Syed Akhtar Ali is an eminent energy expert, an Engineer-Economist and consultant. His most recent assignment was as Member Energy, Planning Commission. He has been offering consulting services to public and private sector clients in the area of energy and environment, investments and tariff issues and has authored a number of books on these subjects. 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’s Kennedy School of Government.


He is an author of eight books on various subjects such as energy, governance, political economy and resources. He has done consulting assignments in Energy and Environment Sector in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.