S&P Global Commodity Insights
Rajeev Lala
Director, Upstream Strategies and Transformation
Rajeev Lala is a Associate Director in Companies and Transactions Research at S&P Global Commodity Insights.
Rajeev Lala, Ph.D., serves as the Director of the Companies and Transactions group at S&P Global Commodity Insights. With 14 years of experience in the energy sector and 17 years dedicated to studying energy geopolitics, Rajeev specializes in the analysis of National Oil Companies (NOCs) and leads a team focused on researching the upstream and low-carbon strategies of major NOCs worldwide.
He earned his doctorate from the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, where he explored the politics of energy in EU-Central Asia relations, culminating in his thesis titled “The Politics of Energy in European Union-Central Asia Relations, 1999-2010.” Additionally, he holds an MPhil in energy pipeline politics and an MA in International Relations.