Andy Morimoto is Director of Climate Policy at Edelman Global Advisory. He previously served as Director of Research at the Paulson Institute and as a Policy Fellow at the Institute’s Green Finance Center. At the Paulson Institute, his focus was on the intersection of climate policy, green finance, and US-China relations.

He worked closely with the chairman, former Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., on a variety of special projects and activities. Earlier in his career, he worked at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, focusing on trade and the global economy. He earned a MA in international relations from The University of Chicago, and a BA in political science and history from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.