Nitesh Dullabh

Governing Board President

Nitesh Dullabh is the CEO and Founder of 2POD Ventures, a company with the mission to empower and guide public and private entities in implementing their Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) ambitions with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Dullabh has worked and lived in South Africa, China, the U.S. and has worked with Fortune 500 companies in a variety of industry sectors. He is a master designer and developer of sustainability strategies and implementation plans who had the privilege of serving in Nelson Mandela’s government as Director of the Department of Trade & Industry in South Africa and as Commercial Attaché to the South African Embassy in China, where he and his team grew South African exports to China by $1 billion in 2001 and facilitated value-add investments from eight Chinese major state-owned enterprises. The estimated sustainable investments were valued at $20 million that created 350 new jobs. He also built enterprise and risk-management and governance solutions for global companies.

Dullabh was part of a number of start-ups in Silicon Valley and has been focused on sustainability and socio-economic issues in the public and private sectors for the past 25 years. He has guided many organizations in building resilient sustainability programs and projects with sound ESG principles. Dullabh has an MBA from Henley Management College in the UK, an MA in International Relations, and speaks Mandarin Chinese. His interests are in ESG issues, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with a focus on change management. Nitesh is a student of the Enneagram, loves the outdoors, and enjoys cooking. Nitesh lives in Palo Alto, California, USA, with his wife and two sons.