Mr. Krishnan has led multiple power market studies in Asia, Africa and Latin America and has led the development of strategic estimates for the levelized cost of electricity consistently across a wide range of power market investments including coal, natural gas, LNG, onshore & offshore wind, nuclear, solar and batteries.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Krishnan spent 14 years with ExxonMobil in Houston, where he most recently served as Business Advisor with its Upstream Commercial team and was responsible for vetting strategy and leading valuations for complex and niche deals, which required approvals by the chief investment committee. His experience includes the divestiture of a multi-billion-dollar upstream business unit, acquisition of a commodities trading firm and investments in the Permian and Bakken midstream. He has also been involved in liquified natural gas and power market value chains; led development of strategic pricing of LNG for several business development opportunities; and led the development of proprietary valuation tools to forecast LNG prices probabilistically across a range of economic scenarios.

Previously, Mr. Krishnan spent 10 years with ExxonMobil Upstream R&D. As a Commercial Advisor, he led a strategic planning and valuation effort to establish the value of a multi-billion-dollar R&D portfolio and led the development of a stage-gated system for development, management and commercialization of R&D technology based on lean and agile principles. As a research program leader, Mr. Krishnan initiated, led, qualified and commercialized several proprietary technology and joint industry technology projects with other oil and gas companies. He has also led material and structural failure analysis investigations on onshore and subsea oil and gas infrastructure. 

Mr. Krishnan earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, a PhD in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Wharton. He has authored over 15 research publications and holds two U.S. patents.