Rita joined Basalt in 2024 as an Operating Partner. She splits her time between North America, based in Toronto, and Europe, based in France.

Rita has over 34 years of advisory and board experience across a range of industries, most notably in power, energy, infrastructure and clean tech. Rita began her career as a lawyer at Davies, Ward & Beck, Dibb Lupton before moving into investment banking where she worked with Andrew Marsden at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. Rita moved to Citi where she was responsible for the UK Power and Water Sectors and European Renewable Energy Sector and then focused on advisory work with board positions across a range of industries and businesses in both North America and Europe from early stage to mature businesses. Rita is a member of the Board of Directors at EnviroSpark.

Rita has an MBA from the University of Ottawa and is a Chartered Director with a focus on board governance. She holds an LLB from the University of Ottawa and is a Member of the Bar in Ontario, Canada and the United Kingdom.