About Leslie Labruto

Leslie Labruto

Managing Director, Sustainable Finance

Work

Areas of expertise:

Sustainable finance, investment strategy, international development, decarbonization, clean energy

Leslie leads EDF+Biz's Sustainable Finance team, determining how the financial sector can be used to influence the private sector as a lever to stop climate harm and invest in new climate positive solutions.

Background

Prior to EDF, Leslie built the world's largest impact accelerator for social ventures called the 100x Impact Accelerator at the London School of Economics and served as Head of Investment Strategy and Global Energy at Acumen Fund. She also served as Director of Clean Energy at the Clinton Foundation. She holds degrees from Vanderbilt University (B. Engineering) and Imperial College London (M.Sc. Sustainable Energy Futures).