Shabana Akhtar

Shabana Akhtar's most recent work experience was at Ofgem, where they started in 2021. Shabana held multiple roles at Ofgem, including Senior Policy Manager, Net Zero Strategy Manager, Net Zero Strategy Analyst, and Junior Delivery Manager.

Prior to Ofgem, Shabana worked at Bulb as an Energy Specialist from December 2020 to April 2021.

From 2017 to 2019, Shabana worked at buzzEV - Electrification of transport through creative energy as a Business development and project manager. In this role, they were responsible for business development, product development, and managing the tech and marketing teams.

Before that, Shabana was an Entrepreneur at SOUL/SOFIN INTERIORS LTD from August 2012 to December 2016. Shabana established an interior design business with retail outlets and a website, where they were involved in design consultancy, project management, team management, and business development.

Shabana Akhtar has a diverse educational background in the fields of environment, energy, engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence, and electric vehicles. Shabana completed their MSc. in Environmental Technology (Energy Policy) at Imperial College London from 2019 to 2020. Before that, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. Additionally, they pursued a Diploma in Artificial Intelligence at MIT Sloan School of Management. In 2018, they also completed a Diploma in Electric vehicles at the Renewable Energy Institute.