Krishna Patel

Portfolio Finance Director, Climate

Krishna serves as Director of Programme Finance, Climate at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF). He joined CIFF in 2023 and currently provides financial and operational leadership across CIFF’s Global Climate Portfolio and ecosystem development projects to enable delivery of climate and ecosystem development strategies.

Krishna is an experienced leader bringing a balance of financial, commercial, technical and interpersonal skills to help solve complex problems. Over the last two decades he worked in a number of finance and transformation roles and has a track record in strategy development and delivering people-first change across a number of sectors. Krishna has worked in over 20 countries and currently lives in Birmingham, England with his wife and two sons.