Charles Yonts

Head of Asian ESG research
Macquarie

Charles is a Senior ESG Analyst, and has been working at Macquarie since 2020. Before joining Macquarie, Charles led the ESG and Power Research teams at CLSA, where he worked for fifteen years. As ESG lead, he set the scoring protocol used by the firm’s analysts across Asia, and also curates a range of thematic research alongside sector analysts. He previously directly covered Greater China cleantech stocks from 2004, and was the top-rated earnings estimator for Asian Utilities in both 2018 and 2019 according to Starminer. Charles has a BS in Finance from the University of Minnesota, and studied Chinese language and economics at Fudan University in Shanghai.

Charles is a Senior ESG Analyst, and has been working at Macquarie since 2020. Before joining Macquarie, Charles led the ESG and Power Research teams at CLSA, where he worked for fifteen years. As ESG lead, he set the scoring protocol used by the firm’s analysts across Asia, and also curates a range of thematic research alongside sector analysts. He previously directly covered Greater China cleantech stocks from 2004, and was the top-rated earnings estimator for Asian Utilities in both 2018 and 2019 according to Starminer. Charles has a BS in Finance from the University of Minnesota, and studied Chinese language and economics at Fudan University in Shanghai.