Director, Climate Research
William Attwell is Director in Sustainable Fitch’s global research team, where he leads projects covering climate risk, decarbonisation, transition finance and biodiversity to support decision-makers in fixed income markets to assess market and regulatory developments, trends and risks. William is also an experienced emerging markets economist, having previously worked at Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research and Frontier Strategy Group, where he was head of the Sub-Saharan Africa research team, producing analysis and market forecasts, and advising corporate and financial sector clients. He studied economic development and international environmental law, holds master’s degrees from the University of Cape Town and Oxford University, and was a postgraduate research fellow at Yale University in the US.