Ben Combes

Ben Combes serves as a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), while concurrently holding a Director position at Monitor Deloitte's Net Zero Transformation team. His expertise centers on macroeconomics specializing in disruption and technology-driven structural change, with current focus on embedding net zero strategies into core organizational frameworks for decarbonization, dematerialization, and digitization.

His educational foundation includes:

• MA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Edinburgh
• MSc in Environmental and Resource Economics from University College London

Research interests span macroeconomic climate implications, clean energy transitions, and low-carbon policy, emphasizing practical applications for regional, sectoral, and financial market opportunities. His work bridges economic theory with actionable climate strategy, informed by deep policy experience including UK Climate Change Committee founding and Global Commission on Economy and Climate leadership. Key themes include structural economic shifts driven by decarbonization imperatives and technology-enabled transformation pathways.

Scientific awards: No awards were documented in the source material.

Advising and grants: Ben has held influential advisory roles as Net Zero Advisor to Microsoft and Knowledge Advisor to the World Economic Forum. He co-founded PwC's award-winning Innovation & Sustainability Practice (2016-2021) and directed Transform to Net Zero's launch initiative, though specific grant details or student supervision records were not provided.

Labs and teams: He actively contributes to Monitor Deloitte's Net Zero Transformation team and LSE's Grantham Research Institute, driving cross-sector collaboration on climate strategy implementation and sustainable business model innovation.