Abhinav Mangat is a senior at New York University Abu Dhabi, majoring in Economics. He heads the Institutional‑Investor research stream at the Transition Investment Lab. At TIL he designs and leads data‑driven studies on how sovereign wealth funds and development banks, collectively controlling more than $10 trillion, deploy capital to accelerate the global energy transition. Drawing on prior stints in hedge‑fund analysis, venture‑capital scouting and private‑equity diligence, he fuses deal‑room judgment with academic rigour to power TIL’s proprietary investor dashboards and policy briefs. He is passionate about mobilising institutional capital to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and translating rigorous research into actionable investment tools that accelerate the energy transition across the globe.