Dee Yang

Dee is a Partner in McKinsey’s New York office and co-leads Natural Capital and Nature. She focuses on the nexus of climate and financial institutions to unlock capital flow for climate solutions. She leads McKinsey’s global collaboration with the Mission Possible Partnership to establish decarbonization pathways for hard to abate sectors.

 

Select experience

• Served a number of leading global financial institutions (institutional investors, banks) on the pilot of the TNFD, and the extension of climate programs to incorporate nature
• Led work with the Tropical Forest Alliance (World Economic Forum) on the drive to limit financing for deforestation by banks
• Working with project developers, startups, and non-profits on scaling nature based solutions
• Designed a climate risk program for a top US bank to meet evolving regulatory expectations across five major jurisdictions and compete with peers
• Advised North American financial institutions—global banks, private equity, regional banks, and venture capital groups—on investment theses across a number of decarbonization and sustainability topics including catalytic investments to unlock additional capital for climate solutions
• Designed top-of-the-house sustainability and net-zero strategies for a number of financial institutions, accompanied by enabling organizational structures and infrastructure to execute against strategic vision

Education and other background

• Leonard N. Stern School of Business; BS, finance, international business