Formerly Member Energy Planning Commission MPDR Islamabad

Syed Akhtar Ali is an eminent energy expert and consultant, advising public and private sector clients on energy policy, investments and tariff issues and has authored a number of books on the subject. He has recently been Member Energy, Planning Commission dealing with Energy Policy and investment issues. He was a visiting Professor of Energy at IoBM and has taught energy management to MBA students. He has held top management appointments in Pakistan’s public and private sector. He was Research Fellow Energy at Harvard University.

He is an author of eight books on various subjects such as energy, governance, political economy and resources. In addition to in-country assignments, he has supervised and done consulting assignments in Energy Sector in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. in the area of energy policy, tariff, sustainability, environment, conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy. He has spent considerable time and energy for the development of local equipment manufacturing particularly in Energy sector. He has been member of Expert Working groups and various committees of federal and provincial governments including chambers of commerce.