Bio
Santosh Kamath is an MD with A&M in India and brings over 25 years of management consulting experience in the energy & utilities sector. He specializes in clean energy and energy transition areas. He has led various diligence mandates related to renewable energy investment including policy evaluation, commercial assessment and financial modeling. This covers solar, wind, energy efficiency, green buildings and energy storage areas.
He has led studies related to hydrogen including cost evaluation, end-use sector demand and policy frameworks in different countries. He recently did a study on relative cost competitiveness of different global regions for hydrogen production.
Mr.Kamath brings a deep understanding of energy sector regulation, power markets and energy policy issues.
He brings strong experience across the spectrum of stakeholders – governments, private & public utilities, resource owners, developers and manufacturers in coal mining, power generation, transmission and distribution space.
He brings broader international experience having advised clients in the Middle East (DEWA Solar Park Phase II), Africa, South Asia and South-East Asia.
He has advised regulators in handling complex issues related to contract repricing and compensation for cross-border events.
Mr. Kamath has advised global corporations in their entry into India’s energy sector helping them evaluate the opportunity, identify potential partners and understand the regulatory landscape.
Prior to A&M, Mr.Kamath spent 20 years with KPMG in the energy practice and was the national leader of the renewable energy practice. He also worked for 3 years at Arthur Andersen in Mumbai.
Mr. Kamath is an engineer from Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay and did his MBA program at IIM Bangalore.