Rahul Ghosh is Managing Director – ESG Outreach & Research for Moody’s ESG Solutions Group (MESG). In this capacity, Rahul oversees MESG’s outreach and engagement activities globally with the sustainability stakeholder community. He also leads a team responsible for the origination and publication of market-leading thematic research on a broad range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) dual materiality, multi-stakeholder performance and sustainable finance topics.

Rahul is a regular participant at high-profile market briefings, external conferences and media engagements. He has presented on the impact of climate change on emerging market sovereigns at the G20 Green Finance Study Group and on sustainable finance trends at the International Finance Corporation’s Global Debt Mobilization Conference. He has also represented Moody’s on the UN Principles for Responsible Investment's (PRI) advisory committee on credit ratings and the Green Bond Principles (GBP) working groups.

Before his current role, Rahul worked in Moody’s Credit Strategy & Research team where he was responsible for thematic research and outreach on global emerging market (EM) credit trends, integrating top-down macroeconomic analysis with credit views across sovereigns, corporates, and financial institutions. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2014, Rahul was the Head of Asia at BMI Research (Fitch Solutions) in Singapore, leading a team of macroeconomists and industry specialists in analysing sovereign risk, sector performance and the capital markets.

Rahul is a passionate impact leader for Moody’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in London, chairing the pillar on “activating an environmentally sustainable future”. He is also an active member of the company’s UK multicultural business resource group. He holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Edinburgh and a Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Society of the UK.