Gokul Ganesh (he/him)

Gokul Ganesh builds the financial models behind new ways to pay for climate projects. He also looks for ways to fund community solar and other distributed energy resources for low-income households and affordable housing that costs less to run and holds up better in extreme weather. Before joining NRDC, Ganesh worked on SME, trade, and working capital financing as an analyst at J.P. Morgan in Mumbai and later focused on applied economic research as a research fellow at Columbia Business School. He also previously worked on financing for solar power in Nigeria, transit and stormwater projects in the United States, and peatland restoration in Europe, where he co-authored a 2026 roadmap on peatland investment. Ganesh holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, a master's degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School, and a master’s degree in financial engineering from UCLA. He is a certified Financial Risk Manager and is based in NRDC’s Washington, D.C., office.