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2019 Annual Meeting Speakers
Confirmed speakers for the 2019 Annual Meeting include:
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H.E. Salim Al Aufi
Undersecretary for the Ministry of Oil & Gas, Oman
Er. Salim Al Aufi has a Masters in Petroleum Engineering from HeriotWatt University. He Joined Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) in 1992, and progressed within the organization in different technical and leadership roles, which culminated in him…
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Reem Al-Ghanim
Diversity & Inclusion, Saudi Aramco
For over 20 years, I’ve held a number of roles/positions in HR, Training and Development and recently with Upstream, these include Head of D&I, Head of Women Development, Head of Internal Mobility, Head of Career Planning and Consultation, Head…
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Awadh M. Al-Maker
Executive Vice President, Shared Services, SABIC
Mr. Al-Maker is Chemical Engineer graduate from King Saud University, College of Engineering back in 1989. In August 1989, he joined SABIC at manufacturing affiliate in Jubail, KEMYA, where he held various posts at different times, last of which…
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Mohammad Y. Al Qahtani
Senior Vice President – Upstream Saudi Aramco
Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani was appointed Senior Vice President – Upstream in January 2016. His responsibilities include exploration, petroleum engineering, drilling, oil and gas operations, unconventional resources and upstream research and development…
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Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani
CEO, Qatargas
Mr. Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani has been the Chief Executive Officer of Qatargas Operating Company Limited (Qatargas) since May 30, 2010. He recently spearheaded the successful integration of the State of Qatar’s two liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
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Datuk Md Arif Mahmood
EVP & CEO Downstream, PETRONAS
Datuk Md Arif Mahmood has held the key positions of Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Risk, Vice President of Oil Business. He has also held other various senior management positions in PETRONAS Gas Berhad, Engen Petroleum Limited,…
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Muqsit Ashraf
Senior Managing Director Global Energy Lead, Accenture Strategy
Background andEducation: Previously, Head of North America for Schlumberger Business Consulting and Principal at Booz & Company working at intersection of operations & energy. Published numerous articles in industry magazines,…
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Bakhrom Ashrafkhanov
Acting Chairman of the Board, Uzbekneftegaz JSC
Experience: 1994 - 1998: Representative in Central Asia "AIG Trading Group" 1998 -2000: General Manager Uzbek-American Insurance Company "UzAIG" 2000 - 2002: First Deputy of the Head of State Inspection of Insurance Supervision …
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Eirik Barclay
Chief Executive Officer, Yinson Production
Mr. Eirik Barclay was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yinson Production on 3 January 2014 following the acquisition of Fred. Olsen Production ASA, where Eirik had been the CEO since 1 January 2012. Eirik has worked in the offshore oil…
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Gordon Birrell
Upstream Chief Operating Officer- Production, Transformation and Carbon, BP
Gordon Birrell is currently BP Upstream Chief Operating Officer: Production, Transformation and Carbon, and a member of BP’s Upstream Executive Team. Gordon’s global portfolio includes accountabilities for: • Safety and Environmental…
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Fabio Massimo Bombacci
Chairman & CEO, Elettra Investimenti
After graduation in Business Administration from the LUISS University (Rome) in 1983, he joined Irvin Aerospace Spa as a controller being first promoted to General Manager and than to Chief Executive Officer in 1991. From 2000 to 2003 he was in…
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Harry Brekelmans
Projects & Technology Director, Member of the Executive Committee, Shell
Harry Brekelmans is Projects & Technology (P&T) Director and a member of the Executive Committee of Royal Dutch Shell plc. As P&T Director, Harry oversees an organisation that delivers Shell’s major oil and gas projects, provides…
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Arnaud Breuillac
President Exploration & Production, Member of the Executive Committee, TOTAL
Arnaud Breuillac TOTAL - President Exploration & Production, Member of the Executive Committee Arnaud Breuillac, 60, graduated from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in 1981. He joined TOTAL in 1982 and has served in various positions in its…
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Mark Brownstein
Senior Vice President of Energy, Environmental Defense Fund
Mark Brownstein is Senior Vice President of Energy at Environmental Defense Fund, and a member of EDF’s executive team. He leads the organization’s work on electricity, oil and gas, and transportation. The goal of the program is to deliver tangible…
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Amy Chronis
Houston Managing Partner, Deloitte LLP
Amy Chronis is a Senior Partner in Deloitte’s Center for Energy Solutions and the Managing Partner of Deloitte LLP’s Houston practice. She has more than 30 years of experience serving public and private enterprises from emerging businesses to…
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Helima Croft
Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets
Helima is a Managing Director and the Global Head of Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets. She specializes in geopolitics and energy, leading a team of commodity strategists that cover energy, metals and cross‐commodity investor activity…
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Alessandro Decio
Chief Executive Officer & General Manager, SACE
Alessandro Decio is the CEO of SACE. He started his career at IMI Capital Markets in London, where he worked for over five years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, after a MBA at Insead and an experience with McKinsey. He…
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Paul de Leeuw
Professor Paul de Leeuw, Director Oil & Gas Institute, Robert Gordon University
Paul has worked for over 30 years in the oil and gas industry and has worked for a number of companies, including Shell, Marathon Oil, Amoco, BP, Venture Production and Centrica Energy. His broad business and deep commercial background include…
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Renato Donnarumma
Corporate Engineering & Energy Manager, Acs Dobfar Group
Graduated at Politecnico of Milan in 1992 and, since then worked for Acs Dobfar, in the pharmaceutical field, as engineering responsible for an increasing number of sites. From 2001 until 2004 Renato was plant manager in a fermentation site in…
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Newton José Leme Duarte
Executive President, COGEN, Associação da Indústria de Cogeração de Energia
40 years of experience in the electrical sector dedicated to the companies Siemens and General Electric. Electrical engineer, graduated from Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo – USP, in 1997 took the International Management…
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Richard Dyson
CEO, io oil & gas consulting
Richard Dyson is CEO of io oil & gas consulting, strategic consultants and advisors to the oil & gas sector, providing business planning, project feasibility, conceptual design, consortium development and supporting M&A activity.Richard…
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Tarek El Molla
Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Egypt
Received his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering Cairo University in 1986. Joined Chevron (Egypt) in Jan. 1987. Worked in different fields and held various positions in Engineering, Operations, Planning, Sales and Marketing. In 1998, he became…
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Richard N. Frommer
President and Chief Executive Officer, Great Western Oil & Gas Company
Mr. Frommer has over 35 years of experience in the oil and natural gas industry. Mr. Frommer has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of GWOC LLC since February 2013. From May 2002 to November 2012, Mr. Frommer was Senior Vice President…
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Neil Gilmour
Vice President CP Integrated Gas, Projects and New Energies, Shell
Neil Gilmour is Vice President CP Integrated Gas, Projects and New Energies and has been on-seat since May 2016. Before joining CP, Neil led the Upstream/Integrated Gas (IG) part of the BG Group Integration Team. Previously he was Head of…
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Hendrick Gordenker
Chairman, JERA
Mr Gordenker became Chairman of JERA Co., Inc. in April 2016. He acted as senior advisor to JERA from its founding in April 2015 until becoming Chairman. Mr Gordenker has long involvement in Japan and global energy. He lived in Japan in the…
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Rajnish Goswami
General Manager LNG Marketing, ANADARKO
General Manager, LNG Marketing, SE Asia, Indian Sub-Continent & Middle East Mozambique LNG Rajnish Goswami was named General Manager, LNG Marketing of Mozambique LNG in June 2017. In this role, he is responsible for commercializing Mozambique…
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Mark Gyetvay
Chief Financial Officer & Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, NOVATEK
Mark Gyetvay is the CFO and Deputy Chairman of the Management Board at NOVATEK. From 2003 to 2014, he was a member of NOVATEK’s Board of Directors and served as the Chairman on the Strategy and Investment Committee. He was responsible for listing…
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Petteri Härkki
Managing Director / Regional Director Asia I, Thermal Power & Renewable Energy, Pöyry Energy Ltd
Mr. Petteri Härkki is Managing Director Pöyry Thailand in charge of the Thermal power and Renewable energy business in most of the Asia Pacific region. Petteri has been working for Pöyry since 1995, first in Europe, then in Singapore and for the…
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Gretchen Haskins
CEO, HeliOffshore Ltd.
Gretchen Haskins is the CEO of HeliOffshore Ltd., a company dedicated to global offshore helicopter safety. She is an aviation industry leader in safety performance improvement and an internationally-recognised expert in human factors. She has…
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Karl Johnny Hersvik
CEO, Aker BP
Karl Johnny Hersvik (born 1972) has been CEO of Aker BP since May 2014. Prior to joining Aker BP, he served as head of research for Statoil. Mr Hersvik has held a number of specialist and executive positions with Norsk Hydro and StatoilHydro. He…
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Liv A. Hovem
CEO, Oil & Gas, DNV GL
Liv A. Hovem has more than 25 years of experience in international management, technical advisory, verification, classification, engineering, development and research in the oil and gas and maritime industries. Her technical background is risk and…
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Masato Katsuki
Executive Officer, Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation
Masato Katsuki was appointed executive officer of the Japanese region company, Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation, part of Yokogawa group, in April 2017. He joined Yokogawa Hokushin Electric Corporation in April 1986 and has worked for Process…
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Phil Kirk
Chief Executive Officer, Chrysaor
Phil qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young in 1991 before joining Hess in 1996. He served in a variety of roles including Head of Finance, North West Europe. After leaving Hess in 2002 he set up CH4 Energy with two other ex…
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Yao Li
Founder & CEO, SIA Energy
Yao is the founder and CEO of SIA Energy with 20 years of energy industry experience. SIA Energy is a China-focused energy consulting firm offering insight and data on Chinese energy policy, markets and players, covering the full oil and gas value…
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Sudhir Mathur
Chief Executive Officer, Cairn Oil & Gas – Vedanta Limited
As CEO of Cairn Oil & Gas, Sudhir Mathur has been instrumental in defining the organisation’s strategy and its growth story. Domestic exploration and production of oil and gas has been an imperative for the Indian economy, and Cairn is…
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Christophe McGlade
Senior Energy Analyst, Directorate of Sustainability, Technology & Outlooks, International Energy Agency
Christophe is a senior energy analyst in the Directorate of Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Christophe joined the IEA in 2015 and leads the oil and gas analysis within the World Energy Outlook series…
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Farhan Mujib
President, Hydrocarbons-Delivery Solutions, KBR
Farhan Mujib is KBR’s President, Hydrocarbons-Delivery Solutions and is responsible for Offshore Hydrocarbons and Onshore Hydrocarbons (including LNG/GTL, Oil & Gas, Downstream, and Industrial Services) in the Americas and the Global Project…
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Ethan Novek
Founder & CTO, Innovator Energy
Ethan Novek is an award-winning chemical engineer with multiple granted utility patents. He received his first issued utility patent at the age of 16 and published his first peer-reviewed journal article in the American Chemical Society journal…
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David O’Connor
Head of Global Projects, Global Projects Organization, BP
David currently serves as BP’s Head of Global Projects, accountable for the delivery of all Upstream projects across the world. He manages an annual budget of around $10 billion gross that covers onshore, offshore and deepwater projects. Prior…
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Michael Olson
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera
Michael Olson is the founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Cloudera. He began his career in the relational database industry, and has held technical and executive positions at Britton Lee, Illustra, Informix and Oracle, among other companies. He…
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Meg O’Neill
Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Woodside Energy
Meg O’Neill is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer forWoodside Energy, based in Perth, Australia. She assumed this position in May 2018 and is responsible for Woodside’s global logistics, drilling, production, HSEQ, reservoir…
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Sameer Parasnis
Managing Director, Energy & Natural Resources, STIFEL
Sameer Parasnis is a Managing Director in the Energy and Natural Resources Group at Stifel. Mr. Parasnis has significant transactional experience across the energy sector and has led numerous public and private debt and equity transactions and…
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Alessandro Puliti
Chief Development, Operations & Technology Officer, ENI
Born in Florence on June 23, 1963, he was appointed as Chief Development, Operations & Technology Officer on 18 September 2018. Experience He joined Agip spa’s Reservoir Department in 1990 as a Reservoir Geologist and was involved in the…
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Pratima Rangarajan
Chief Executive Officer, OGCI Climate Investments
Dr. Pratima Rangarajan is the chief executive officer of the newly-formed investment company, OGCI Climate Investments. Jointly funded by 10 Oil and Gas majors, OGCI Climate Investments (CI) intends to invest $1 billion over the next ten years…
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María Victoria Riaño
President & CEO, Equion Energia Limited
Ms. Riaño is President and CEO of Equion Energia Limited, the private oil and gas exploration and production firm that resulted from BP’s divestment of Colombian assets to Ecopetrol (NOC) and Talisman Energy (now Repsol), starting 2011. Prior to…
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Michael Sabel
Co-CEO, Co-Chairman and Founder, Venture Global LNG, Inc
Michael Sabel is a Co-CEO, Co-Chairman and Founder of the Company. Mike has over 24 years of experience in capital markets’ transactions including initial public and secondary offerings, public and private M&A transactions, and private equity…
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Allen Satterwhite
President, Chevron Pipeline & Power, Chevron
Allen Satterwhite is president of Chevron Pipeline & Power business unit. In this role, he is responsible for providing technical, commercial, operational, and energy management support services that allow the pipeline and power functions to…
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Eldar Sætre
President & CEO, Equinor
Mr Eldar Sætre was appointed President and CEO of Equinor in February 2015. Mr Sætre joined the company in in 1980 and has been in several management positions in the company, mainly in the fields of accounting and finance. He was Executive vice…
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Steve Sedgwick
Anchorman, CNBC
Steve Sedgwick co-anchors CNBC's flagship program "Squawk Box Europe" having spent three decades in and around financial markets, first as a trader and then as a journalist. Steve has attended high levels international events for CNBC for over a…
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Amrita Sen
Chief Oil Analyst, Energy Aspects
Amrita Sen is the founding Partner and Chief Oil Analyst at Energy Aspects. Amrita leads Energy Aspects’ analysis and forecasting of crude and products markets. Her specialism is in energy commodities, particularly oil and oil products. Amrita’s…
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Monika Simões
Founder & Managing Director, Energy Dialogues LLC
Monika Simões is the founder and managing director of Energy Dialogues LLC, a global alliance and network of senior-level decision makers, thought leaders and other key stakeholders from the private and public sector of the energy industry. …
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Andrew Smart
Global Client Account Lead and Industry Managing Director for Oil & Gas, Accenture Resources
Andrew is both a Global Client Account Lead and the Industry Managing Director for Accenture’s Global Energy business. As such he is responsible for defining how Accenture’s services should be tailored and developed to best serve our Oil and Gas…
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Dwi Soetjipto
Chairman, SKK Migas
Dwi Soetjipto was inaugurated as the Chairman of SKK Migas on December 3rd, 2018. Prior to joining SKK Migas, Mr. Soetjipto held several top management roles in State-Owned Enterprises. He served as President Director PT. Pertamina (Persero) …
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Tarek Souki
SVP LNG Marketing and Trading, Tellurian
Tarek Souki joined Tellurian as Senior Vice President – LNG Marketing and Trading in August 2016. Sincejoining, he has created the marketing team tasked with commercializing the Driftwood Project. Additionally,Tarek has overseen the build out of…
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Alix Steel
Co-anchor, Bloomberg Daybreak Americas
Alix Steel is the co-anchor of “Bloomberg Daybreak Americas,” Bloomberg’s flagship morning show focused on the important financial and global news of the day. Steel also anchors the weekly show “Bloomberg Commodities Edge,” a thirty minute program…
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Shanker Trivedi
Senior Vice President of Enterprise Business, NVIDIA
Shanker Trivedi has 30+ years of experience in senior executive roles in the U.S., the U.K. and India. Shanker is currently Senior Vice President of Enterprise Business, for NVIDIA Worldwide Field Operations. He has led worldwide sales and…
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Alexandra Tudoroiu-Lakavičė
Senior Policy Manager, COGEN Europe
Experience: Alexandra Tudoroiu-Lakavičė leads COGEN Europe’s advocacy and regulatory work on electricity markets, climate policy and renewable energy She manages COGEN Europe’s Market Intelligence and National Policy work, producing…
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Gordon Welsh
Head of Business Group, UK Export Finance
Gordon had an extensive career in banking in the UK and the USA before joining UK Export Finance. Gordon also spent three years with Airbus in its customer sales financingteam before taking a year’s secondment to work with the UK’s Secretary of…
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Paul Wheelhouse
Member of Scottish Parliament, Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, Scottish Government
Born in Belfast, Paul was raised in Edinburgh, attending Stewart's Melville College. He has an honours degree in Economics from the University of Aberdeen and an MBA from University of Edinburgh. He has lived in Berwickshire since 2000. Paul is…
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