Chaitanya Kumar works as the head of environment and economy at the New Economics Foundation. He leads a team of expert researchers and economists working on a variety of policy areas ranging from green monetary and fiscal policy, industrial strategy, retail energy, local economies and community wealth building. He was previously Head of Climate and Energy Policy at Green Alliance in the UK and before that was based in New Delhi as South Asia campaigns leader for 350​.org. He has an MSc in energy policy from the Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University.