Anamika Mukherjee

Anamika Mukherjee is a Canadian energy transition and decarbonization thought leader and a Partner at BDC Capital’s Sustainability Venture Fund, a $150 million fund focusing on investing in early-stage technologies that drive impact in energy, water and food sustainability. Prior to venture capital, she was the global head of innovation at Cenovus Energy, one of Canada’s largest energy companies. Anamika has a uniquely diverse career background that started with engineering design and operations troubleshooting in the energy sector; in 2018-2019, she was Chief of Staff to the Resources of the Future Economic Strategy Tables at Innovation, Science, Economic Development Canada, where she coordinated governments and resource sectors CEOs across Canada to land on policy recommendations to the Prime Minister to boost Canada’s economic and innovation competitiveness. She’s led the Canadian energy sector in various multi-stakeholder, provincial and federal climate policy negotiations. In 2015, Anamika was recognized with a Young Women in Energy Award for being the face of climate change innovation. In 2016, she was recognized by the Alberta Oil Magazine for her efforts to enable oil to be a part of a clean energy future. In 2017, she was featured by Natural Resources Canada's Generation Energy for forging the path to clean energy. In 2018, Anamika received two Deputy Minister’s Awards from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada for her outstanding contribution to the Economic Strategy Tables. In 2022, she was featured by Canada West Foundation for being a Canadian thought leader in decarbonization and energy transition.