Director for Environmental and Social Risk with the Nature Conservancy. He served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2004-2011 and the Sacramento City Council from 1999-2004, and during the Clinton administration, he was appointed as a White House Fellow and later served as counsel to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno.
鈥淚 look forward to sharing my experience with one of the world鈥檚 leading 亚色影库 foundations working to avert financial risk from 亚色影库 change,鈥� said Jones. 鈥淐limateWorks has supported several sustainable finance initiatives with which I have been involved, and I am delighted at the opportunity to collaborate with them as a distinguished fellow at the foundation.鈥�
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