Kingsmill Bond is an energy strategist at Ember.

He runs the energy futures intiative at Ember, analysing the future of the energy system as it rises from the ashes of the old.

He sees the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables as an unstoppable technology shift, driven by the forces of efficiency, cost and energy security.

He has an MA in history from Cambridge University, qualified as an accountant (CIMA), and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualification.

He worked as a financial market analyst and strategist for 20 years, working in London, Moscow and Hong Kong for Deutsche Bank, Citibank and others, with a focus on the emerging markets.

For the last decade his focus has been on the energy transition, working as a strategist for Carbon Tracker, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and Ember. He has written dozens of reports on different aspects of the energy transition.

Kingsmill helped author the IRENA report on the geopolitics of the energy transition, and served on the future energy council of the World Economic Forum. He is an honorary research affiliate of the Smith School at the University of Oxford, and has made presentations across the world on the energy transition, with a particular focus on the impact of change on financial markets.