Mr. Rao has worked on wide range of consulting and market study projects. During his time at IHS Markit, he has been involved in due diligence of marketing and retail business of a downstream retail player, maintenance of crude quality bank for a middle east oil company, consulted a Russian refinery by providing them insights into the estimated refinery margin of certain Yardsticks etc. Prior to joining IHS Markit, he worked as an Economist at IFP Energies Nouvelles, an energy R&D firm, in the Natural Gas intelligence division. Previously, he has also worked with Engie E&P (now Neptune Energy) as a Financial Analyst and as a Consultant with Palantir Solutions (now Aucerna).