Kruthika A. Bala MEI

Kruthika brings over two decades of experience driving growth, innovation, and impact at the intersection of global energy, industrial development, climate solutions, and natural resource management.  Based in London, she is the Managing Director of Resources Now, where she leads advisory and consulting on a range of issues including nuclear technologies and supply chain, natural gas markets, responsible mineral supply chains, energy geopolitics, and the energy transition.  
 
With previous leadership roles at J.S. Held, Eurasia Group and Frost & Sullivan, Kruthika has led strategic engagements with executive teams in navigating multifaceted geopolitical, market, and decarbonisation challenges. She advises organisations through complex challenges across energy, technology, policy, and sustainability, bringing together technical insight with extensive strategic consulting and project leadership experience. Kruthika shapes conversations on the energy-mining nexus, highlighting the energy transition, resource geopolitics, and infrastructure demands that are transforming mining and industrial supply chains. She is also the co-host of Power & Purpose, a conversation series exploring the forces shaping energy, industry, and geopolitics. 
 
In addition to her executive and advisory board roles, Kruthika serves as Vice Chair of the Women’s Energy Network Alliance and Head of Energy Transition and Critical Minerals at Lean In Equity & Sustainability.