Team
Alan Miller JD
Managing Director
• Global climate thought leader, 40+ years in ozone depletion & climate change
• 6 years Global Environmental Facility (GEF) managing USD 1B grants
• 10 years at IFC, part of World Bank Group
• Climate tech angel investor recently
• Principal author as expert on cooling crisis, lead author of Chilling Prospects
• Professor at over 10 universities throughout his career focused on climate
John Paul Moscarella
• Pioneer in climate & entrepreneur since Rio 1992, 35 yrs+ experience
• Managed private equity funds, clean energy, USD 65M AUM
• Cleantech & Carbon credits, climate tech angel investor recently
• Co-founder Econergy International, renewables, IPO in 2006 @> USD100M, acquired by Engie (global utility) in 2008
• Partner, Climate Finance Advisors (CFA), recent sale to global consultancy WSP (2022)
• Total capital mobilization USD 1.5B+ for climate finance
Joyita Mukherjee
• 25+ years of experience in International Development and Climate Finance with the World Bank and IFC
• Managed Earth Fund at IFC, USD 40M AUM
• Led Fund Management & Partnerships for Climate Finance in IFC’s Blended Finance Dept, USD 700M AUM
• Supported ~USD1.5B in climate mitigation & adaptation investments
• Headed IFC’s Sustainable Advisory business practice in South Asia, steered five-fold growth in business
Bhumil Kamdar
• 8+ years of experience working with Financial Institutions in India across middle market banking & lending to start-ups
• Managed USD 50 million startup lending portfolio for Centrum Group and helped establish their venture debt + climate banking practice (now within Unity Small Finance Bank)
• Supported M&A for Centrum Group in India through portfolio acquisitions, notably the acquisition of stressed Indian Bank that led to a Small Finance Banking License for the Group in 2021
• Graduated with MBA in Finance in May 2025, SMU Cox School of Business (Dallas, USA)
Dev Madgavkar
• Stanford undergraduate pursuing a dual degree in Human Biology and Public Policy, focused on the intersection of climate, health, and policy
• Worked with NRDC’s India Program on adaptation and energy-transition research, assessing investment gaps, market readiness, and policy levers for scalable clean energy solutions
• Supported the California Governor’s Office on large-scale public fleet electrification, analyzing regulatory frameworks, cost considerations, and implementation pathways
• Conducted policy research in Senator Cory Booker’s office focused on public finance, including the design and deployment of federal grants and incentive programs for housing and climate initiatives
Jonathan Naimon
• First Sustainable Manager selected by a California pension fund
• Invested into Tesla at $16, outperformed traditional benchmark
• Developed third party finance model for PV pioneer that enabled 10,000% regrowth
• Led environmental unit of investor research center acquired by ISS Risk Metrics / MSCI
• Corporate technology partnerships, ABB
• Cooling application economics analysis for EPA, ICF
• MSPH, University of North Carolina
• BS, MIT
Partners and Advisors
Climake
An India based company helping early-stage climate ventures access capital from a growing network of climate funders to turn potential into actual emission reductions and adaptations and providing asset leasing options for high-potential climate solutions.
TNIFMC
TNIFMC is a professional Investment management company managing multiple thematic funds registered under India Regulations including funds focused on climate and SMSEs. The government of Tamil Nadu is an anchor investor in all the Funds with the aim of generating attractive risk-adjusted returns through sustainable investing principles.
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OTS Research & Development
OTS R&D, Inc. is an engineering consulting company specializing in providing research and development services for its industry partners. OTS R&D staff are mechanical engineers with expertise in heat transfer, system and component optimization, vapor compression cycles, refrigerant selection, heat pumps, and novel thermal management approaches.
Charles Di Leva
OTS Research & Development
OTS R&D, Inc. is an engineering consulting company specializing in providing research and development services for its industry partners. OTS R&D staff are mechanical engineers with expertise in heat transfer, system and component optimization, vapor compression cycles, refrigerant selection, heat pumps, and novel thermal management approaches.