Katherine Ng

Katherine Ng is the Managing Director of the Sustainable Investing Research Initiative (SIRI) and specializes in bridging the gap between research, practice and policy. Over the past 20 years, Katherine has focused on systemic, global challenges such as climate change, transformational technologies, and inequality. She was the Head of Research at the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) for 10 years, where she built the innovative research programme that supported applied research, and drove further value, impact and dialogue by bringing independent evidence and insights to investment professionals. She grew and scaled up the Academic Network, the community of practice for investment practitioners and academics, to over 13,000 around the world, and spearheaded PhD and Research Fellowships at the PRI. As a programme director, she created and led funding initiatives for pioneering research that addresses current and future investment concerns.

Katherine is passionate about developing rich environments for interdisciplinary field-building in academia and navigating impact channels for communicating research insights. She has worked with leading academics, industry experts, with educators such as the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) at the UN Global Compact, as well as the OECD and the World Bank.

As a consultant at ECGI (the European Corporate Governance Network), she supported the development of the Patrons Council, an initiative of leading investors, companies and academics that aims to guide European corporations through rapidly evolving global challenges, such as the transition to Net Zero, artificial intelligence, geopolitical shifts and regulatory developments. Katherine was previously the Research Manager at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), managing projects and sponsorships on sustainability, corporate governance, financial reporting, taxation, auditing, and SMEs. She supported the key relationship with the Economic and Social Research Council.

Katherine began her career at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the UK working on inequality and was a Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. She was part of a consortium of technology assessment bodies, science museums, academic institutions and public foundations from nine European Countries that investigated the social, economic, legal and ethical implications of brain science and made recommendations to national and European policymakers.