“Non-Equilibrium Modelling: Reframing Climate Policy Narratives”

Yue (Nina) Chen is the Senior Climate Finance Officer at the Office of the New York City Comptroller Bureau of Asset Management. She oversees the implementation of three New York City pension funds’ goal of achieving net zero GHG emissions by 2040 in their investment portfolios. She is also a Senior Visiting Fellow at Center for Economic Transition Expertise (CETEx) at the London School of Economics.

Previously, Nina was the inaugural Chief Climate Risk Officer at the federal banking regulator the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency from September 2022 to March 2025. In this position, Nina led the agency’s climate risk efforts related to supervision, policy, and external engagement and oversaw all activities of the Office of Climate Risk. Nina also served as the inaugural Executive Deputy Superintendent of the Climate Division at the New York State Department of Financial Services, the state’s banking and insurance regulator. She issued the nation’s first guidance on climate-related financial risk management for banks and insurers. She also was the Vice-Chair of the Climate Risk Steering Group at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors.

Prior to her public service, Nina served as the Director of Conservation Investments at the Nature Conservancy where she designed innovative strategies to attract private capital to conservation efforts. She started her career in finance and traded fixed income products at Goldman Sachs and Royal Bank of Canada Global Arbitrage and Trading, among others.

Nina earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also holds a certificate in Conservation and Environmental Sustainability from Columbia University.