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Matt Huxham is a Director of Climate Transition Analytics at global insurance broking and consulting firm WTW. Matt works with Rabia to support public sector partners in the SADC region on issues of climate transition risk, macroeconomics, and financial regulation. At WTW, he leads a consulting practice that provides advice to governments, central banks, and financial supervisors on climate risk. Matt’s team helps its clients identify, measure, and manage transition issues: at local level, within national economic and financial systems and in international trade and geopolitics. He is currently working with clients in Latin America, Africa and South-East Asia. Prior to joining WTW, Matt was a Principal at leading climate non-profit Climate Policy Initiative, leading research on policy, regulatory, and financing options for lowering the cost of decarbonising electricity and industrial sectors. By training, Matt is a trained accountant and credit risk specialist, with previous roles at Moody’s Investors Service and Royal Bank of Scotland. He was also a senior adviser to the UK government on electricity market reform. Matt holds an MA (Oxon) in Russian and Linguistics from the University of Oxford and an MA in Modern History from University College London.
