Mr. McConnell is an Executive Director with the Energy and Climate Scenarios team at IHS Markit. His work covers energy and carbon markets, long-term decarbonisation trends, climate policy, and strategic responses to climate change and the energy transition. He is highly experienced in both development of energy and climate scenarios, as well as their application in assessing climate-related risk and opportunity for organisations across the oil & gas, power, industry and financial sectors. Prior to IHS Markit, Mr. McConnell led the climate transition risk team for a leading global sustainability consultancy. He also has many years' experience working in research roles across the energy industry. Mr. McConnell holds an MSc in Global Environmental Change and International Policy from Imperial College, London.