Paula VanLaningham is the Director of Carbon Research at LSEG, where she oversees LSEG’s carbon markets commodities research. Previously, she worked at S&P Global for over a decade, most recently as the Global Head of Carbon where she played a pivotal role in the development of the Platts Carbon Market benchmarks and Energy Transition pricing strategy. Previously, she acted as the Managing Editor of the EMEA Crude Team, overseeing Platts’ North Sea, Mediterranean and West African crude coverage. Paula has a BA International Affairs from the George Washington University and a MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics.
