Mei Shibata

Mei Shibata is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully started and sold two companies in the cleantech space over a 14-year period. In her most recent role as founder and CEO of Essense Partners, Mei worked with various city and state agencies, as well as with utilities across the country, to promote and implement energy innovations. Mei has authored four patents in the cleantech space, won 20+ marketing awards and was recognized as a New York Top 10 Energy Entrepreneur. Earlier in her career, Mei served as head of Strategy at Interbrand Health and Havas Life, as well as worked at Citigroup, Oliver Wyman and Pfizer. Mei has an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in Medical Engineering from the Harvard/MIT HST Program and a BA in Physics from Harvard College.