Pratik Desai

Sustainability Compliance & Reporting @ Nike | Governance | Strategy | Integration

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

About

Enterprise leader focused on driving sustainable business value. I help organizations turn sustainability commitments into real strategy and execution -- building the governance, cross-functional alignment, and decision-making needed to integrate environmental and social priorities into business strategy, risk management, and operations. I'm especially passionate about building and leading high-performing, mission-driven teams that operate with clarity, speed, and accountability to deliver results at scale. I'm known as a pragmatic strategist, empathetic leader, and strong collaborator who can cut through complexity, mobilize teams across silos, and turn big challenges into clear priorities and action plans to drive resilience, long-term value, and meaningful impact. Views are my own.

Experience

  • Nike ()
    • Director of Portfolio Management & Governance, Sustainability Compliance & Reporting
      Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      Driving enterprise governance, prioritization, and cross-functional alignment on regulatory readiness and implementation, including compliance programs for key pieces of sustainability legislation impacting NIKE (i.e CSRD, CSDDD, Ban on the Destruction of Unsold Goods, Digital Product Passport, jurisdictional climate disclosures, etc.)

    • Director of Engagement, Global Sustainability
      May 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Led key external NGO and multi-stakeholder partnerships to strengthen, accelerate, and amplify Nike’s sustainability efforts in climate, waste and circularity, nature, and human rights Incubated strategy development and execution for emerging and high-priority issues and initiatives, including developing 2030 Nature Targets, driving value chain Human Rights Saliency Assessment, and leading preliminary Double Materiality Assessment in preparation for upcoming regulatory requirements

    • Director of Partnerships & Strategic Initiatives, Responsible Supply Chain
      Feb 2022 - May 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Strategic Engagement Lead at World Benchmarking Alliance
    Jan 2019 - Feb 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Co-founded global organization — from conception to incubation to consultation and launch — focused on accelerating accountability from the world’s most influential companies on the UN Sustainable Development Goals Developed and led inclusive and multi-stakeholder institutional outreach and engagement strategy — oversaw growth and management of global, multi-stakeholder coalition of 300+ Allies Drove global policy and advocacy agenda on corporate accountability and the need for harmonized global sustainability reporting standards, including engagement with UN, EU, World Bank/IMF. Led external engagement strategy for global moments such as UNGA/Climate Week, UN HLPF, COP, WEF Davos Conceived Collective Impact Coalitions (CIC) engagement model - an innovative framework for multi-sector collective action campaigns using benchmark data to influence company behavior change

  • United Nations Foundation ()
    • Senior Officer, Policy & Private Sector Engagement
      May 2018 - Dec 2018 · 8 mos

      Drove organizational strategy, prioritization, and program delivery for private sector engagement efforts, connecting business and the UN on climate, gender, global health, and sustainable finance issues Conceived, incubated, launched, and managed strategic initiatives - including operations and financial management for $10M+ programs - such as the Business and Sustainable Development Commission and the World Benchmarking Alliance

    • Officer, Policy & Private Sector Engagement
      Jun 2017 - Apr 2018 · 11 mos

    • Officer, Global Partnerships
      Mar 2016 - May 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Built and managed partnerships with Fortune 100 companies totaling over $9M with 90% renewal rate through service delivery, fiscal management, and stakeholder engagement, in support of UN causes and initiatives

  • Resident in Social Enterprise at New Sector Alliance
    Sep 2013 - Apr 2014 · 8 mos

    MBA-style leadership development program aimed at cultivating next-gen leaders in the social sector Overhauled communications strategy, including refresh of brand and website, production of annual report, development of digital and social engagement plan, and integration with development and resource mobilization strategy for an early childhood literacy nonprofit

  • Program Development at TechnoServe
    Apr 2013 - Aug 2013 · 5 mos

    Facilitated over $1M in new business through regular review and enhancement of internal corporate capability systems, knowledge management processes, project/program proposals, and reports