CEO, Climate Asset Management
Martin has over 20 years’ experience in climate and environmental investment, with a particular focus on natural capital and carbon finance. He is CEO of Climate Asset Management, a joint venture between HSBC Asset Management and Pollination, a specialist climate change advisory and investment firm. Climate Asset Management offers scalable investment opportunities in natural capital, focusing on activities that preserve, protect, and enhance nature, reduce carbon emissions, and address climate change while delivering risk-adjusted returns to institutional and corporate investors.
Climate Asset Management’s Natural Capital Strategy allows institutional investors to target returns and impacts through real asset investments in developed markets and its Nature Based Carbon Fund helps corporates to directly invest in nature-based carbon projects in emerging markets. Martin leads the strategic vision, operations, and growth of the company, which has raised over $1bn million across two investment strategies from both institutional and corporate investors. Previously, he was a Partner at Pollination, where he played a key role in forming the joint venture with HSBC.
His career also includes senior roles at the European Investment Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as well as positions at the OECD and the UNFCCC. Martin is passionate about mobilising finance at scale to restore ecosystems, build resilience, and unlock the value of natural capital.
