CERAWeek 2026 Attendee
Sumedh Wargantiwar is a second-year MBA student at Chicago Booth and co-chair of the Climate, Energy, and Sustainability Group. Prior to Booth, he worked in M&A consulting at Deloitte and in corporate strategy at BMO Financial Group. At BMO, he helped commercialize climate finance solutions, contributing to the strategy and deployment of over $100 billion in sustainable finance. At Deloitte, he advised clients across utilities, oil and gas, and private equity on mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, and post-merger integration.
During his MBA, Sumedh has deepened his focus on the energy transition through internships at Aypa Power, a Blackstone-backed battery storage developer where he helped with M&A of over 200 MW of battery energy storage projects; Earth Foundry, a climate-focused venture firm where he evaluated early-stage climate tech opportunities; and Climate Vault, a carbon market platform advancing decarbonization through cap-and-trade innovation. Sumedh is passionate about clean energy deployment, interdisciplinary problem-solving, and scaling capital toward the energy transition.