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February 26, 2025 • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm est

Student Roundtable: Entrepreneurship and AI

Please join the Women in Energy initiative at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA for a student roundtable lunch and discussion featuring Women in Energy’s...

Event • CGEP Large Conference Room
1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027
Student Roundtable: Entrepreneurship and AI

Preetha Jenarthan

Senior Research Associate

Biography

Preetha is a Senior Research Associate at the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) within Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), where she focuses her research on mobilizing capital for clean energy and low-carbon infrastructure development. Prior to joining CGEP, she was a climate finance professional with experience in sustainability strategy, including decarbonization pathways for hard-to-abate sectors. At CIMB Group, a leading Southeast Asian bank, she helped develop and operationalize a five-year sustainability roadmap, elevating its Dow Jones Sustainability Index ranking from the bottom to the top quartile within three years.

Her responsibilities included overseeing programs with cross-functional teams across the region, which involved developing sustainable finance sector policies, driving sustainability-linked corporate finance and debt capital market transactions, and advising clients on their transition action plans. She also designed an ESG risk framework to incorporate climate-related risks into credit assessments and the organization’s risk appetite statement. Additionally, she supported regulatory initiatives for the Joint Committee for Climate Change, co-chaired by the Central Bank and Securities Commission of Malaysia, including the Climate Change and Principle-based Taxonomy, the Value-Based Intermediation and Investment Impact Assessment Framework sectoral guides for renewable energy and energy efficiency, and organizing their inaugural climate finance conference. She also played a key role in incubating the CEO Action Network, driving policy advocacy with the public sector, capacity-building efforts, and collective commitments on climate action and social stewardship for over 50 private sector organizations across energy, finance, and other industries. She was also a member of several working groups on climate finance, including the UN Principles of Responsible Banking Impact Reporting and Disclosure task force.

Earlier in her career, Preetha was a Business and Strategy Associate at American International Group (AIG) Malaysia, where her responsibilities included conducting business analytics to optimize profitability and ensure capital adequacy, managing digital partnerships, and leading a new market entry strategy proposal for the Asia Pacific region. She holds a master’s degree in Economic Policy Management with a concentration on Energy and Environment from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science and Finance with a minor in Economics from Drake University.

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