Pradeep Tharakan has over 20 years of experience focused on global energy and environmental issues. Pradeep has worked for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) since 2010. He currently serves as ADB’s Director for Energy Transition and is responsible for guiding ADB’s interventions in related areas such as industrial decarbonization, critical minerals and clean energy supply chains, offshore wind development and scaling up climate finance for the energy transition. Over the past decade, Pradeep has led the origination, implementation, and close-out of energy infrastructure projects totaling 3 billion USD. This includes solar parks, energy efficiency projects, large hydropower projects, and cross-border power trade projects. Pradeep has a PhD in Environmental Science, an MBA, and a master’s degree in public policy and administration.