Stephanie Kelly is the Deputy Head of the Research Institute at abrdn. She leads on politics and macro ESG research for the Institute, specialising in gender equality, climate policy and US, European and UK political analysis. Stephanie is responsible for leading the abrdn political risk framework and scenario process, as well as oversight of the abrdn global ESG index, Climate Policy Index and Gender Equality Index. She is also a regular commentator on the implications of political risk for investors in global news media with regular slots on CNBC and Bloomberg. Stephanie joined the company in 2014 and holds a BA(Hons) in Economics and Politics and an MSc in International Politics from Trinity College Dublin.