Shiladitya Ghosh is Co-Founder and COO of Mission Zero, a climate tech startup pioneering direct air capture (DAC) solutions to recover CO₂ from the atmosphere. Backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the XPRIZE foundation, Stripe, and the UK Government, the company has recently raised £21.8 million in Series A investment to scale its technology worldwide and unlock megatonne annual CO₂ removal by the end of the decade. Shiladitya holds an MEng (Hons) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London, and an MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology, Washington DC. In 2023, he was recognised on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.