Gordon Bennett
Managing Director, Intercontinental Exchange
Mr. Gordon S. Bennett has been Managing Director at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. since February 2015. He is a member of the Board of ICE Endex, ICE Futures Abu Dhabi, Spark Commodities and a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of BeZero Carbon.
He was named Environmental Finance’s sustainable business leader of the year in 2022 and contributes to a wide range of external environmental and energy market initiatives including being a current member of the EU Commission Expert Group on Climate Change, the Advisory Board of the University of Cambridge Energy Policy Research Group, the Steering Committee of the City of London Carbon Market Forum and the Responsible Carbon Finance Advisory Council of the Clean Cooking Association.
He has also served on the Advisory Group for BSI Flex 701 - Nature Markets in the UK, the Nature Based Solutions Taskforce of the Sustainable Markets Initiative, the VCMI Stakeholder Forum, the UNDP Advisory Group for Paris Agreement Investments and the Transition to Net Zero Working Group of the FCA and Bank of England’s Climate Financial Risk Forum. Prior to ICE, Mr. Bennett spent 12 years at the global energy broker, Spectron.
During his tenure at Spectron he held several Board roles including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer. After the acquisition of Spectron by Marex he joined the Executive Committee of Marex Spectron in the role of Managing Director and Global Head of Energy. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (with Honours) in Chemistry from the University of Edinburgh.