Prasad Ananthakrishnan is the Chief of Climate Finance Policy Unit, in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department (MCM), International Monetary Fund. His team leads efforts in shaping the future of climate finance, by enhancing climate finance policies, fostering global collaborations, strengthening capacity development, and scaling up climate financing in RSF countries. Prasad has led Financial Sector Assessment Program missions to Germany (2022), Hong Kong SAR (2020) and Peru (2017) and participated in the Indonesia FSAP (2016). He also headed the Strategy and Planning Unit (MCM) between 2018-April 2022. Previously, he worked in the Middle East and Central Asia Department (2007-15), where he led Article IV Consultation Missions to Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar, and participated in missions to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. He has written a book on the Macroeconomics of the Arab States of the Gulf, published by Oxford University Press (2013), and has several other publications on macrofinancial and climate finance issues. He has a PhD and a Master of Commerce from the University of Mumbai, and MBA from University of Pittsburgh, USA.