Sara Jane Ahmed

Biography

Sara Jane Ahmed serves as the Managing Director and V20 Finance Advisor to the Climate Vulnerable Forum and V20 Finance Ministers. She is the Founder of the Financial Futures Center, a think tank focusing on analytics for the climate prosperity agenda. She is an advisor to the Least Developed Country board member in the Green Climate Fund. She is a member of the Task Force on Climate, Development and the IMF, the board of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and the advisory board of various institutions including the Global Renewables Congress and Climate Smart Ventures. She was previously an energy finance analyst for IEEFA covering the Philippines and Bangladesh markets and an investment advisor for private equity groups specializing in originating and structuring energy opportunities. She received the 2021 Climate Breakthrough Project award. She holds an MS in Finance from the Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester, Bachelors in Economics and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Knox College.