Ed is a Director at etasca focused on the chemicals and energy markets. He has over 20 years of experience providing commercial and operational due diligence and strategy support to corporate and private equity clients across the chemicals and energy value chains.

His advisory experience includes strategy and corporate development, operational improvement, decarbonization and chemicals circularity strategies, technology-driven transformations and new business development.

Prior to joining etasca he was a Partner in KPMG’s energy team and before that he worked at ADNOC in its Refining and Petrochemicals Asset Management team supporting its global joint ventures.

Ed is committed to ensuring etasca gives our clients the best advice and that etasca is a positive force for its employees and other stakeholders driving the energy transition.

Matt is a Director at etasca providing advisory services to the energy transition and chemical industries in the Americas. He has more than 15 years of experience in commercial and technical consulting within industry, and specialises in M&A transactions and project finance support.

Matt has extensive expertise in conducting market assessments, competitiveness benchmarking, O&M and technical benchmarking analyses.

He has also brought more than $15 billion in project finance to close, in addition to providing on-going stewardship to various others as the independent engineer. His portfolio of projects has ranged from green hydrogen, power-to-X, renewable diesel, and alternative leather through to sustainable polymers and specialty chemicals.

Prior to joining etasca, he was a Managing Consultant at Nexant where he led the M&A transaction support initiative in the Americas. Matthew received both his B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Manhattan College.

Matt is committed to providing our clients in the Americas and globally with the best advice as they navigate the energy transition.

Jun is a Director at etasca focused on client engagement delivery.  He has over 15 years of consulting experience advising clients in chemicals and the energy transition sectors, focusing on commercial, technical and environmental due diligence.

He is a leading expert in techno-economic analyses, including the development of market (supply/demand) and pricing forecast models and detailed cost of production/cost-curve modelling.  In addition, he has carried out numerous environmental due diligence assignments and LCAs on numerous products within the energy and chemicals value chains.

Jun has a passion for all things sustainable – from biofuels to e-fuels, biopolymers to plastics recycling, bio-based chemicals to low carbon intensity chemicals and everything in between.

Prior to joining etasca he was a Project Manager in Nexant, and he graduated as a Chemical Engineer from Imperial College London.  He is fluent in English, Chinese and Malay.

Emma is etasca’s business development lead for EMEA. She has over 30 years of experience across the energy and hydrocarbon industries. She has supported USD 8+ billion in project finance for greenfield petrochemical and fertilizer plants and refinery upgrades, working with banks and export credit agencies.

Before joining etasca, she worked for several of the world’s largest energy companies including British Gas, Texaco, Chevron and Centrica – supporting their upstream strategies, acquisitions and sale/exports of oil in the FSU region. She also previously worked for a leading energy simulation software modelling firm, examining the impact of the energy transition. Emma has considerable experience in the biofuels and hydrogen markets.

Emma speaks Russian and several European languages fluently and is passionate about sustainable industry development and zero emissions.

David is a Senior Associate at etasca focused on the chemicals sector. He has over 30 years of experience providing commercial and operational due diligence and strategy support to clients across the petrochemicals, polymers and chemicals value chains.

Prior to joining etasca he was GM at Astra Polymers managing its global manufacturing operations – he also held managerial roles at Ciba.

David brings extensive expertise in the MENA region, having advised numerous major chemicals producers in the area. He holds a BSc in Polymer Technology and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Managers, UK.

David is committed to ensuring etasca gives our clients the best advice and that etasca is a positive force for its employees and other stakeholders.

Ora has more than 25 years of work experience in the energy and chemicals industries, including management consulting and advisory experience.
She has deep knowledge of these markets and its trading infrastructure, as well as pathways for the energy transition and sustainability.

Before joining etasca, she worked for global advisory practices, most recently with S&P Global, where Ora was responsible for growing its voluntary carbon markets and hydrogen business.

She is a native Russian and Kazakh bi-lingual speaker, and passionate about contributing to the global energy and materials transition journey.

Samson is a Chemical Engineer with experience undertaking commercial and technical due diligence across several markets and technologies in the energy and chemicals sectors. His energy-based project experience covers Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and low carbon fuels (hydrogen, ammonia, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and biofuels). He has also undertaken numerous chemicals sector studies – covering base chemicals and intermediates, green-chemicals and chemicals recycling technologies. He is experienced forecasting market prices, product supply and demand and evaluating production economics/cost curves.

His previous industrial experience in chemical and manufacturing plants provides a strong foundation in both technical and operational aspects of the industry.

Samson is fluent in Mandarin and Malay and holds a first-class MEng degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London.

Sahil is a consultant at etasca, specialising in commercial and technical due diligence across the energy, chemicals and infrastructure sectors. His project experience covers low carbon fuels (Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other bio and e-fuels), chemical recycling, bulk storage and emissions-to-liquid (ETL) technology. In the chemicals sector, he has worked on studies covering bio-chemicals, methanol, ammonia and many other molecules from intermediates to highly specialised chemicals.

He is experienced developing rigorous techno-commercial analyses – including market (supply and demand) and pricing forecasts as well as cost of production/cost-curve modelling.

With a strong foundation in project finance and infrastructure engineering, Sahil’s experience spans technical, operational and commercial aspects – drawing from hands-on exposure to industrial processes.

Sahil holds a Master’s degree in Infrastructure Engineering and Management from the University of Surrey and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.

Helen is a consultant social advisor to Etasca, deployed for specific projects. She has over 25 years of experience supporting project finance engagements using the Equator principles

Her due diligence experience has focused on the renewable energy, oil & gas and mining industries. She specialises in social and environmental due diligence and has an extensive network of associates to execute ESG coverage for most large-scale projects.

She is also an advisor to the World Bank Group’s Eastern and Central Asian Department. She has 8 years of experience working with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and for their Export Credit Agency (UK Export Finance).

Kyle is our Marketing Manager at etasca, helping our message get out.  Kyle has a degree in business management with a focus on marketing.

Kyle’s passion for creativity and strategic thinking drives him to deliver engaging content and cultivate a vibrant online community around the etasca brand.