Dr. Kartikeya Singh has spent the last several years in the philanthropy sector focused on climate change. Currently serving as Director, Collective Impact at the Growald Climate Fund, Kartikeya is charged with coordinating an informal community of funders aligned in their efforts to encourage clean electricity globally. Prior to GCF, Kartikeya served as Director, Global Electricity Initiative at the Climate Imperative Foundation and Director of Programmes at the Netherlands-based SED Fund just before that. His responsibilities included setting strategies and making grants to groups around the world advocating for a just clean energy transition. An ecologist by training, Kartikeya appreciates varied perspectives, approaches, and skill sets that individuals and institutions can uniquely contribute to addressing the climate crisis. To inform his own strategies, Kartikeya leverages his extensive experience being in or engaging with government, research institutions, intergovernmental organizations, civil society and industries in the sustainable development sector. He has travelled from the Arctic to the Antarctic, exploring the challenges of energy geopolitics in a changing climate.Kartikeya received his B.S. in ecology and sustainable development from Furman University, his M.E.Sc. from the Yale School of Environmental Studies, and his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.