Marc Roston is a Senior Research Scholar at the Precourt Institute for Energy in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability where he leads research efforts in carbon accounting and carbon markets, financial institution transitions and climate-related insurance markets.

Prior to joining Stanford in 2020, Roston spent 25 years in the asset management industry where he held senior investment positions ranging from quantitative equity to private equity and everything in between. Roston advises financial institutions large and small on a diverse range of investment activities, with a particular emphasis on the intersection of insurance, hedge funds and private equity. He has served on the boards of public and private companies, as well as the investment committees of endowments and foundations.

Prior to forming his own investment and advisory firm, he chaired the investment committee of a $7 billion alternatives firm, managed long/short equity strategies and special situations for the investment division of a global consulting firm, and managed quant long/short equity for a global bank.

Roston holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago and a B.S. in Economics at Carnegie Mellon University.