B Anand

B. Anand is a business leader with over 35 years of experience across investment banking, commodities, metals and mining, energy and large industrial businesses, including leadership roles at Trafigura, Vedanta and Nayara Energy. He is currently building Meridian Partners and has a growing focus on social development and environmental sustainability, particularly water, resource productivity and technology-enabled solutions to real world problems. At this stage of his career, Anand is keen to apply his operating experience, strategic perspective and networks to support social entrepreneurs and scalable impact initiatives, while continuing to learn from practitioners working closely with communities and the development sector.