Nakita Prasad is a Senior Adviser to a Victorian Government Minister. With over 10 years of experience in economic policy, transport, infrastructure, cyber security, trade and investment, she is currently advising on economic development policy and has previously worked in Canberra as an Adviser to the then-Opposition Leader, now Prime Minister of Australia.

Nakita holds a Master of International Law from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of International Studies from the University of New South Wales. Her work and study has taken her to Kenya, Germany, Brazil and the Netherlands.