Greg Ford
Senior Advisor
As a Senior Advisor, Greg advises the organisation on a variety of topics, including banking regulation, climate risk, strategy and communications.
Greg has worked with Finance Watch since 2010, where he was a founding staff member and Head of Communications. He served on the board of Positive Money for more than 10 years. Prior to that, he was a financial journalist and then editor of an international news service between 2000 to 2009, a period that included the global financial crisis. He has worked for the Financial Times Group, Mergermarket, Euromoney and PwC, and holds a Master of Laws from University of London (UCL and King’s College).
Areas of expertise:
- Banking regulation
- Climate risk
- Communications
- Strategic advice
Contact Information
Greg Ford
[email protected]Finance Watch
Rue des Colonies 56 box 3 - 1000 Brussels - Belgium
Participated in these publications
Stability & supervision
21/04/2026
Resilient banks, resilient economy
Stability & supervision
17/03/2026
Finance Watch response to Commission call for evidence on competitiveness in the single banking market
Sustainable finance
24/09/2025
Report – A trillion dollars of climate risk: the case for a systemic risk buffer
Sustainable finance
24/03/2025
Bridging the gaps in climate scenarios
Sustainable finance
28/02/2023
Response to the UK Transition Plan Taskforce Framework and Guidance Consultation
Sustainable finance
03/10/2022
Report – A safer transition for fossil banking: Quantifying capital needed to reflect transition risk
Retail & inclusion
19/10/2020
Responsible lending and privacy protection: A consumer perspective
Sustainable finance
27/03/2019
Global Green Finance Index 3
Sustainable finance
14/03/2018
Global Green Finance Index 1
Participated in these articles
Sustainable finance
12/07/2023
Bank Capital is Good for the Economy
Sustainable finance
17/11/2022
Three months of banking profits could prevent a ‘fossil subprime’ crisis
Sustainable finance
01/09/2020
Fossil fuel lending is a financial stability issue
Sustainable finance
06/05/2020
Greening the EU economic and financial governance to stop the collapse of nature
Sustainable finance
19/02/2018
Introducing the Global Green Finance Index
Sustainable finance
02/02/2018
A green supporting factor would weaken banks and do little for the environment
Sustainable finance
26/01/2017
Four fixes to make shadow banking a little bit safer
Sustainable finance
30/10/2015
Microcredits in the EU
Sustainable finance
05/07/2012
Banking union: untangling sovereigns from their banks
Areas of expertise:
- Banking regulation
- Climate risk
- Communications
- Strategic advice
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