Blair Bateson is a Senior Vice President in Bank of America’s Global Environmental Group and a member of the team responsible for the Bank’s Net Zero Strategy. In this role he leads work on the Bank’s financed emissions strategy and target-setting for the Energy sector and the Iron and Steel sector. Prior to joining Bank of America in November 2024, he helped lead the banking workstream at Ceres, a Boston-based nonprofit focused on sustainability in capital markets. He has also worked in a variety of finance and strategy roles in the oil and gas sector, initially for the Canadian company Nexen, and subsequently for the China National Offshore Oil Corporation. Blair holds a masters’ degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and a bachelor’s degree from McGill University in Montreal. He is also a CFA charterholder.