OUR TEAM
Ira Gupta is an infrastructure advisory professional with over 21 years of experience. A Commonwealth scholar, she has trained academically as a transport engineer and town planner. She is also qualified in corporate finance. Ira was based in London for over 17 years, holding managerial positions in leading consulting firms before focusing on the Asia-pacific region. She has worked closely with investors, asset operators and governments across both mature and emerging markets. Her roles with LSE-listed FirstGroup plc and green fund Eversource Capital have provided her with a 360-degree perspective of investment-grade assets. A recognised thought leader, she frequently published in industry journals and magazines.
Ira Gupta
Director and Founder
Smart Meters and Power Distribution Expert
Jagdish Chitre is a power sector expert with over 40 years of experience in India and overseas. An electrical engineer and technology professional by background, he has been at the forefront of the smart grid technologies and the electric meter industry in India. Jagdish started the first electronic meter factory in India. He worked for Swiss metering company Landis & Gyr to set up their manufacturing plant in Kolkata (West Bengal). Subsequently, he set up new factories for meter, relay, transformers and associated components in eight other countries, giving him a global perspective of industry best practice.
Dr Ali Ari
International Policy and Risk Advisor
Dr Erhan Doğan is a renown academic who started his career in the banking sector as a foreign trade specialist. He is a published author specialising in international policy, risk management and political science. As a faculty of Marmara University in Turkey, he has worked on numerous research projects related to EU policy and regulations. His work in USA, Ireland, India, Russia and Thailand has provided him with a holistic view of the impact of national regulatory systems on trade, transport and economics. Since 2019, his research projects have focused on Southeast Asia and Central Asia.
Dr Sneh Mohan
Dr Sneh Mohan is a data scientist with a PhD in Physics. With a career spanning over 35 years, she has held key positions in academia and technology sectors in Canada and India. She has been at the forefront of Electronic Data Processing in India and was Chairperson at the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers (IETE, Delhi). Her previous roles have also included designing and implementing training programmes for a variety of technical professionals including engineers, data analysts and front-line public sector workers. She led and operated successful non-profit organisations that provided skill development to grass-root workers in cities.
Our team consists of professionals with deep sector knowledge and a global footprint
Jagdish Chitre
Energy Economics Advisor
Dr Ali Ari is an economist with a career spanning two decades. Currently a professor at Marmara University in Turkey, he has contributed to significant projects on energy economic modelling that led to development of national policy. He served as the Vice-Director of Graduate School in Social Sciences and currently serves as the Director of Research Centre on France-Turkey Relations, and the Head of Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Marmara University. He was a visiting scholar at Rice University (USA) in 2018 and Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) in 2024. Amongst other areas of research, he has worked extensively on energy and development economics. He has authored numerous papers in international journals and has recently published a book entitled “Capitalism at a Crossroads – A New Reset?” from Springer.
Dr Erhan Doğan
Capacity Building and Training
Nicole Rudolf
Sustainability and Circular Economy
Nicole is a London-based consultant with a focus on sustainability and in particular circular economy. She has been a project manager on major international projects, led extensive research projects in the public and private sectors, advised on numerous market entry strategies and is adept at business development. She is a qualified German lawyer with a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of London and a Masters (MSc) degree in Transport Management and Planning from the University of Westminster. She has worked on several pan-European projects for the European Commission as well as assignments in Asia. She holds the Circular Economy: Introduction online course certificate from the TU Delft and Driving business towards the Sustainable Development Goals certificate from the Erasmus University.
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