Audra Walton

Audra Walton is Managing Director and ESG Lead at Cheyne Capital Strategic Value Credit. Prior to Cheyne, Audra was a Director at Baringa Partners where she led the ESG Risk & Regulation division. She has provided climate, ESG and sustainability advisory services to some of the largest organisations in the world, helping CFOs, CROs and boards navigate the quickly evolving areas of net zero pathways, non-financial disclosure, shareholder interests and sustainability outperformance. Before joining Baringa, Audra built deep expertise in de-risking ESG factors and cost-of-capital issues in transactions as Head of ESG Advisory at CMi2i. She has a CFA Certificate in ESG Investing and a Master’s in International Relations & Global Affairs. She also has the Business & Climate Change Net Zero Emissions certificate from Cambridge's Institute for Sustainability Leadership.