Abhishek Deshpande

Dr. Abhishek Deshpande is a Managing Director & Head of Commodities Research at NextEra Energy Inc. (world’s largest renewable company) based in Florida. He joined NextEra Energy in February 2024 and is currently managing both short-term trading and long-term strategic research in energy commodities and transition. Before joining NextEra, he was a Vice President and senior leader at ADNOC Group where he was heading the Market Intelligence Team based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. 

Abhishek has had an international career spanning four continents over two decades. He has worked at some of the largest and reputable Fortune500 companies including J.P. Morgan, NextEra Energy Inc., OMV AG & Natixis (BPCE France), publishing high-frequency high-impact flagship commodities report with trade recommendations as well as contributing to other significant cross-asset research publications. His responsibilities included actively marketing the organization’s research views globally in person and advising diverse set of clients on the latest developments in commodities especially energy markets. 

Abhishek has received several international awards in commodities and has been featured on several financial and mainstream media outlets such as CNN, BBC, Bloomberg, and CNBC. Abhishek has a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University. He sits on various advisory boards, including some of the leading Think Tanks in Energy.