Robert holds degrees in business, MBA from the Imperial College Business School, and engineering, BSc from the University of Durham and Doctorate from Oxford (D.Phil.). Robert’s expertise is in techno-economic studies: his areas of interest are in project economics and optimising investment and operational costs for energy infrastructure developments. His focus is for system and service sustainability and security through ensuring that the Regulatory framework and commercial arrangements are aligned with the energy system capabilities.

Robert’s experience has been gained in the engineering fabrication, nuclear power, and natural gas sectors. He combines technical, operational and commercial knowledge, leading multi-disciplinary teams delivering energy consultancy projects to client requirements in Europe, Africa and Asia. Clients include producers, utility operators, engineering and management consultants, government agencies, power and energy companies and energy consumers.

For EU sponsored projects, Robert has consulted for national Energy Regulators, Ministries and government agencies in EU states and acquis countries in support of energy supply security, Market Reform and Regulatory Developments. In addition, Robert has provided energy sector expertise in due diligence activities for both the European Investment Bank and the Asian Development Bank for investment appraisal of large scale energy infrastructure projects.

Robert has led industry training courses and lectured in business management at Oxford Brookes University’s Business School and School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (ECM).

Mohan holds a business degree, MBA from the University of Warwick, and is a fully credited Chartered Engineer (M.I.Mech.E.). His area of interest covers the energy supply chain from generation, through transmission, storage, distribution and to utilisation with specific focus on integrating engineering process design and business models to optimise total business performance.

Mohan’s has been gained from over 30 years’ professional engineering in the energy and process industries undertaking all problem solving activities related to high-pressure systems and heat transfer. He has held senior positions with major energy companies, utility operators and engineering design companies (such as Jacobs Engineering and MW Kellogg) gaining expertise in business development, natural gas transportation, power generation, model-based diagnostics, compressed natural gas vehicles refuelling systems and dynamic process simulation.

In engineering consultancy, Mohan provides engineering advice and expert services with specialist knowledge of the design and operation of gas-fired plant, rotating machinery and process engineering. Recent project have included: bio-methane (anaerobic digestion, particularly for agricultural biomass, food processing and brewing sectors); Wind power generation; and energy storage (electrical and thermal systems).

As a Designated Competent Person in his profession, Mohan continues his professional development through presenting and co-authoring papers on gas turbine diagnostics and gas compressor design and performance.

Specific country experience: Algeria, China, Germany, Libya, Poland, Romania and Turkey.

Mark holds degrees in business, MBA from the London Business School, and economics, BSc from the University of Bristol. His areas of interest are in business strategy in practice and corporate strategy where he applies his economic specialities in water economics, network grid economics, long run economic growth rates, effect of general purpose technologies on frontier economic growth rates.

Mark's experience is gained from a career that spans the commercial, manufacturing and state-owned sectors. His career includes senior roles as a corporate strategist in a global manufacturing company, a successful CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company, and as a government economist at the Department of Energy. Experience gained in industry was then applied in the consultancy sector as a Strategy Consultant with Coopers & Lybrand, PwC Consulting and IBM.

Consulting activities have included public policy advice and macro-economic advice (water, wastewater, electricity, gas and rail) and market reform for the launch of the Brazilian and UK wholesale electricity markets, as well as conducting efficiency reviews of electricity and gas distribution companies.

In addition to consulting activities, Mark pursues his interest in economics as a lecturer in business strategy, finance, economics, statistics at the Business School of Oxford Brookes University, and the Oxford Business College. Mark’s publications include: “Infrastructure & Utility Economics: the economics of sunk costs” (2017); “Basic Network Utility Economics” (2013).