Rudy
Agnihotri.

Leading change.
Connecting strategy
with delivery.

My leadership is grounded in over 20 years in construction, with energy efficiency retrofit at the heart of my work. I bring a strategic perspective to the challenges facing social landlords and main contractors: improving homes, directing investment and delivering programmes effectively.

I help shape planned works programmes by connecting property intelligence and investment priorities with the practical realities of mobilisation and delivery.

As founder of Eketra™, I bring construction and housing expertise into practical AI and automation, connecting industry knowledge with clearer decisions and more effective ways of working.

As Group Director of Strategy and Innovation at Energy Specifics Group, I work across retrofit consultancy, design and installation. Through Design Specifics’ PowerAsset service, I bring together energy performance, housing condition and investment information to help landlords plan retrofit and wider planned works together.

I look beyond individual properties to the wider street and community: how housing condition, energy performance, planned works and place relate to one another.

My career has taken me across several countries, broadening my perspective on people, places and the ways we work.

I thrive under pressure. As a parent of twins, I get plenty of practice. It’s a daily lesson in adaptability, patience and keeping a sense of humour.

From understanding
the work to designing
what comes next.

I bring a sector leader’s perspective to AI and automation, grounded in the realities of construction, retrofit and planned works. My focus is on where technology can make a practical difference: connecting information, reducing repeated administration and giving teams a clearer view of the evidence.

I translate industry knowledge into the design and implementation of AI and automation, setting a clear direction from understanding the business problem to identifying useful applications and supporting teams through change.

I see real value in systems that help people find what they need, understand what needs attention and spend more time on work that benefits residents.

For me, successful implementation depends as much on understanding people and processes as it does on the technology itself.

The value of the work
reaches beyond
the project.

My wider contribution includes talks at schools and universities, community engagement and pro bono work for social landlords and devolved regional bodies.

Sharing knowledge and giving time are part of how I contribute beyond day to day delivery. They sit alongside my work to improve how housing investment is understood and planned.

The public value of this work matters to me: warmer homes, lower energy use and better use of the money available to improve housing.

Understanding that impact means looking carefully at what changed, who benefited and the contribution of everyone involved.