Patricia Hudson currently serves as Executive Director at the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and holds the position of Senior Finance Advisor within the GFANZ Secretariat for COP26 since 2021. Prior experience includes roles as Global Head of ESG Strategy and Head of Executive Communications and Thought Leadership at State Street from 2019 to 2021, as well as Global Head of Investment Communications at State Street Global Advisors between 2015 and 2019. Earlier roles include Head of Investment Communications at BNY Mellon, Bridgewater Daily Observations Editor at Bridgewater Associates, and Founding Head of Investment Communications at Wellington Management. Patricia Hudson received an A.B. in European History and German with honors from Harvard University and completed education as a DAAD Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Hamburg.