Richard Stuebi

Richard Stuebi, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is Industry Relations Manager, Energy & Sustainability, and a Lecturer in the Department of Strategy and Innovation at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. His academic research interests relate primarily to the drivers of energy consumption, especially the antecedents of consumer choices that have significant environmental consequences.

Stuebi is also founder and President of Future Energy Advisors (FEA), a management consulting practice providing advisory services to private-sector clients pursuing innovative growth strategies related to energy, with a particular focus on distributed energy resources. Prior to founding FEA, Richard was Vice President, US Strategy & Group Technology at National Grid, a multinational electric and gas utility with a $50+ billion market capitalization. Before this, Richard was Managing Director of Early Stage Partners (ESP).

Previously, Stuebi was Fellow for Energy and Environmental Advancement at The Cleveland Foundation. In 1999, Richard founded NextWave Energy, a boutique professional services firm serving large energy companies, financial interests and start-up ventures interested in new energy technologies and business models. Stuebi was Senior Vice President, Business Development at Louis Dreyfus Energy, where he analyzed market and technology trends to uncover opportunities in power markets. In 1990, he joined the energy practice of McKinsey & Company, where he was Associate/Engagement Manager and Electric Practice Specialist focusing on power generation, electricity resource planning, marketing, merger integration, and regulatory strategy. He began his career at ICF Resources, where he was a leading analyst of the economic impacts of proposed acid rain legislation on the US electricity and coal sectors.