
Steve Vargas
Steve has spent the last six years with Nasdaq advising hundreds of companies across different sectors, market caps and geographies on capital market & sustainability topics. His current focus areas include climate technologies and services that enable decarbonization of the global economy. He holds a Masters in Sustainable Energy from Johns Hopkins University with a focus on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) & the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM).
Prior to joining Nasdaq, Steve worked in financial data consulting with tenures at Thomson Reuters’ Global Business Consulting practice and at Bloomberg in their data analytics division. Steve holds the SASB FSA credential, certificates in ESG, Climate Investing & Impact Investing from the CFA, and has completed coursework from the GRI.