Jonas Englund

Jonas is a Sustainability Finance expert with over 25 years of experience across Investment Banking, Trading & Capital Markets and Treasury. He led the introduction of Green Bonds to North American institutional capital markets in 2011 when establishing SEB's US Fixed Income Operations. SEB, together with the World Bank, innovated the fixed income markets with the issuance of the first Green Bond in 2008, and is recognized as a market pioneer in this space. During his tenure with SEB, Mr. Englund was at the forefront, leading the introduction. Prior to that Mr. Englund worked for Credit Suisse First Boston’s (CSFB) central treasury in London responsible for managing a multi-billion Dollar loan portfolio. More recently, Jonas co-founded GreenBond Advisors LLC and its affiliated companies and partnerships to accelerate the growth of green bond supply, enable green project financing and facilitate transition to a low-carbon economy.

Jonas is a frequent keynote speaker and panel member on Sustainability and Green Bonds, along with being an Advisory Board Member at Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network (NSBN), a member of Columbia University Sustainable Finance Seminar and a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan on Green Bonds and other Sustainable Funding structures.