Kimberly Berman

 

Kimberly is an independent consultant working with Avicenne Energy since 2025. She is an internationally recognized specialist on lithium-ion and next-gen battery technologies, alternative fuels, electric vehicles, stationary power storage, renewable energy generation, and the deglobalization of battery supply chains. She has presented at leading industry conferences and has researched, written/co-written and published numerous research papers, including a recent study on battery value chains in the DRC for the World Bank Group.

 

Previously, Kimberly worked as a special projects analyst for a major Canadian bank where she developed proprietary knowledge around battery chemistry, hydrogen and the power storage market. Her work connected the dots from extractive industries for speciality inputs and commodity markets through the lithium-ion battery value chain. She has leveraged this analysis to benefit the auto parts, automotive manufacturers, chemicals and oil and gas sectors.

 

She has an MA in International Economics and Finance, a BSc in Applied Chemistry and Biology, and a BA in Political Economics focusing on sustainability.