Our Team

As Chief Development Officer, Frank draws on his nearly 30 years of experience in the financial services industry to guide the product development agenda for Four Twenty Seven’s diverse client base.

Having spent his career developing award-winning solutions for global institutional investors, Frank is a seasoned veteran of product management and strategic planning.  He founded Pluribus Labs, a research and analytics firm devoted to the translation of unstructured data into investable signals. Frank has also served as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Product Strategy at Instinet and in the product management organization at MSCI (then Barra).

As a pioneer of the incorporation of climate science into decision-making in the private and public sectors, Emilie founded Four Twenty Seven in 2012 to help businesses and communities understand the risks from climate change and develop effective resilience strategies.

An expert in climate adaptation and resilience, she is a frequent speaker at international events on climate risks and opportunities, has published extensively on climate policy, and teaches at the University of California, Davis on Business & Climate Change. She served as a member of California’s Technical Advisory Group for the implementation of Governor Brown’s Executive Order on climate change (EO B-30-15) and was Head of Carbon Analysis at Thomson Reuters Point Carbon. Emilie received the Visionary Award from the City of Berkeley, CA in 2016 and was a finalist for the Cartier Women’s Global Initiative for women entrepreneurs in 2014.

As Four Twenty Seven’s Chief Operating Officer, Colin oversees operations, finances, and leverages his dual background in business and climate change to coordinate the development of Four Twenty Seven’s climate risk intelligence platform

Prior to Four Twenty Seven, Colin spent eight years in Transaction Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers, working on over 200 mergers and acquisitions ranging in size from $5 million to $40 billion in enterprise value. He has over 15 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, business risk and exposure, and actuarial science in the private sector.

As Four Twenty Seven’s Chief Revenue Officer, Lisa oversees sales, client support, marketing and professional services globally. Lisa brings over 25 years of experience in sales and client services for data analytics and investment products in the financial sector.

Previously, Lisa spent twelve years with Barra, Inc. leading their client service, sales, consulting and partner relationships globally.  She has also led investment strategy and client relationship teams for Blackrock, AXA Rosenberg and, most recently, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo, Inc., working with many of the world’s leading institutional investors.

As Director, Sales in the UK, Ben leads Four Twenty Seven’s business development and growth strategy in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Ben leverages ten years of experience across various roles within the Commercial Group at Moody’s Investors Service (MIS). Most recently Ben led the EMEA Sales Support team, having previously held roles ranging from sales and account management to operations and technology.

As Manager, Europe, Léonie supports European client deliveries, sales and marketing from Four Twenty Seven’s Paris office. She translates Four Twenty Seven’s data into user-friendly products and visuals and develops risk analysis for financial institutions, corporations and governments.

Léonie has a background in political sciences and urban data analysis. Previously, she provided consulting on urban sustainability for a French construction firm.

As Four Twenty Seven’s Managing Director, Global Client Services, Yoon provides oversight on all aspects of client engagements. She works closely with investors, corporations, and governments to assess financial and economic exposure to physical climate risks, support the integration of climate risk considerations into planning, and promote cross-sector dialogue to address physical climate impacts.

Yoon has over a decade of experience working with private and public sector entities in the US and globally to evaluate physical climate risks, identify adaptation and resilience opportunities, support adaptation planning, strengthen climate policy and governance, and build capacity. Prior to Four Twenty Seven, she worked with several State of California agencies to prepare the coastal implementation plan for the State’s adaptation strategy and supported the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) efforts to integrate adaptation considerations into country and regional investments.

As Director of Japan, Toshi leverages his 30 years of experience in sales and development to lead Japan operations and business development.

Having spent his career in financial services, Toshi has served as a Senior Advisor to S&P Global Platts, Japan President of FactSet, and Tokyo President for MSCI. Previously, he was Head of Goldman Sachs Pension Services Group Tokyo and has held several other roles in asset management and risk management firms.

At Four Twenty Seven, Lindsay analyzes the economic impacts of climate change on corporations and financial markets.

Lindsay studied at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), focusing on Energy, Resources, and the Environment as well as International Finance and Economics. Previously she worked for the U.S. International Trade Commission, assisting with macroeconomic research on the impacts of international trade on the U.S. economy. She also has experience as Student Coordinator for the Frontiers and Energy, Science, and Technology at SAIS, leading groups of students on international research trips to study the effects of climate change around the world.

At Four Twenty Seven, Naoko supports senior management and works with the Operations Manager to achieve operational excellence.

Naoko has over 16 years of experience as a sales assistant and office manager in the United States and Japan, working in the financial and engineering industries.

As Director, Sales in New York, Jackie leads Four Twenty Seven’s business development and growth strategy in the eastern United States.

Jackie has spent the majority of her career in analytical and portfolio management roles in corporate and municipal finance, in the securities and banking industries at institutions such as Prudential Capital Management, TIAA-CREF, TD and Wachovia (now Wells Fargo). Most recently, she served as a Solution Specialist covering the commercial and industrial (C&I) and commercial real estate (CRE) credit risk models for Moody’s Analytics.

As Director, Communications, Natalie leads Four Twenty Seven’s thought leadership, marketing and outreach efforts.

Natalie leverages her background in climate adaptation, communications and environmental sciences to translate technical information into actionable insights for resilience-building across sectors. Previously, Natalie worked at the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) where she helped to develop a nationwide assessment of cities’ vulnerabilities to climate change and their readiness to adapt.

As a Climate Risk Analyst, Liz supports Four Twenty Seven’s editorial content creation and communications, including through social media, blogs and analyses.

Previously, she worked in communications and technology project management at White & Case, LLP and The Metropolitan Opera. Liz was part of NASA GISS’s Climate Change Research Initiative from 2018-2019 working on paleoclimatic models for solar-ozone interactions. Her thesis work was in climate modeling and stochastic parameterizations in convection schemes.

As an Associate Director, Research, Stephanie develops and incorporates metrics of novel climate indices into Four Twenty Seven’s products and services.

Stephanie’s background is in data science and conservation ecology. She has worked for NatureServe and the California Academy of Sciences in ecological forecasting, data visualization and mapping, with a focus on analysis and communication for climate change adaptation planning.

At Four Twenty Seven, Gain optimizes cloud infrastructure and climate data processing to support the development of climate risk analytics.

Previously, Gain worked at Weathernews Inc. where he helped transform cloud infrastructure and developed various weather research applications, including radar and satellite image processing, machine learning models and demand prediction.

At Four Twenty Seven, Colin assesses clients’ specific climate risk over space and time, helping to build products which integrate the most recent climate change datasets and research into a user-friendly interface.

Previously, Colin worked at the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre where he authored a report on near-term climate change in Zambia and its sector-specific impacts. Colin has a background in applied climate science, using computational statistics, geospatial analysis and business intelligence applications to process, analyze and communicate climate data.

As an Associate Director, Research, John performs stochastic modeling of climate and weather data to advance Four Twenty Seven’s climate risk analytics.

Prior to joining the team, John worked on topics ranging from transportation economics in Los Angeles to particle physics at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland. John went on to monitor arctic mercury pollution in Norway as part of a Fulbright Fellowship, and ultimately received his Ph.D. at Caltech for his research on the ocean’s response to climate change.

As Managing Director, Research, Nik leads the research team and guides the modeling efforts to assess the attributable impact of climate change on human health, supply chains, infrastructure and the natural environment.

As a climate and water risk specialist, Nik focuses on ways to assess climate and development induced risk through advanced statistics, climate change models and impact evaluation methods. Previously, he served as an environmental risk specialist in South Asia, the Middle East and Central and South America and has conducted environmental impact evaluations for USAID, US Department of State, Pacific Gas & Electric, NASA and the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

As a Director, Research, Josh curates datasets, applies data analysis and develops written and visual materials to convey clients’ specific climate risks.

Prior to Four Twenty Seven, Josh worked with the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre to establish a preliminary climate risk assessment for anticipatory humanitarian action in Lomé, Togo. Josh has a background in meteorology, climate data analysis and communication of complex scientific information.

As Managing Director, Financial Data Systems, Oren leverages his 20 years of experience in the fintech industry to guide Four Twenty Seven’s product development agenda for financial and business data.

Oren is recognized as a strategic data and content expert, adept at launching and overseeing products and solutions to serve the top investment firms globally. Prior to Four Twenty Seven, Oren spent 13 years at Axioma Inc. (now part of Qontigo), leading the Global Content Services group and he also spent seven years at MSCI Barra.

As Managing Director, Data Content, Nattu leverages his more than 20 years of experience in big data analytics to support implementation of Four Twenty Seven’s product development agenda for financial and business data.

Prior to Four Twenty Seven, Nattu spent more than 14 years at Axioma Inc. (now part of Qontigo) and was instrumental in building solutions to deliver quality global financial content for use in creating risk analytics. Early in his career he was involved in building optimization algorithms for network design and technician scheduling and routing before co-founding a company in the customer value analytics space.

As VP of Engineering, Klaus draws on more than 25 years of experience in new product development to build Four Twenty Seven’s data platform.

Klaus co-founded and served as CTO of Incorta, a business intelligence and analytics software provider funded by Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins. Previously he managed business intelligence and reporting software at Oracle, including BI Publisher and served as product manager for the Aegis Equity Portfolio Risk Analysis suite at MSCI (then Barra).

At Four Twenty Seven Alix leverages over 25 years of experience in software engineering to expand Four Twenty Seven’s climate risk scoring capabilities.

Previously, Alix developed big data analytics for financial market trading at Instinet. She also has experience building neural network compilers, developing DSP-oriented mathematical libraries and creating ground-based radar signal processing pipelines.

As a Frontend Developer Akiyo  works on the Four Twenty Seven climate risk application’s user interface, building out the platform and systems to serve a diverse client base.

Previously, Akiyo developed web applications at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and has worked with Python and Flask on the backend. Her diverse background also includes process automation and systems engineering.

At Four Twenty Seven, John Supports the Director of Operations with the Operations and Human Resources functions of the organization.

John has seven years of experience as an office manager and 15 years of experience in marketing and events in the educational non-profit sector.

At Four Twenty Seven, Sara keeps operations running effectively and supports business development and product management.

Sara has over eight years of operations management experience in the technology sector and is passionate about building strong foundations and improving company systems. Previously, she held operational roles at startups ApplePie Capital and Pixalate.