Vaishakh Nair is a Principal for Climate and Decarbonisation at Anthesis Group, leading Net Zero, decarbonisation and climate risk programs across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. With thirteen years of international experience (South Asia, Singapore, GCC, UAE, USA etc) he specialises in Corporate Strategy, GHG accounting, SBTi alignment, internal carbon pricing, climate risk, circular economy, and life cycle assessment across the oil & gas, energy, manufacturing, waste management, technology and financial services sector.

Vaishakh is also a contributing member of UNECE Task Forces on Digitalisation in Energy and E-Mobility and holds an MPA in Energy and Environment from Columbia University, an MBA in Energy & Infrastructure Management, and the CFA Certificate in Climate Risk, Valuation and Investing. He has received multiple awards for excellence in sustainability leadership.