Zhan Gao

Zhan joined CBI in May 2023 and worked as a Sustainable Debt Analyst within the Market Intelligence and Data Products team. He has contributed to CBI’s Green, Social, and Sustainability (GSS+) Bond Dataset through having scrutinised over $200 billion worth of sustainable debt from corporate, sovereign, and supranational issuers. He also co-authored CBI’s flagship “State of the Market” 2023 report for both China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

He now works as a Taxonomy Analyst and is taking part in the consultation of relevant stakeholders and the research necessary to help countries materialise their national green finance taxonomies.



Zhan holds a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of Nottingham and a MSc in Environmental Technology with a specialisation in energy technologies and policy from Imperial College London, as well as a certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute.

He speaks Mandarin Chinese and English, and is progressing towards acquiring C1 level in French. Based in Bristol, United Kingdom.