Climate-focused investment and advisory firm Pollination announced the appointment of Abhay Pande as a Senior Advisor leading its transition finance advisory practice.

According to Pollination, in his new role, Pande will be support the firm’s clients to invest and raise capital for their transition strategies, easing the path to implementing climate and nature solutions to drive change. The firm added that the new hire comes as transition finance becomes increasingly critical, with companies across industries looking to adopt more sustainable practices.

Pollination Managing Director, Nick Anstett said:

“We are thrilled to welcome Abhay to our team. With his extensive background in M&A and capital-raising and his depth of experience in key markets globally, he accelerates our ability to create lasting financial, climate, and nature impact for our clients, as well as to better partner with clients in the design and deployment of innovative financing strategies to implement their most ambitious sustainability initiatives.”

Pande joins Pollination with approximately 30 years of experience in energy and power investment banking, private equity investing and corporate strategy consulting, overseeing more than $50 billion in corporate loans, bond and equity issuances and $50 billion in M&A transactions. His prior roles include serving as Managing Director at private equity firm American Capital, where he was a partner in the American Capital Energy and Infrastructure private equity fund, and 16 years at Citigroup’s investment banking department, including as Managing Director in the US energy investment banking group, co-head of Asian energy, power, and chemicals investment banking, and Head of Southeast Asia industrials.

Pande said:

“I am thrilled to be joining Pollination to help grow its transition finance advisory work. Harnessing financial innovation and capital markets will be essential to accelerating the low-carbon and nature positive transition at the pace and scale required. With its unique combination of climate and nature expertise, investment acumen, and global relationships, Pollination is ideally positioned to develop cutting-edge financial strategies and transactions for its clients that will catalyze both environmental impact and investment returns.”