Ron Somers

With 30 years’ on-the-ground-experience developing projects and business in India and across Asia, Ron Somers is the Principal and Founder of India First Group, LLC – which provides strategic consultancy to companies engaged in complex, cross-border commercial relationships with ties to India.

Earlier, for a full decade, Ron served as President of the Washington-based U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), building this organization to become the largest bilateral business association in the United States.

Prior to this, living in India for twelve consecutive years, Somers was the Chief Executive in India for energy giant Unocal Corporation, advancing oil/gas projects upstream and midstream. He cut his teeth in India’s energy sector developing the 1000 MW, $1bn Cogentrix Power Project in coastal Karnataka.