Kate Hardin is the executive director of the Deloitte Research Center for Energy & Industrials and has worked in the energy industry for 25 years. She currently leads Deloitte’s research across energy and industrial manufacturing. Prior to that, Hardin led integrated coverage of transportation decarbonization and its implications for the automotive and energy sectors at IHS Markit. She has also developed global energy research for institutional investors and led analyses of Russian and Caspian energy developments at CERA.