Cyrus Wadia

Cyrus Wadia is Vice President, Sustainable Business & Innovation, where he leads NIKE, Inc.’s global sustainability strategy. His team is at the forefront of scientific discovery and the incubation of sustainable products and technologies that minimize the company’s environmental footprint, turn risk into opportunity, and power and protect the future of sport. Prior to joining Nike, Cyrus spent more than five years directing clean energy and materials policy within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He also served as the Co-Director of Cleantech to Market –a dual appointment with the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and spent more than seven years in Silicon Valley as a tech entrepreneur. Cyrus holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.S. and an S.B. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.