Shria Goel

Climate risk and sustainability professional with 9+ years across consulting and financial services. Currently responsible for Net Zero and climate risk analytics for Deutsche Bank’s ~€300bn global lending portfolio, integrating climate considerations into risk appetite and credit decisions. Previously delivered 10+ climate and sustainability engagements at PwC across corporates, governments and development institutions.

Assistant Vice President, Climate Risk at Deutsche Bank (2022-06 – Present)

• Owned Net Zero and climate risk analytics for Deutsche Bank’s ~€300bn global lending portfolio across 8 carbon-intensive sectors, monitoring financed emissions and portfolio alignment against formal risk-appetite thresholds; Net Zero performance is linked to Management Board compensation.
• Analysed Net Zero performance and carbon-budget utilisation across Group and business-unit portfolios, explaining movements and threshold implications to senior stakeholders; awarded 2 quarterly Spotlight Awards and a High-Performing Team Award.
• Advise Front Office and deal teams on climate risk for individual transactions in Net Zero target sectors, running what-if analyses against sector-specific intensity thresholds; potential breaches are escalated to the Net Zero forum for review
• Co-developed a forward-looking transition methodology, projecting clients’ 2030 emissions intensity from stated 2050 commitments and using RAG classification to assess alignment against the Bank’s interim sector targets.
• Stepped up to lead a resource-constrained 2-person team through an extended period of manager absence - planning workloads, coaching team members through technical blockers, and negotiating stakeholder expectations to sustain delivery without compromising quality.
• Built lightweight automation across climate analytics and reporting workflows to reduce repetitive manual effort and strengthen data controls and auditability; worked with IT team to define business requirements and guide the migration of climate reporting from a tactical solution to a strategic platform,
• Led climate data and methodology initiatives spanning external data-provider evaluation including end-to-end vendor selection for CRE transition risk data and validating vendor’s physical risk data.

Senior Consultant, Climate Change & Sustainability at PwC (2019-05 – 2022-05)

• Delivered 10+ climate and sustainability consulting engagements for corporates, governments and development institutions across climate risk, net zero, resilience, carbon markets and sustainability strategy.
• Assessed climate change risks to health for Bhutan’s National Adaptation Plan (UNDP) using the IPCC AR5 framework - published, informing national adaptation planning.
• Built a TCFD-based climate-risk assessment framework for a ~USD 2bn private equity firm, engaging ESG heads and C-suite leadership across 15+ portfolio companies to assess sector, operational and supply-chain risks and enable comparative climate-risk assessment across the investment portfolio.
• Developed the PE firm’s climate policy supporting its UN PRI journey and Climate Resilience Roadmaps across 10 sectors, and built an end-to-end Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG accounting framework (operational emissions) supporting external assurance and carbon-neutrality certification.
• Supported a major metals & mining company’s Net Zero programme, contributing to a CDP rating improvement from C to B- and climate capability-building across 10+ business units.
• Delivered climate-policy engagements spanning Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, carbon pricing and climate adaptation, including support to India’s negotiating team and assignments for GIZ and the World Bank.

Business Technology Analyst, SAP ABAP at Deloitte USI Consulting (2014 – 2017)

Intern at Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe) (2017 – 2018)

M.Sc. in Climate Change & Sustainability – Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (2019)

B.Tech in Computer Science & Technology – S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai (2014)