Biography
Kruthika Anastasia Bala is the managing director of Resources Now, leading advisory work at the intersection of global energy systems, industrial development, and geopolitics, supporting organizations across energy markets, metals and minerals value chains, infrastructure, and industrial sectors as they navigate geopolitical risk, energy security pressures, and the structural shifts reshaping long-term investment decisions. Previously, she held leadership roles at JS Held, Eurasia Group, and Frost & Sullivan, where she led advisory engagements on market and geopolitical risk across energy supermajors, national oil companies, mining firms, industrial technology companies, financial institutions, and commodity traders. She holds an MSc in Energy Policy from the University of Sussex, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), a BSc in Physics from Bharathidasan University, and is a Fellow of the Energy Institute.
