Rumi Mahmood

Rumi leads the Institute’s research into capital markets and applied finance and is instrumental in driving collaborations with policymakers and academia. He was previously Head of Fund Research for MSCI Sustainability & Climate Research. Rumi joined MSCI from J.P. Morgan, where he was Head of Fund Research for Personal Investing and managed active and passive portfolios. He also worked at BNY Mellon in structuring funds and at UNICEF, where he researched the impact of clean water infrastructure on social mobility. He began his career at Shell, focusing on carbon capture and storage in the North Sea. Rumi holds a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Manchester.