Senior Programmes Director, Tilt Collective
Policy Fellow, Centre for Science and Policy
From June 2025, Vedantha Kumar is senior programmes director at the Tilt Collective a new food systems and climate philanthropic organisation. He oversees their grant-making programmes in their five countries of operation. He was previously Climate Manager at the Children's Investment Fund Foundation. Before this, he was Head of Transport and Industry, within the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s International Climate Strategy unit, where he was responsible for developing and strengthening international coalitions that aim to accelerate the decarbonisation of global transport and industry emissions, with COP26 a key milestone.