Aaron McCreary

Head of Finance Partnerships
Climeworks

Aaron is building the financial partnerships that will determine whether carbon removal scales from a promising technology into a genuine pillar of corporate climate strategy.

Aaron has spent his career at the intersection of climate and finance — mapping the territory where sustainability ambition meets capital markets, and building the partnerships that move money toward real environmental outcomes.

At Climeworks, he leads financial and professional services partnerships across North America — working with banks, asset managers, insurance companies, and consulting firms to integrate durable carbon removal into their net-zero strategies. In the first half of 2026 alone, Climeworks signed fourteen new carbon removal partnerships representing approximately 450,000 tonnes of removals. Aaron is a key part of building that commercial momentum, including a landmark ten-year agreement with TD Bank.

Before Climeworks, he led North American go-to-market strategy at Doconomy — a platform helping 90+ banks embed carbon impact tracking into core banking experiences — and authored the Climate Fintech Report at New Energy Nexus, one of the first rigorous analyses of the emerging intersection between climate action and financial technology. He holds an MBA in International Finance from IE Business School and a degree in International Relations from the University of Washington.

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What I’d love to discuss during the event

  • SBTi’s updated Net-Zero Standard requires companies to begin investing in carbon removal well before their net-zero target year. How are financial institutions responding, and how many are still treating it as a future problem?
  • Insurance has a largely untapped role to play in de-risking carbon removal projects and unlocking project capital. What needs to happen to make that role real rather than theoretical?
  • Climate fintech has matured significantly over the past five years. What has actually worked in embedding climate accountability into financial products, and what has quietly failed?

Area of Expertise
Carbon MarketsClimate FintechFinancial PartnershipsNet-Zero StrategySustainable Banking

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