Lisa joined MSCI in 2023 to lead the geospatial, physical risk and nature solutions. She oversees product development and roadmaps, and collaborates with research to drive thought leadership and engagement with peers, clients, and other organizations. Lisa has focused her studies and career on facilitating the interactions between environmental science, policy-making and finance – focusing on the transition to a low- carbon, climate-resilient future. She has over 18 years of expertise in biodiversity, climate change (adaptation and mitigation), and disaster risk/resilience. Before MSCI, Lisa was Managing Director and co-founder of Ortec Finance’s Climate & ESG Solutions, where she integrated climate risk and opportunities into investment models. She also spent over a decade as a consultant on climate adaptation and biodiversity policy for European institutions, national governments, and international organizations, contributing, for example, to the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy and Green Infrastructure Strategy.

Lisa holds a Master of Science in Environmental Management and a Master of Arts in Global Public Policy from Duke University, USA.