Founding Partner and CEO

Susan McGeachie is a founding partner at Global Climate Finance Accelerator (GCFA), which convenes partnerships across business, finance, and government on strategies, policies, procedures, and tools to finance climate solutions. With over 20 years of experience in sustainable finance, Susan has held leadership positions in banking, management consulting, and engineering firms, as the Head of the BMO Climate Institute, Global Director of the Climate Change practice at Hatch, and the Central Market Leader for EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice. Prior to consulting, Susan was a Director with Innovest Strategic Value Advisors (since acquired by MSCI) where she supported the firm’s clients on the integration of environmental, social, and governance factors that could impact future financial performance. Susan started her career in climate change and biodiversity with WWF Canada.

Susan is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, where she teaches a graduate course in climate finance and an executive education course through an ESG Designation program at the Rotman School of Management. She is also a member of the Climate Governance Experts panel and a former board member of the Canadian Responsible Investment Association. Susan was named to the Canadian delegation of COP 26 and 27 and, in 2021, was awarded one of twenty-six Canadian Climate Champions by the Canada Climate Law Initiative and the British High Commission. In 2014 she was named to the Clean50 and Clean 16 lists of practitioners, which recognize contributions to advancing the clean economy. Also in 2014 Susan received the University of Toronto Arbor Award as a member of the University of Toronto’s Environmental Finance Advisory Committee, on which she served from 2006 until the committee was retired in 2018.

Susan received her MBA from the Schulich School of Business, York University with a specialization in international finance and sustainability and holds a first degree in Public Policy from the University of Guelph. She holds a 2024 certificate in Private Markets Investments from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.