About Vijay
With over 25 years of international experience in due diligence and M&A, I specialise in helping investors and corporates make confident, data-driven decisions. Currently leading New Technology Solutions and acquisitions at Siemens Energy, one of the world’s largest OEMs, I bring a unique blend of technical depth and commercial acumen.
I have supported dozens of transactions across sectors and deal sizes - from strategic SME buyouts to significant cross-border expansions - always ensuring risks are surfaced early, value is maximised, and integration pathways are clear. Beyond Siemens, I have worked closely with private equity firms, infrastructure investors, and industrial companies, delivering board-ready insights, competitive landscape analyses, and commercial diligence reports.
Trusted for my precision, pragmatism, and results, I combine a global market perspective with the ability to read local nuances across Europe, the US, and Asia - ensuring diligence outputs that are both strategically sound and execution-ready.
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Newcastle upon Tyne (up to 50km)
Experience
- Siemens EnergyGRID - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXPERTOctober 2023 - Today (2 years and 8 months)• Driving Siemens Energy's EU Investor Engagement Plan, building investor trust through factory tours, technical deep dives, and regulatory dialogues, unlocking strategic capital towards grid transformation.• Leading monetisation strategy for €3bn+ in high-margin grid stability and storage opportunities by aligning investor appetite with regulatory levers and technical innovations across Europe and APAC.• Shaping go-to-market strategy and product positioning for next-gen synchronous condensers (SC), scaling from €40M (UK, 2019) to €300M+ in 2024 and building a €1.6bn qualified pipeline.• Pioneered the Industrial Syn Con variant, targeting inertia and resilience for hard-to-abate sectors and enabling capex-light decarbonisation models.• Advising senior leadership on market intelligence, policy risk, and portfolio strategy through direct inputs into Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM), business cases, and investor presentations.• Influencing global policy by contributing to CIGRE, IEEE, IET, and IEA working groups and publications, with an emphasis on grid flexibility and resilience.• Representing Siemens Energy in RenewableUK, REA, and regulatory roundtables, advocating for scalable frameworks in offshore integration, flexibility markets, and clean infrastructure funding.• Delivering thought leadership through high-impact panels and investor events across Europe, the US, and APAC – shaping sentiment and creating deal-flow for Siemens Energy solutions.• Steering a pan-European expert community (30+ members), enabling rapid response to market shifts, peer benchmarking, and technical-commercial• alignment. Driving strategic innovation through IP development, foresight mapping, and internal task forces to support future-proof capabilities aligned with policy and market evolution.
- Renewable Energy Association,NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSeptember 2022 - Today (3 years and 9 months)United Kingdom• Driving growth and impact as an elected board member of the Renewable Energy Association (REA), leading strategic initiatives that transform the energy landscape.• Shaping key policy responses, including policy changes that created the transmission-connected battery storage market, significantly benefiting players like Siemens Energy and others, advocating for regulations on Long Duration Energy Storage.• Engaging with industry leaders as a member of the Market Intelligence Group, tackling challenges and seizing opportunities through proactive regulatory and market horizon scanning.• Facilitating essential sector discussions as a former chair of the EV Charging Group, Energy Storage Group, and Large Scale Power Markets Group, ensuring collaborative progress across the industry.
- Siemens Energy,HEAD OF NEW TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONSOctober 2020 - September 2023 (2 years and 11 months)United Kingdom• Captured a significant share of the £3bn UK grid stability market after being headhunted to lead Siemens Energy's Grid Stability offering in the UK.• Exceeded grid stability targets by 40% and 120% over two consecutive years, generating £70m in year one and £160m in year two, far surpassing expectations in the GB&I market.• Positioned Siemens Energy as a thought leader in the energy transition by co-authoring the 'National Endeavour' report, launched at Parliamentary reception outlining the vision for Net-zero GB electricity system.• Led the successful integration of battery storage technologies by developing the €100m Shannonbridge project, tailoring and driving the UK & I Storage strategy as part of the early-stage Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) process, aligning it with long-term grid stability goals.• Pioneered a new market segment by developing and presenting the business case for multiple small synchronous condensers for grid stability, directly contributing to the early-stage evaluation and technology integration within the SPM framework; currently under review.
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Education
- Diploma in Business ManagementICFAI2006Diploma in Business Management
- Bachelor of Electrical EngineeringMumbai University1999Bachelor of Electrical Engineering