Felicity Laird

Felicity is a Principal Analyst at Verdantix, where she helps financial institutions and technology vendors navigate the evolving climate finance data and analytics landscape. Her research supports more effective measurement and management of climate-related investment risks across portfolios, loan books and real assets. Drawing on over a decade of experience, including five years at BlackRock, she has interdisciplinary expertise in asset management, sustainability and environmental science. Felicity covers a range of technology providers, from financial data platforms and climate risk analytics firms to AI and carbon management solution vendors. She advises technology buyers, vendors and services firms on emerging trends that connect innovation with investment resilience. Felicity holds an MBA in Finance, a dual BS/BA, and an MS in Environmental Science and Policy from Johns Hopkins University.