Stacy Swann is the CEO and Founding Partner of Climate Finance Advisors, a benefit LLC based in Washington, DC recently acquired by WSP, a global sustainability, engineering and design firm.

She has more than twenty-five years’ experience in finance, banking, impact investment, climate change, and sustainability. Her executive experience includes building and shaping organizations, leading teams, and delivering practical approaches to organizational and operational management. As CEO of Climate Finance Advisors, she managed the firm through its early establishment, achieving more than 100% average annual growth since its founding in 2015, and in 2022 she shepherded the firm through a successful acquisition.

During her career, Ms. Swann has held senior and executive positions with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), as well as with the US Department of Treasury, Enron Corporation, and other organizations. More recently she has worked with financial institutions, investors, corporations, and policymakers develop climate investment strategies, and operational approaches to mainstream climate considerations across investment and portfolio management. Key experience through her career includes blended finance, project finance, impact investment, fund management, as well as financial policy and regulation that underpin and accelerate net-zero, climate-resilient investment.

In addition to leading Climate Finance Advisors, Ms. Swann currently serves on several Boards including the Montgomery County Green Bank where she is a Board Director and Chair of its Investment Committee. She is the Chair of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank)’s Climate Council, and is a member of the Design Funding and Investment Committee for Convergence Blended Finance, an organization supporting blended finance approaches globally, with a goal of increasing private sector investment in developing countries. She also sits on the Board of the Global Water Partnership, an international NGO with goal to advance investment, governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development.