Shaz Merwat joined the RBC Climate Institute in 2024 as Energy Policy Lead. He brings over 13 years of Capital Markets Research experience within the Canadian Oil and Gas sector and as an Equity Strategist covering a broad range of fundamental macroeconomic issues and was a top ranked sustainability/ESG analyst. Prior to this, he worked for a global major oil and gas producer in the Netherlands. Mr. Merwat holds Masters degrees from Western University, the London School of Economics and Erasmus University Rotterdam, with the fortune of having lived in six countries across three continents.