Lily Tomson

Senior Research Associate - Jesus College in the University of Cambridge

Lily Tomson is a Senior Research Associate and Departmental Fellow based at Jesus College and Finance for Systemic Change within the University of Cambridge. She leads a project developing the first global bond index to address fossil fuel expansion. She focuses on the potential of asset owners, as actors at the top of the investment chain, to address systemic crises at scale – and the role of deep research to unlock this potential. She previously spearheaded the creation of the £550bn+ Occupational Pensions Stewardship Council in collaboration with the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions. Lily is also a trustee with specialist interest in finance and investing at John Ellerman Foundation, and a non-executive director at the money and banking research and network organisation Positive Money.