Founder and Managing Director, auctusESG
Namita Vikas is an award-winning senior business leader and ex-banker, with over 33 years of diverse experience in sectors across banking, finance, and technology. In her top leadership position with India’s 4th largest private bank, she was instrumental in launching several first-to-market green and sustainable, banking products, including India’s maiden green bond, raising over 1 billion dollars in green capital. An influential voice in sustainable finance and climate transition globally, she set up auctusESG in 2020, which has done 28 global projects with international governments, UN agencies, MDBs, global DFIs in Latin America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, India, and Africa.
Namita continues to be a member of several expert committees and boards on Sustainable Finance and ESG, including those by Government of India, International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), Climate Bonds Initiative, and the Finance Industry Advisory Board of the International Energy Agency. In the past she has served a Jury of the World Bank Development Marketplace program, CPI Innovation Lab, Tata and Marico Innovation Awards.
