Jamie Gray-Donald
Senior Advisor, AFFINE Climate Solutions
Jamie Gray-Donald is listed as Senior Advisor, AFFINE Climate Solutions. Jamie is scheduled to speak at The Buildings Show 2026 on 2 December 2026.
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About
Jamie Gray-Donald, PhD was an academic who pivoted to being a corporate sustainability leader for 16 years, first in retail and then in real estate. He built industry-leading strategies, led high-performing teams, and delivered profitable results within large, complex organizations. He has a track record of enhancing portfolio value through decarbonization planning, transition finance pathways, and scalable, cost-effective standards that optimize businesses and assets. Jamie delivered profitable strategies at scale, including creating a globally recognized ESG platform from scratch for a $94 billion investment portfolio. He founded Recursive Advisors in 2025 and now supports a dozen clients, focusing on managing climate risks for financial institutions and real estate companies. Jamie is also a Senior Advisor to Affine Climate Solutions and the father of three young daughters who have been promised that climate change will be resolved before Jamie retires. Despite growing urgency to de
Upcoming
The Buildings Show 2026 2 December 2026 – 4 December 2026
- From Mechanical Room to Capital Plan: Making Heat-Pump Retrofits Investable (Toronto 2030 District) Speaker · 2 December 2026
- Accelerating the Low Carbon Transition: Insights from the BOMA Enspire Program on Retrofit (BOMA Enspire) Speaker · 3 December 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Jamie at events on B2DB.
- Bala Gnanam Vice-President, Sustainability, Advocacy and Stakeholder Relations · BOMA Canada 1 shared session
- Dana Krechowicz Director, Sustainable Finance · Scotiabank Commercial Banking 1 shared session
- Juhee Oh Director, Sustainability and Climate Strategy · CHOICE REIT 1 shared session
- Julia St Michael Executive Director · Toronto 2030 District 1 shared session
- Shauna Sylvestor Founder and Lead Convenor · Urban Climate Leadership, a project of MakeWay 1 shared session
- Steven Pacifico Associate Executive Director · Building Decarbonization Alliance 1 shared session