Alok Sharma served as a Member of Parliament in the UK House of Commons for 14 years (2010-2024) and was subsequently appointed a Member of the House of Lords in the UK Parliament. Prior to entering Parliament, Alok qualified as a chartered accountant and then worked as an investment banker for 16 years based out of London, Frankfurt, and Stockholm.

He served in a range of UK government ministerial roles prior to entering the UK Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development. He was subsequently appointed Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, as well as President Designate of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). In 2021, he took on the COP President role full-time, leading the UK’s work in bringing together the world to tackle climate change and getting almost 200 countries to sign up to the historic Glasgow Climate Pact.

Alok was knighted in King Charles III’s 2023 New Year’s Honours for his services to tackling climate change. He currently serves as Chair of the UK's Transition Finance Council, is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford, Co-Chair of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Climate Advisory Council and a Distinguished Fellow at Conservation International.