Pavan Sukhdev is the founder and CEO of GIST Impact, a global leader in impact data and analytics which harnesses the power of impact economics, technology and AI to uncover a business's full value contribution to the world. A scientist by education, a banker by profession, and an environmental economist by passion, Pavan previously led the UN’s Green Economy Initiative and The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study. His groundbreaking work has been recognised through several awards including the Blue Planet Prize (2016), the Tyler Prize (2020), and the EAERE European Practitioner Achievement Award in Applying Environmental Economics (2024). He is a former President and Chair of WWF International (2018-2021) and has served on the boards of Conservation International, the Global Reporting Initiative and the Stockholm Resilience Centre.