Deepa Poduval

Deepa Poduval is a Senior Vice President and Global Sustainability Leader for Black & Veatch. In this role, as part of Black & Veatch’s leadership team, Deepa is responsible for building and implementing the company’s Sustainability strategy spanning Corporate, Client and Community initiatives to advance environmental, social, and governance ambitions.

 

Deepa brings over 20 years of cross-industry strategic consulting experience advising clients on multi-billion-dollar sustainable infrastructure investments. This deep knowledge of sustainability solutions, and substantial finance, utility, and energy industry expertise help her activate Sustainability as a critical value creation function to fulfil the company’s vision to be THE leader in sustainable infrastructure.

 

Deepa serves as Executive Sponsor for WAVE, Black & Veatch’s employee resource group for women, as Board Member at Large, Committee on Sustainability for ASME, and as executive mentor for CEO Action mentoring senior diverse leaders as part of the largest business-led initiative to support DE&I, supported by over 2,500 CEOs globally. Deepa is a well-known industry thought leader and was named one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Houston by Women We Admire in 2023 and 2024.