The Resources to Lead w/ JPMorgan’s Rama Variankaval

Energy Thinks with Tisha Schuller

Tisha Schuller welcomes Rama Variankaval, global head of the Center for Carbon Transition at J.P. Morgan, to the Real Decarbonization podcast. Listeners will hear Rama’s perspective on how J.P. Morgan is navigating the political polarization around the energy transition and working with oil and gas companies to play a leadership role. Check out J.P. Morgan’s 2022 Climate Report (https://www.jpmorganchase.com/content/dam/jpmc/jpmorgan-chase-and-co/documents/Climate-Report-2022.pdf) to learn how the company spent the last few years building a foundation to achieve its emissions reduction targets. Rama also serves as the global head of J.P. Morgan’s corporate finance advisory and as a managing director. He has served in multiple leadership roles since starting at the company in 2003 as an associate. Rama has a B.E. in civil engineering from the National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirappalli, India. He also has M.S. degrees in structural engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and in statistics and financial engineering from New York University. Follow all things Adamantine Energy and subscribe to Tisha's weekly Both of These Things Are True email newsletter at www.energythinks.com. Thanks to Adán Rubio who makes the Real Decarbonization podcast possible. [Interview recorded on June 20, 2023]