Dipanjan Basu

Dip supports WBA in ensuring that the Financial System Benchmark is effectively utilised by stakeholders in an effort to build the momentum towards corporate sustainability leadership and accountability, incorporating multifaceted issues such as governance and strategy, climate change and biodiversity, and social inclusion.

Prior to joining WBA, Dip worked at UNDP in different capacities. Most recently, he helped insurance regulators in developing greater insights into sector’s approaches, rationale, and future supervisory plans to integrate climate considerations within their capital and supervisory frameworks. Previously, he assisted in the planning and execution of workstreams for the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group (SFWG), collaborating closely with the G20 Presidency, the U.S. Treasury, the People’s Bank of China as well as counterparts from G20 central banks, Finance Ministries and international financial institutions.

Dip started out with financial consulting in PricewaterhouseCoopers for asset management clients and thereafter has worked in ESG analytics, research and reporting as well as incubation of social enterprises. Dip is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA degree from HEC Paris.