Nick PinidiyaSapphire Advisory · AGSM (UNSW) · qubit

The Classroom

Sessional academic at AGSM, the UNSW business school — teaching climate and energy strategy, financing the transition, and AI — plus hands-on agent workshops run through qubit. University course materials are described here, not published; they belong to the university.

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Programmes

MBA Climate Bootcamp

2026

Bootcamp design & teaching

A climate bootcamp for the MBA programme, delivered May 2026.

Build Your Own Chief of Staff (qubit)

2026

Workshop design & facilitation

A hands-on small-group workshop where every participant builds a working AI chief-of-staff agent on their real workload — capped at twelve seats, two facilitators. First delivered July 2026 through qubit.

AGSM9166 — Financing the Energy Transition

2025

Course design & teaching

The financing gap to net zero, energy markets, renewable valuation, government and technology — with working financial models for critical minerals and grid-scale batteries.

Global Network Week

2024–2026

Intensive design & teaching

One-week intensives across four rounds: decarbonisation and transition to clean energy, clean tech, financing the race to net zero, and climate & AI.

AGSM9162 — Decarbonisation

2024–2025

Unit design & teaching

Three units of AGSM's decarbonisation course — financing net zero, agriculture, and buildings — built for the 2024 run and refreshed for 2025.

AGSM9161 — Sustainable Inclusive Business

2024

Unit design & teaching

The Sustainability Marketing unit of AGSM's Sustainable Inclusive Business course — unit document and learning-journey notes, T3 2024.

Guest Lectures

various

Guest lecturer

One-off guest lectures, including a sustainable finance lecture built as its own deck.