Ms. Namita Vikas is a senior business leader with 30 years of diverse global experience in climate change strategy and sustainability across sectors including Banking, Technology and FMCG. She was ranked one of the “Leading Women in Business Sustainability” by World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and has been globally recognized as “Sustainability Leader of the Year” by Ethical Corporation, UK in 2017. In 2018, she was named one of “Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen” by CSRWorks International. In 2019, she was featured in the list of “India’s Top 100 Women in Finance” by Association of International Wealth Management of India. Her well-rounded and non-linear experience spans specializations in climate strategy & finance, green banking, triple bottom line accounting, large scale sustainable development projects and public policy. She introduced Responsible Banking to India, launching first-ever Green Bonds, several green & sustainable wholesale and retail financial products and raising over USD 1 billion capital and credit lines towards mainstream green finance, while at YES BANK, a large Indian private bank. She set up YES FOUNDATION, with one of its programs, featuring in Limca Book of Records. Ms. Vikas is a prominent voice at influential national and international platforms like UN General Assembly, Economists Ocean Summit and G20, amongst others. She was elected as Chairperson of UN Natural Capital Finance Alliance and member of Global Steering Committee of UNEP FI. She also served on advisory councils/boards of International Capital Market Association’s Green Bonds Executive Committee, Black Jaguar Foundation, Brazil, We Mean Business, (a global nonprofit coalition working towards climate action) and Bureau of Indian Standards.