Darian McBain

Senior Associate, Public and Third Sector Academy for Sustainable Finance (P3SA), University of Oxford

Darian McBain is a globally experienced Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), advisor and board member. She was named a UN SDG Pioneer in 2021, a Fast Company Most Creative People in Business 2020, as one of Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen in 2020 as well as many other industry awards.

Darian is the CEO and Founder of Outsourced Chief Sustainability Officer Asia (OCSO Asia). Darian was the inaugural Chief Sustainability Officer for the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the first CSO for a central bank globally. Prior to this, she was the Global Director of Corporate Affairs & Sustainability for Thai Union, a multi-billion dollar listed FMCG company operating globally and headquartered in Asia. Darian is a Visiting Professor in Practice with the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Senior Associate with the University of Oxford, Public and Third Sector Academy for Sustainable Finance, and an adjunct Senior Lecturer with Integrated Sustainability Analysis at the University of Sydney.