Mona Dohle

I am a journalist and editor with more than a decade of experience covering breaking news and in-depth features on the global investment and pensions industry, with a particular focus on the climate crisis, the energy transition and the financial system behind them. I am currently the Editor of Net Zero Investor and LGPS Editor at Room 151, where I manage a team of journalists across the two titles. I write, commission and edit news, analysis and interviews on climate, the energy transition, sustainable finance and the UK’s local government pension scheme.

My investigation into the People’s Pension divesting from State Street has been recognised with Climate & Environment Journalist of the Year at the Aviva Sustainability Media Awards 2025. I also won Pensions Journalist of the Year at the State Street Institutional Press Awards in 2025, and Journalist of the Year (Pensions) in 2024, for my critical coverage of forced mergers of local government pension scheme pools. In 2023, I also won Defined Benefit Journalist of the Year at the WTW Media Awards for my coverage of the LDI crisis and its impact on pension funds.

I have built a broad network of sources across the world’s largest pension funds, asset managers, sustainability investors, climate leaders and policy makers, breaking exclusive stories from whistleblowers at the UK’s USS to major US and UK asset owners changing investment mandates. I have had additional training in UK libel law, and I have experience in using Freedom of Information requests to obtain information for stories.

Editor at Net Zero Investor (2023 – Present)

• Write, commission and edit news, analysis and interviews on climate, the energy transition and sustainable finance, covering fossil fuel financing, stewardship, regulation and greenwashing
• Manage a team of up to five reporters and editors across Net Zero Investor and Room 151, and appear regularly on panels, podcasts and video
• Launched The Silent Majority, a series of features which investigated stewardship and engagement patterns among the world’s largest investors in fossil fuel firms
• Broke news on the People’s Pension divesting £28bn from State Street over lack of climate alignment
• Launched Spark!, a digital magazine exploring key challenges for the energy transition, such as “Licence to drill” on bond market support for the LNG sector
• Grew website traffic by more than 40% over the past year, to 262,000 page views and 144,000 active users
• Grew the publication’s LinkedIn following to 8,200 over three years

LGPS Editor at Room 151 (2023 – Present)

• Report on and edit coverage of the UK’s local government pension scheme, its investment strategy, governance and its climate and stewardship obligations
• Responsibility for weekly LGPS newsletter
• Moderated events for the LGPS and hosted podcasts on key issues for the industry, and produced video and social media content from them

Head of Stewardship at Net Zero Investor (2023)

• Joined the team with the task to build Net Zero Investor’s reach among institutional investors and write regular articles

Editor at portfolio institutional (2018 – 2023)

• Coverage includes exclusive interviews and in-depth analysis on the LDI crisis, the growth of the defined contribution sector and key macroeconomic challenges of the day
• Oversaw the launch of a new website, increasing users by 50% over two years
• Built the publication’s social media presence on Twitter and LinkedIn
• Managed website development with the senior writer and marketing team
• Introduced a new interview series on LGPS pooling
• Responsibility for the bi-weekly online newsletter

DACH and Benelux Correspondent at Investment Europe (2014 – 2018)

• Conducted face-to-face and phone interviews with local investors and industry contacts
• Covered industry trends, asset allocation and appointments online and for a monthly print outlet

Media Executive, Benelux at Gorkana Group (2013 – 2014)

Media Researcher, Germany Austria Switzerland at Gorkana Group (2012 – 2013)

Freelance Contributor at Bikya Masr and Al Jazeera (2011 – 2011)

Teaching Assistant, European Law at Groningen University (2010 – 2010)

Intern & Freelance Journalist at Verdener Aller-Zeitung (2007 – 2007)

MSc in Development Studies – School of Oriental and African Studies (2011 – 2012)

PAS Programme – Birzeit University (2011 – 2011)

BA in International Relations & International Organisations, with a minor in Journalism Studies – Groningen University (2007 – 2011)