Black & Veatch’s Management Consulting Announces New Leadership for Advisory and Planning Practice

Industry expert will help address changing market needs, provide new perspective into analysis, planning

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dynamic developments in technology, sustainability and markets are changing the energy and infrastructure landscape, leaving clients to face all the challenges – and opportunities – inherent with such rapid evolution. To meet these new client needs, Black & Veatch’s Management Consulting business has named Deepa Poduval, Senior Managing Director and Associate Vice President, to lead its Advisory and Planning practice area.

With almost two decades of experience, Poduval assumes her new role as the electric, oil and gas, and water industries turn increasingly complex, including ever-changing economic, technological and policy needs. With modernization on the horizon, utility and financial sector clients are seeking strategic partners who can help them successfully navigate this new environment.

Poduval, a Black & Veatch professional since 2005, brings substantial finance, utility and oil and gas industry knowledge. She has led the company’s oil and gas management consulting practice since 2012, providing strategy, technology and market advisory services. During this time, Poduval led a team that significantly grew profitability, and tripled revenues.

In her new role, Poduval will provide executive management for transaction advisory, rate and regulatory, financial advisory and energy market planning services, while continuing to oversee Black & Veatch’s oil and gas practice area.

“Deepa’s immense experience and professional skill as a leader will help position Black & Veatch Management Consulting for future growth and market expansion,” said John Chevrette, President of Black & Veatch Management Consulting. “She will play a critical role in moving our business forward, while providing strengthened client support during this time of immense transformation and change.”

Editor’s Notes:

• As a renowned keynote speaker, panelist and moderator, Poduval’s market insights have been the backbone to numerous global industry reports, including Black & Veatch’s 2019 Strategic Directions: Natural Gas Report and the INGAA Foundation’s 2019 flagship report, The Role of Natural Gas in the Transition to a Lower-Carbon Economy.
• Poduval holds a master’s degree in engineering management from Dartmouth College, a master’s degree in economics, and a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Science.
• In late 2019, Black & Veatch Management Consulting added five executive leaders to help address changing client needs around economics, technology and policy.

About Black & Veatch Management Consulting

Black & Veatch Management Consulting, LLC, provides integrated strategy, transaction advisory, business operations, regulatory and technology solutions for the power, water, and oil and gas industries. Our highly experienced team of professional consultants bring together combined expertise in advanced analytics and practical business sense with extensive technology and engineering capabilities. We deliver solutions that work best for your program needs, organization, assets and customers. Learn more by exploring our website or follow us on LinkedIn.

About Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company with a more than 100-year track record of innovation in sustainable infrastructure. Since 1915, we have helped our clients improve the lives of people in over 100 countries by addressing the resilience and reliability of our world's most important infrastructure assets. Our revenues in 2019 were US$3.7 billion. Follow us on www.bv.com and on social media.