James Edwards, Ph.D.

James is an Executive Director of Research and Product Development at MSCI, where he leads the MSCI New York Climate Risk Center. In this role, James builds solutions to help financial institutions manage their climate-related investment risks, with a focus on fixed income and credit risk. Prior to MSCI, he worked at Moody’s Analytics, developing corporate, sovereign, and real estate credit models for both general and climate applications. James holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago.