His expertise will support Climate X to engage the commercial real estate industry, establishing the business’s award-winning platform Spectra as the leading tool to help real estate professionals manage climate risk.

Climate X has created a digital “twin” of the Earth, which projects how extreme weather events - including flood, wildfire, extreme heat, storms, or landslides - can damage properties, infrastructure or assets under different emissions scenarios, to the year 2100. This helps commercial property firms and financial institutions prepare for such events and pivot their long-term business strategy.

On joining the Climate X team’s board of advisors, Craig Robinson said: “As someone who has built and managed a number of businesses across the commercial real estate and tech landscapes, I’m delighted to support Lukky and his executive team to scale Climate X and its impressive technology."

"Climate change is not a distant concept. It is impacting real assets today and is a risk that real estate managers and investors must now actively engage with. The team at Climate X have developed a remarkable tool that can accurately forecast long-term climate risks to properties and assets. It’s going to be a very exciting journey together."

Craig has led business units in both large global public companies and private mid-cap growth businesses. He was previously CEO of Global Corporate Services at Newmark Knight Frank where he led all sales, operations and platform investments for their corporate real estate business. Prior to Newmark, he was U.S President of Colliers International Group, overseeing more than $1billion in annual revenue, 5,600 real estate professionals and 150 offices. 

Over the course of his career, Craig has also held various executive and senior management positions at commercial real estate services firms Cassidy Turley and CBRE, as well as AIG Investments. 

Most recently, he was Chief Growth Officer for coworking company Industrious and led Powered By We, a hyper-growth business unit at WeWork providing technology, development and management services to property owners and tenants. 

CEO and co-founder of Climate X Lukky Ahmed said: “Craig has remarkable knowledge of the US real estate market and an inherent understanding of our customers’ needs.

“From running global businesses to scaling innovation and adoption of new technologies, his expertise will be invaluable as we continue our rapid global expansion. I’m thrilled to welcome him to the business.”

Beyond his advisory role at Climate X, Craig serves on the corporate boards of Roofstock, a leading residential real estate investment marketplace, and Fyllo, a regulatory compliance and data marketplace technology company.

For more information on Climate X or to arrange an interview, please contact [email protected].

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Climate X is the world’s only fully integrated climate risk platform, helping financial institutions to price, manage and build resilience to climate change impacts on the built environment. They provide climate financial risk data to global banks and asset managers, defending global economic stability against the impacts of climate change.

Climate X is redefining resilience against climate change. Their innovative solutions have transformed the approach of businesses and corporations towards climate challenges, enabling them to build and retrofit structures for a sustainable future.

By translating carbon emissions pathways into financial impacts, they help drive a significant shift in the financial sector. Banks and asset managers are now using their insights to drive positive impact and build resilience.

They are reinforced by notable figures such as David Carlin, Robert Wigley, Jackie Bennet OBE and Craig Robinson, who serve as advisors and are supported by CommerzVentures, Pale Blue Dot, Deloitte and Blue Wire Capital as some of its investors.

Climate X has received numerous awards, including FinTech Germany, Chartis’ Rising Star, and Deloitte’s Fast 50.

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