Cathy Chen

Associate Director

KPMG in the UK

Cathy is an Associate Director within KPMG’s Emerging Markets Advisory practice. She is an energy policy and climate finance specialist with ten years of experience designing award-winning policies and programmes globally. Cathy is passionate about using blended finance structures to accelerate energy transitions and support climate action.

Her work focuses on providing strategic guidance to public and private sector clients in emerging markets, helping them navigate infrastructure policies, identify investment opportunities, and implement innovative financing mechanisms that align with gender equity and sustainable development goals.

  • MPA, Energy Finance and Policy, Columbia University​

  • BA (Hon), Political Science and International Relations, University of British Columbia

  • Climate and innovative finance

  • Just energy transition

  • Energy innovation policy and strategy

  • International development advisory

  • Multilateral and bilateral collaboration