Kristina Wyatt Leads Climate Disclosure Innovation from SEC to Persefoni

“It is clear that climate risk is financial and operational risk, and the extent to which businesses, governments, and investors understand that risk will determine their ability to address it.” — Kristina Wyatt

Kristina Wyatt, Chief Sustainability Officer at Persefoni, is helping reshape how global companies confront climate risk — not just as an environmental issue, but as a financial imperative.

Architect of Climate Disclosure Reform

Before joining Persefoni, Wyatt led the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate disclosure rulemaking team, overseeing how publicly traded companies report on climate-related risks. As Senior Counsel for Climate and ESG, she coordinated with federal agencies and global regulators to advance sustainable finance regulations that would influence markets worldwide.

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Kristina Wyatt now leads Persefoni’s sustainability strategy, supporting clients across 19 of the 20 NAICS sectors. Her work empowers organizations to treat carbon data with the same confidence and controls as financial data, ensuring regulatory compliance while advancing decarbonization strategies.

“Without software, carbon accounting is unbelievably daunting and unreliable. With software, it is manageable.”

Her leadership at Persefoni supports partnerships with Bain & Co., Deloitte, PwC, Workiva, and others, enabling transparency and climate governance at scale.

A Cross-Sector Sustainability Leader

Wyatt’s career spans law, government, and enterprise. From her early counsel work at Latham & Watkins, where she built the firm’s internal sustainability program, to in-house counsel at Food Lion, Inc., and her tenure at the SEC — she brings unmatched insight across legal, regulatory, and operational landscapes.

Persefoni CEO Kentaro Kawamori put it best:

“She has further established herself not just as a thought leader within the sustainability sector, but also as a peerless executive for our teammates, customers, and partners.”

With degrees from Duke, Yale, and the University of Colorado, Kristina Wyatt now champions the future of carbon transparency — and positions climate reporting as a driver of long-term resilience.