Our Journey
Arbutus Consultants is a leading independent consultancy founded in 2005, dedicated to accelerating the global transition to clean energy. We have grown into a trusted technical advisor and engineering partner with a project presence spanning Asia, the Middle East, Africa and beyond.
Sustainability is embedded in our DNA – we strive to design and implement low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure solutions that benefit both our clients and the planet. We value integrity and excellence, and we take pride in being accessible, agile and globally professional in everything we do.
We leverage international best practices combined with intimate local knowledge to deliver bankable outcomes for our clients. Through a network of global partners and local associates, we bring niche expertise to each assignment, ensuring innovative yet pragmatic solutions for solar and wind projects, energy storage systems, green hydrogen ventures, and more. Our team’s passion, professionalism and commitment to quality make us more than consultants – we are the partners of choice in engineering a better world.
Our Code
Mission
To provide innovative, sustainable solutions to our clients consistently, building lasting relationships grounded in trust, quality, and value delivered.
We believe in not just delivering projects, but in creating long-term value and partnerships founded on integrity and performance.
Quality Policy
Guarantee continuous improvements to constantly meet customer requirements in a dynamic business environment and achieve performance for the sustainable success of the business.
Our commitment to continuous improvement means fewer surprises, faster delivery, and measurable performance—so your projects stay bankable, compliant, and ahead of change
Vision
Become the partner of choice for solutions in clean energy and sustainability.
This vision guides us in every engagement – we aim to be the go-to partner for clean energy innovation and reliable project delivery.
Mission
Our interactions, transactions and delivery should reflect passion, professionalism, commitment, quality and ethics.
We believe in collaboration, and continuous learning, empowering our people and partners to push boundaries and achieve shared success
Leadership
Arbutus Consultants is led by an accomplished team of industry veterans and innovators whose expertise instills trust and drives strategic value for clients
Collectively, this leadership team, with over 200 man-years of experience, embodies a powerful blend of technical mastery, operational excellence, and visionary business acumen – a multi-disciplinary leadership that assures clients of world-class solutions delivered with integrity and foresight. Under their leadership, the firm has earned the trust of hundreds of clients through a culture of professionalism, innovation, and global best practices
Dr P Jayakumar
Founder & Chairman
Dr. P. Jayakumar is a renowned clean-tech expert with over five decades of industrial experience. He founded Arbutus in the early 2000s to bridge the gap between advanced technology and practical implementation, evolving it into a world-class engineering consultant
Vivek Jayakumar
Co-founder & CEO
Vivek Jayakumar, Co-founder and CEO, complements this vision with two decades of cross-functional experience. Backed by an engineering background and an MBA from a top institution, Vivek worked with an IT services firm and a leading automobile giant, bringing broad industry insight to Arbutus’s strategic growth
Senior Management
Chytanya Abhyankar
Executive Director, Technical
Chytanya Abhyankar, brings decades of engineering experience – including hands-on leadership in solar PV projects across Asia, Europe, and Africa – ensuring technical excellence and innovation in every project
Pooja Shimpi
VP, Technical Services
Pooja Shimpi offers over two decades of experience in renewable energy, policy advocacy, energy transition advisory, and even solar equipment manufacturing
Durgesh Nandini
Director, Operations
Durgesh Nandini, is a seasoned professional in operations and project control who leverages nearly two decades across petrochemicals, manufacturing, and renewables to optimize processes and drive sustainable practices
Siddharth Mudaliar
AVP, Business Development
Siddharth Mudaliar draws on nearly two decades of industry experience to forge strategic partnerships and tailor clean energy solutions for clients
Sadanandan Mundakkot
Advisor
Rounding out the team is Sadanandan Mundakkot, a veteran advisor with over four decades in power electronics and renewable projects.
Our Team
We are a bunch of highly energetic, qualified, capable and passionate multi-disciplinary professionals with the right mix of youth and experience to take on the challenges of the present and the future. We strongly believe that we can and are making a difference through our services. We are guided and assisted by a vast network of experts across the globe combining years of human experience and learning.
We have intense capacity building initiatives to ensure that we are abreast of the happenings in the sectors we work in. Our training and continuous improvement initiatives help us cut down our time to deliver. We are putting in place world-class people, systems and processes to help us meet the challenges of a new world.