About the Speaker
Ethan Zindler leads Country and Policy Research at BloombergNEF (BNEF), a provider of data, research and analysis on clean power, energy storage, electric vehicles, carbon credit markets, commodities, and other aspects of the transition to a lower-carbon economy. Zindler directs BNEF analyst teams in London, São Paulo, Washington and multiple cities in the Asia-Pacific region.
From July 2023 to January 2025, Zindler served as Climate Counselor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Zindler advised the Secretary on a broad range of climate-related matters and was charged with leading Treasury’s efforts to facilitate and unlock financing needed to achieve a net-zero economy. Zindler also oversaw the Treasury Climate Hub, which collaborated on key Treasury policy efforts, including implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, formulation of trade tariffs, and production of a major study on how climate change impacts the U.S. homeowners insurance markets.
Prior to joining Treasury, Zindler served as Head of Americas at BNEF. In that role, Zindler managed BNEF research analysts in New York, Washington, London, and Sao Paulo. He was instrumental in the creation of Climatescope, a public resource that has detailed clean energy investment conditions annually in emerging market economies since 2012.
Zindler has authored reports on topics pertaining to climate and clean energy with the Climate Investment Funds at the World Bank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and others.
Zindler also currently serves as a non-resident fellow at the Columbia University Center for Global Energy Policy within the School of International Public Affairs. Zindler holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Georgetown University.
