Jing Zhang, Board Chair

Senior Advisor on Climate, the Value Reporting Foundation

Dr. Jing Zhang is a Senior Advisory on Climate at the Value Reporting Foundation, a global nonprofit organization that offers a comprehensive suite of resources to help businesses and investors develop a shared understanding of enterprise value---how it is created, preserved, and eroded. Jing’s prior role includes the Global Head of Quantitative Research and Modeling at Moody’s Analytics, overseeing R&D, Analytics, and led a global team of researchers, data scientists and financial engineers. Jing also chaired Moody’s San Francisco office and led office-wide Diversity & Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. Jing is an industry-recognized leader in financial risk management, quantitative research, and risk analytics, with numerous published books and research papers. Jing has a Ph.D. from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from Tulane University. In his spare times he enjoys yoga, meditation, swimming, and biking/skiing/snowboarding with his wife and their three daughters.