Dr Abrar Chaudhry is a senior academic at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and Green Templeton College, with over 25 years of global experience in practice and research. His work focuses on corporate sustainability, climate action and climate finance. Previously a British Academy Fellow in climate finance, Abrar has collaborated with governments, funders and global institutions to address complex environmental and funding challenges.

Abrar co-leads the Sustainability and Systems Transformation Learning Lab at Oxford’s Skoll Centre, pioneering action-oriented research and developing tools to help leaders shift mindsets and practices towards systemic change. Abrar is also currently exploring the role of global climate funds, like the Green Climate Fund, and emerging technologies in advancing climate action in emerging economies. He also works with UNDP on funding climate resilience projects and co-leads the Oxford Climate-Tech Initiative, which produced the Climate Tech Opportunity Report. His past collaborations include work with Oxford and EY Global on corporate sustainability, as well as contributions to projects funded by the World Bank, UKAID and USAID across 15+ countries.

Abrar teaches and directs programmes in Oxford’s Custom Education portfolio, contributing to the MBA, EMBA, MSc and Executive Education courses. He has published widely in peer reviewed journals and practice publications including in the World Economic Forum, TechCrunch, Business Insider and Oxford Answers, and he has and presented at leading conferences like Academy of Management, Adaptation Futures, COPs and Climate Weeks.

He holds a PhD in Environmental Change and Management (awarded best dissertation by the Academy of Management, USA), an MBA, and an MSc in Environmental Change and Management with distinction from the University of Oxford, and is a Fellow Chartered Accountant. Abrar is also a senior partner at Crowe Pakistan, where he leads the sustainability and climate practice.