Dr Kevin Parker

Dr Kevin Parker - Science and Economics Adviser

Dr Kevin Parker is Science and Economics Advisor for Z/Yen. He has been
a long-standing collaborator and Associate of Z/Yen since its founding,
working on technology, energy, finance, and green projects for a variety
of major commercial and NGO clients. In 2005, Kevin performed the first
estimates of ‘unburnable carbon’ or ‘stranded assets’ when Z/Yen pointed
out that fossil fuel reserves, if burnt, were likely to produce
extremely high CO2 levels. This work has been updated into a peer
reviewed paper published in 2024. In 2009 he provided the science input,
and presented the first public paper, on Z/Yen’s concept of  ‘Policy
Performance or Sovereign Sustainability-Linked Bonds’, updating this
work in a presentation to the Scottish Government in 2023.

In 2025 Kevin was the main author on a report for SFE regarding
Edinburgh and Glasgow’s situation in the Global Financial Centres Index

He has worked extensively in the technology start-up scene in Scotland
and beyond, delivering training and consultancy across a wide range of
technologies with his own company KKI Associates Ltd. KKI clients have
included 19 Russell Group Universities, the Royal Society of Edinburgh,
many parts of Scottish Enterprise, and a variety of NGO's (including the
Episcopal Church of Scotland). In 2021, KKI completed its 500th
commercial assignment. Kevin is currently Entrepreneur in residence at
Heriot Watt University.