Karen Leung

Karen is a Manager at the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB), focusing on sustainability reporting technical projects.

After her initial exposure to sustainability through a series of workshops with the Nature Conservancy, her career in sustainability and green finance began with the Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Financial Services team at EY in their Hong Kong office. Since then, she has also worked with the Blockchain and Climate Institute, where she engaged with climate-related matters at an international level. Her diverse experiences include sustainability and climate risk advisory, sustainability reporting, sustainable finance assurance, greenhouse gas accounting, and climate risk modelling through GIS.

Karen holds a MSc Sustainable and Green Finance from the National University of Singapore, where she collaborated with WWF Singapore on bankable nature-based solutions. She also holds a BSc (Hons) Geology from the University of Edinburgh, where her academic pursuits also led her to the University Centre in Svalbard, where she studied permafrost and its associated climate and avalanche risks. She is also a holder of the Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) Certificate, issued by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).