Kyung-Ah Park
Member, RFF Board of Directors; Managing Director - ESG Investment Management, Temasek
Kyung-Ah is the Managing Director of ESG Investment Management at Temasek, where she leads ESG integration across Temasek’s global investments and works closely with the investment teams to advance ESG related investments, partner with Temasek portfolio companies, and drive long-term sustainable value across the portfolio.
Kyung-Ah has over two decades of experience in the investment banking industry, 14 years of which has been dedicated to building and leading the global environmental markets initiatives at Goldman Sachs and scaling financial solutions to address climate change. Most recently, she was a Managing Director and the head of Environmental Markets and Innovation in the Sustainable Finance Group at Goldman Sachs. She also served as a member of the firm’s Sustainable Finance Steering Group and was the head of the Center for Environmental Markets. Prior to Goldman Sachs, she was a management consultant at McKinsey in Seoul, Korea and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Kyung-Ah has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yonsei University in Korea. She serves on the Board of ClimateWorks Foundation and Resources for the Future.
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Media Highlight — Oct 3, 2024
Financial Times: “Can Transition Finance Get Us to a Greener Future?”
RFF Board Member Kyung-Ah Park is quoted in this article about how investors can help decarbonize hard-to-abate industries.
Resources Magazine — Oct 9, 2019
Resources Radio: Catalyzing Markets toward Sustainability
Kyung-Ah Park, head of environmental markets and innovation in the Sustainable Finance Group at Goldman Sachs, discusses the potential to catalyze markets towards investments in environmentally beneficial products and services.
Resources Radio — Oct 8, 2019
Catalyzing Markets toward Sustainability, with Kyung-Ah Park
Kyung-Ah Park defines environmental markets and discusses their transformative potential in generating environmental solutions and large-scale change.
Resources Magazine — Oct 9, 2019
Resources Radio: Catalyzing Markets toward Sustainability
Kyung-Ah Park, head of environmental markets and innovation in the Sustainable Finance Group at Goldman Sachs, discusses the potential to catalyze markets towards investments in environmentally beneficial products and services.
Resources Radio — Oct 8, 2019
Catalyzing Markets toward Sustainability, with Kyung-Ah Park
Kyung-Ah Park defines environmental markets and discusses their transformative potential in generating environmental solutions and large-scale change.