Contributors

Rupam Saikia

With over 15 years of leadership in the oil and gas sector, Rupam has established a reputation for driving operational excellence and market growth across complex industrial landscapes.

Currently serving as the General Manager for IGS (Integrated Global Services) India, he is responsible for spearheading the company’s expansion and establishing localised operations to serve the Indian energy market.

Rupam’s expertise lies in bridging international technical standards with local execution requirements. He is currently leading strategic efforts for major industry milestones, including large-scale coke drum repair contracts and complex turnaround services for Tier-1 energy providers.
 

RV Ahilan

Dr RV Ahilan is Joint CEO and Group Director, Renewables Advisory & Energy Technology at LOC Group. He holds a BSc (Leeds) and MS (Caltech) in Civil Engineering, a PhD (Cantab) in Engineering Fluid Mechanics and an MBA (Imperial). He is a well-known and highly respected technology and business leader with over three decades of industry experience, more than 15 years of which has been at board level. Prior to LOC, Ahilan was EVP of the Renewables Advisory Division of DNV GL, with strategic and operational responsibility for the world’s largest technical advisory firm in renewable energy.

Sam A. Rushing

Sam A. Rushing is president of Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. (www.advancedcryogenicsltd.com . He is a chemist by background, and has been in the CO2 industry for over 30 years, with a strong merchant CO2 industry background as well as a diverse CO2 and cryogenic consulting history covering all subjects and source types.

Sam Reynolds

Sam Reynolds, energy finance analyst with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), focuses on the economic, financial, and climate risks associated with natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure developments in emerging Asia. He is the author of several studies concerning the region’s transition to renewable energy, stranded asset risk in the natural gas sector, and the macroeconomic risks associated with a greater regional dependence on imported LNG.

As a former political and regulatory risk analyst focusing on global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets, Sam analysed judicial, legislative, and executive actions that impacted U.S. energy and environmental policy. His work has been published in local and international media outlets around the world. Sam has a master’s degree in energy economics and international environmental law from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor’s degree in international development from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. 

Sara Jane Ahmed

Sara Jane Ahmed, energy finance analyst for Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), is the author of several studies on island grid transition to renewables, coal stranded asset risk, and rooftop solar. She is a former investment advisor specializing in originating and structuring energy opportunities in emerging markets.

Sarah Fairhurst

Sarah Fairhurst is a founding partners of TLG and has a wide range of international experience in the electricity and gas sectors.  She brings strong analytical qualifications combined with commercial experience and pragmatism to advise clients on commercial contract analysis, development and drafting of transition contracts, power procurement & asset valuation and energy market design.

Scott Cawrse

Scott Cawrse is the Director of Nirvanum Consulting. 

Scott M. Smouse

Scott M. Smouse is a Senior Management & Technical Advisor – International at National Energy Technology Laboratory U.S. Department of Energy.

Scott Sklar

 Scott Sklar has led The Stella Group, Ltd., strategic technology optimization and policy firm for clean distributed energy users and companies, with a focus on system standardization,modularity, and web-enabled diagnostics for the past twelve years. Scott Sklar is an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University teaching a unique multidisciplinary sustainable energy course, and co-teaching an International Energy Security course at The American University. 

Sean Purdie

Sean Purdie is the Managing Partner for Power in the Asia Pacific region within ERM, based in Hong Kong. He joined ERM in March 2013 and is responsible for power sector strategic development, client relationships and business growth, while providing high level project and sector review and inputs. He maintains a strong power sector network across the region regarding projects, markets and personnel.

Prior to joining ERM he was Development Director Power for Parsons Brinckerhoff (owned by Balfour Beatty) in Asia (joining them in June 2011).

From July 2007 until May 2011 he was Senior Vice President at Marubeni Asian Power in Hong Kong, the IPP development arm of Marubeni Corporation.

Sean moved to Asia in June 2000 as Vice President – Business Development for Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) Power, a leading power sector consulting company.