Kobad Bhavnagri

Kobad Bhavnagri is a leading expert on the energy transition. He is Head of Strategy for BloombergNEF, an international research provider specialising in the transition to a net-zero emissions economy. He helps develop new capabilities and business opportunities for the company, and has expertise across hydrogen, clean power, transport, industry, buildings and agriculture.

Kobad is a trusted advisor to senior decision makers around the world, and has held numerous roles with BNEF, including leading its work on industrial decarbonization, hydrogen, Asia-Pacific energy economics and managing its Australian business. He has authored over 100 publications spanning energy policy, economics, finance and technology since joining the company in 2010.

Kobad is also a Non-Executive Director of the Carbon Market Institute, an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the faculty of Engineering at the University of New South Wales and a member of the Australian Government’s Energy Industry Roundtable. He has worked in the energy and finance industries since 2003 as an engineer, management consultant and analyst, and has a first class honours degree in Mechatronic Engineering from the University of New South Wales.