Irina Filippova

Irina Filippova is a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Electrada, LLC, an electric fuel company  providing electric vehicle “charging as a service” to fleets and drivers across the United States. Electrada  partners with fleets to expertly design and build a tailored and reliable long-term electric vehicle  charging solution, covering all of the required investment upfront. Founded in 2019 by energy, mobility,  and utility experts, Electrada is a BlackRock Real Assets portfolio company, focused on building and  operating high-performance electric vehicle charging infrastructure. 

Over the course of two and a half decades, Irina has been driving transformational change in the energy  sector as a strategic and operational leader. Working with BP’s executive leadership, Irina held strategy  roles in upstream and downstream businesses, and in corporate mergers and acquisitions.  

Transitioning from conventional to renewable energy portfolio, Irina led the launch of BP’s pioneering  green energy innovation project Helios House in Los Angeles. She subsequently served on the founding  management team of UK’s premier sustainability startup 2degrees, and as director of a solar portfolio  investment firm Venetos in Switzerland. Most recently, Irina led senior leadership transformation in  Kuwait’s oil sector. Irina holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management, is fluent in four languages, and has resided in six countries.