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
organisations 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.