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Nikita Asthana
Global Head, Sustainability Finance
Olam Agri
View LinkedIn profileNikita is a global sustainability leader with over 15 years of experience in the food and agriculture sector. Her work focuses on integrating climate, nature and social considerations into business strategy and decision-making to strengthen supply chain resilience and long-term value creation. She leads the global Sustainability Finance team at Olam Agri and chairs the advisory group for EU co-funded Project A-track. A CFA charter holder and INSEAD MBA, she champions nature-positive outcomes, a just transition, and inclusive leadership in shaping a resilient, future-fit global food system.
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12:15–1:45pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Invite-Only
Enabling The Next Wave Of Innovation
Connecting the Capital Stack: Financing Climate Innovation from First Risk to Scale
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Davina HoDirector (Interim), Investor PracticeAIGCC
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Mervyn TangInvestment Director, Global Equities & Head of Sustainability, APACSchroders
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Mervin TeoPartnerFullerton Fund Management
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Nikita AsthanaGlobal Head, Sustainability FinanceOlam Agri
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Priya BellinoHead of Sustainability Solutions Group APACSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
About this session
The ClimateTech financing conversation has moved beyond simply identifying where capital is underinvested. The challenge now is capital coordination, across asset classes, investment stages, and between public and private capital.
ClimateTech companies typically require more capital, longer commercialisation timelines, and longer paths to exit. Yet grants, venture equity, growth capital, credit, project finance and infrastructure capital operate with different mandates, risk appetites and time horizons, often with limited coordination between them.
This fragmentation creates challenges on both sides: founders face financing gaps as they move from innovation to scale, while investors may be asked to take risks or accept timelines that do not fit their mandates.
The roundtable will examine where these disconnects occur and how stronger capital coordination and public-private coordination can create better conditions for both ClimateTech companies seeking to scale and investors seeking sustainable risk-adjusted returns.
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