Ely Sandler
Incoming Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Ely is researching new approaches to climate investment. His work has been featured in the Financial Times, the World Economic Forum, and is now being adopted by the World Bank, who are implementing Ely’s policy proposals for an Article 6 “investment approach” to carbon markets ahead of COP28. Ely’s background is in finance, having worked at Morgan Stanley for nearly a decade across investment banking, capital markets, and senior management. Ely also has extensive experience in Track II diplomacy, using cooperation on issues such as climate change to build links in the Middle East. He has published on Jordan, Palestine, Israel, and other Middle Eastern countries, and has led private sector infrastructure projects in solar, agriculture and water technology. Ely is also a founding Board Member of 50:50 Startups, the non-profit tech accelerator for Israeli and Palestinian entrepreneurs. Ely graduated with distinction from the University of Oxford with a first class degree in Politics, Philosophy & Economics, and was previously a researcher at Oxford University’s Martin School.