Gas, LNG & The Future of Energy 2024

James MacTaggart

Chief Marketing Officer

NextDecade

James MacTaggart is based in Singapore and has over 25 years of experience delivering large and complex deals in the LNG and natural gas industry, working across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. He has executed long-term LNG sale and purchase agreements supporting positive final investment decisions on five greenfield LNG projects. Before joining NextDecade, MacTaggart served more than 20 years with Shell in various marketing and trading positions, with his last role as General Manager of Shell’s Gas and LNG Markets business in Asia, India, and the Middle East. During his tenure, he also set up Shell’s gas trading business in India. MacTaggart completed his undergraduate studies in classical and modern Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and holds an M.B.A. with distinction from Bayes Business School.

Gavin Law

Head of Gas and Power Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Gavin’s expertise lies in assisting diverse energy companies to identify risks and opportunities in their business, and supporting them in building strategies to exploit changing market opportunities. Most recently, he has been directing our landmark upstream carbon emissions study, working with the world's leading oil and gas companies to evaluate upstream emissions and impact on future value. In his 24 years at Wood Mackenzie, Gavin has built trusted relationships within the leading gas and LNG companies worldwide. His research background enables him to blend a seasoned operational perspective with insight into the latest market trends and issues. He has played a key role in a wide range of high profile consulting projects and industry events related to the global gas and LNG market. Prior to his current role, Gavin was Head of Global LNG, responsible for both research and consulting. He developed a holistic strategy for LNG business and built relationships with the leading global LNG importers. Gavin began his career at BG Plc and has worked as an independent consultant.

Andrew Walker

Vice President for LNG Strategy and Communication

Cheniere

Dr. Andrew Walker is the Vice President for LNG Strategy and Communication for Cheniere. He is located in London and is responsible for the LNG strategy and market outlook of Cheniere, reporting into the Chief Commercial Officer. Until October 2015 he was Vice President for Global LNG - and prior to that Head of LNG Strategy - at BG Group where he worked for over 20 years before joining Cheniere. During his career in LNG, he has been located in Singapore, Egypt, the USA and UK and has worked on numerous LNG projects including Atlantic LNG in Trinidad and Tobago, Egyptian LNG, and Dragon LNG in the UK. Dr. Walker has a Doctorate in Geology from Imperial College, University of London.

Albrecht von Blumencron

Head of Energy Project Advisory EMEA

ING Bank N.V

Albrecht has over 25 years of experience in the energy sector and in project finance in the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. He has a proven track record in advising, structuring and raising of non/limited recourse financings in the oil & gas, petrochemical sectors as well as in energy transition solutions, e.g. carbon capture and storage, plastic recycling as well as hydrogen. Albrecht joined ING from BayernLB in April 2014, where he led the oil and gas project finance activities from London which included many successfully closed Mandated Lead Arranger positions. Prior to BayernLB, Albrecht worked for PwC in the PwC/Euler Hermes project finance team in Hamburg and advised at PwC in London on project finance and M&A transactions in the oil and gas sector. Albrecht commenced his professional career in the gas industry at Ruhrgas in 1995 which included a secondment to Gazprom within various regions of Russia.

Neil McMahon

Managing Partner

Kimmeridge

Dr McMahon is a Managing Partner at Kimmeridge and is responsible for investments and for developing Kimmeridge’s screening capabilities. Prior to this role, Dr McMahon was a Senior Equity Research Analyst for the Global Integrated Oils at Sanford C. Bernstein, where he was ranked first three times in the Institutional Investor Research Survey. Dr McMahon covered 18 of the largest integrated oils and refiners. He joined Sanford C. Bernstein in 2002. Before joining Sanford C. Bernstein, Dr McMahon was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey, based in both Houston and London, where he had been since 1999. At McKinsey he mainly advised petroleum and electric power and natural gas clients and undertook proprietary research within McKinsey’s industry practices. Prior to McKinsey, Dr McMahon worked in the oil industry as a geoscientist with British Petroleum (BP) and British Gas (BG) before moving into consulting with Arthur D. Little where he became a manager in its Global Energy Practice. Dr McMahon is an advisor and Board observer to Common Energy, a community solar subscription platform and project manager. Dr McMahon received an honors degree from The University of Edinburgh in Geology and Geophysics where he later undertook further research to complete a BP-sponsored Ph.D. in 1995. Dr McMahon has published a number of technical and management-oriented papers in leading oil and gas industry journals.

Dulles Wang

Director, Americas Gas and LNG Research

Wood Mackenzie

As a director on our Americas Gas and LNG Research team, Dulles delivers analysis of all aspects of the natural gas value chain, and explores how changing market dynamics affect gas prices and market opportunities. Dulles’ industry experience spans private and public sectors, starting with natural gas consulting at The Brattle Group, and fuels fundamental analysis and physical gas scheduling at NRG Energy. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, he was an energy markets regulator at the Alberta Securities Commission, providing primary regulatory oversight of what is now ICE NGX.

Sharif Islam

LNG Origination Manager

SEFE Marketing & Trading Limited

Sharif Islam, LNG Origination Manager at SEFE Marketing & Trading Limited, has extensive experience in the energy industry. Since joining SEFE's LNG Structured Trading & Origination group in early 2023, Sharif has originated and led negotiations to secure mid and long-term SPA volumes primarily from the Middle East. With over 25 years of experience, including 16 years based in Doha, Qatar, Sharif has gained extensive business development and LNG marketing expertise. In his prior role as Division Manager, LNG Marketing & Business Development at Qatargas, he held commercial responsibility for close to a third of Qatargas' long-term portfolio volumes. In this position, Sharif oversaw and led SPA negotiations with numerous buyers for deliveries into multiple European destinations. Sharif holds an Executive MBA from HEC Paris and a Masters in Economics from Birkbeck College, University of London.

De la Rey Venter

Chief Executive Officer

MidOcean Energy

Mr. Venter is the CEO of MidOcean Energy, EIG’s LNG focused investment vehicle. He joined EIG in 2022 after 20 years with Shell where he was, amongst other roles, the Global Head of LNG and a member of the leadership teams of Shell’s Upstream and Integrated Gas and New Energies directorates. He started his career in the mining industry with a variety of strategies, sales, marketing and distribution roles with Samancor and Billiton. Over the course of his career the Venter family has lived in South Africa, the Netherlands, the UK, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and the USA. Mr. Venter holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting from the Northwest University in South Africa, an Honours Degree in Investment Management from the University of Johannesburg and an MBA from the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Ashwin Punde

Managing Director Energy and Energy Transition

Standard Chartered Bank

Ashwin is Managing Director and heads the Energy and Chemicals coverage for Europe and Americas, at Standard Chartered Bank. He also leads the energy transition coverage for energy clients in these regions and is closely involved in the transactions in this emerging sector. He has over 25 years of experience in energy investment banking, having worked in London, Hong Kong, Houston and Mumbai during this time. Ashwin joined SCB in 2018 and previously worked for BAML and Citigroup. He has led a range of advisory, capital markets and financing transactions for IOCs, NOCs, and independent E&P companies, and has advised on over $70bn of completed M&A and $50bn of financings with these clients.

Justin Jackson

Managing Director

ExxonMobil Gas Marketing Europe Limited

Justin Jackson is currently the Managing Director of ExxonMobil Gas Marketing Europe Limited where his organisation has responsibility for an extensive European Gas and Power portfolio including Gas and Power Sales, Purchases and Trading and managing ExxonMobil’s Transportation, Storage and LNG Regas portfolio. He has been in this position since 2019. Justin joined ExxonMobil in the UK in 2001 in the Upstream where he spent the first four years of his career in various analytical, operations and commercial roles. In 2005, Justin moved to Qatar where he was involved in the Al Khaleej Gas domestic gas projects and performed key commercial and analytical activities for ExxonMobil’s interests in the Qatargas and RasGas Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Joint Ventures. In 2009, Justin moved back to the UK where he had roles as the manager for the Europe LNG organisation responsible for the marketing of LNG imports into the South Hook Terminal in Wales before moving roles to lead the company’s Europe New Business Development activities in ExxonMobil Gas and Power Marketing. In 2012, Justin moved to Houston where he held assignments in Gas and Power Marketing Strategic Planning and Upstream Ventures organisations. In 2015, Justin moved back to the UK and became the International Gas Business and Market Analysis Manager. In 2018, Justin became the Upstream Commercial International Manager in the ExxonMobil Gas and Power Marketing Company with responsibility for all new business development activities for Gas and Power Marketing’s International Gas division covering parts of Europe/Caspian, Africa and the Middle East. Justin was born in Hong Kong but is a UK national and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Cardiff University in Wales.

Ixchel Castro

Vice President, Head of Gas and LNG Markets

Wood Mackenzie

Ixchel leads our research on downstream markets in North and Latin America. She is responsible for engaging with clients in the region with a specific focus on refined product markets, balances and prices. She also develops the exports and pricing forecast for Latin American crude. Ixchel joined Wood Mackenzie in 2012, covering Latin America for the Energy Markets team in our Houston office. She also worked in Paris, covering Southern European markets as part of the Gas & Power team. In 2016, she joined the Oils team to lead the research practice in Mexico City, with a focus on downstream and midstream analysis for Latin America. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Ixchel worked at PMI, International Trading (Pemex) in crude trading and refined product analysis. Earlier in her career she also worked in the energy division of the World Bank, undertaking research on power interconnections in South America.

Anton van Heesewijk

Head of Trading Strategy

JERA Global Markets

Kateryna Filippenko

Research Director, Global Gas Markets

Wood Mackenzie

Kateryna joined Wood Mackenzie's upstream research team in 2012 and moved to the global gas and LNG team in 2019. Her focus is on the European gas market and the development of alternative scenarios. Kateryna has considerable research and consulting experience in European gas. She regularly meets with oil and gas producers, service companies, banks and other actors to discuss industry developments. Kateryna frequently takes part in client briefings on key topics.

Miaoru Huang

Research Director, Asia Pacific Gas and LNG

Wood Mackenzie

Miaoru Huang leads our Northeast Asia gas research. With around 15 years of experience in energy markets, she provides commercial insight into the short- and long-term gas and LNG markets, analysing price drivers and fundamental supply-demand trends, as well as how market participants navigate through market development. Miaoru joined Wood Mackenzie in 2016. Previously, she spent seven years with Rio Tinto, where she was responsible for energy and climate strategy advisory. She also supported investment assessment, power procurement negotiation and metal products marketing.

Toshiyuki Takahashi

Head of LNG Chartering

JERA

Massimo Di Odoardo

Vice President, Gas and LNG Research

Wood Mackenzie

Massimo brings extensive knowledge of the entire gas industry value chain to his current position as Vice President of Gas and LNG Research. Massimo joined Wood Mackenzie in 2007 as a consultant, where he advised NOCs, IOCs and European utilities on global gas and pricing dynamics. He later transitioned to the research division, where he soon became the content lead for European gas and then for global gas and LNG, responsible for articulating our view on market fundamentals, pricing dynamics and corporate developments. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Massimo worked in the strategy department at Eni SpA, where he was responsible for developing global gas scenario analyses to support strategic investments. Massimo speaks regularly at conferences and with media, and remains deeply engaged with the industry. Travelling to see and discuss market dynamics with customers is at the heart of his job, enabling him to constantly challenge and evolve his own view of the global gas and LNG market.

Mujeeb Qazi

Head of Energy, Infrastructure Department

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Mujeeb Qazi is the Sector Head of Energy Infrastructure for the Infrastructure Department. He is responsible, in collaboration with senior management, for developing and implementing investment strategy for the Energy Infrastructure business globally. This includes managing ADIA’s existing portfolio of energy infrastructure investments, as well as working with team members to originate and execute new transactions. The energy portfolio has several investments in renewables, power generation as well as oil and gas infrastructure such as pipelines. With over 20 years of experience in the infrastructure sector, Mujeeb joined ADIA from Spectra Energy Corp. (Acquired by Enbridge - NYSE:ENB) where he was Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions and led the Company’s acquisition efforts in the natural gas, oil and liquids midstream sectors. Prior to Spectra, he was a Director at Deutsche Bank’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group where he headed up M&A for the North American Power & Utilities sector. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Mujeeb was a Director in Credit Suisse’s Energy M&A group. Mujeeb also spent 3 years at KPMG where he had various roles in the accounting and tax groups. Mujeeb has an MBA in Finance (with Distinction) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar. He also has a BSC in Accounting from the University of Virginia and has passed the CPA Examination in the State of Virginia.

Abdulkarim Al-Ghamdi

Executive Vice President of Gas

Aramco

Valerie Purvis

Executive Vice President, Head of Commodities

Wood Mackenzie

Valerie Purvis leads the Chemicals, Metals and Mining, Oils, Gas and LNG divisions at Wood Mackenzie. Val’s teams provide customers with unique data and insight that drives smarter, more strategic decision-making. She builds and strengthens customer relationships, enhancing Wood Mackenzie’s reputation as a leader and trusted partner in the natural resources industry. Val joined the Chemicals division in 2016 to lead the integration of Wood Mackenzie’s acquisition of PCI – a consortium of five specialist chemicals companies. Under her leadership, the combined division has begun generating profits and shown a compounded annual growth rate of 15% over four years. Since then, Val has expanded her leadership remit to other commodity divisions of the business. Her first position with Wood Mackenzie was leading a team of Upstream energy analysts, focusing on exploration and production in the Gulf of Mexico. She went on to lead multiple teams at the company in Russia and the Caspian Sea. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Val was a geophysicist in the upstream oil and gas industry. She gained experience working in numerous offshore locations, with a focus on Nigeria and the South China Sea. In addition to her primary roles, Val is the executive sponsor of the sustainability initiative at Wood Mackenzie. Val holds a BSc with Honours in Geoscience from the University of St. Andrews.

Kristy Kramer

Vice President, Head of Gas and LNG Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Kristy brings over fifteen years of gas and energy industry experience to her current role leading Wood Mackenzie’s Gas and LNG Consulting Practice. Kristy joined our consulting practice in 2016, working with clients to evaluate investment opportunities, design portfolio strategies and support project financing. She later transitioned to lead a global gas and LNG research team, delivering fundamental supply, demand and pricing analysis across global and regional gas markets, before returning to consulting. In her time at Wood Mackenzie, Kristy has worked with a wide range of clients through the gas and LNG value chain and across the globe. Earlier in her career, Kristy spent eight years at ExxonMobil, where she held a number of roles with responsibilities including leading deal evaluation and developing portfolio strategies for both proprietary gas and joint venture LNG assets.

Philippa McCue

Head of European Gas Security

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Chris Wright

Director - Advisory (Maritime Industries)

Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking

Chris is a Director in the Maritime Strategic and Capital Advisory at Société Générale joining in 2018. Chris’ past companies include ExxonMobil , Qatar Energy LNG, EDF Trading and NewAge. He describes himself as Advisory Banker in the relentless pursuit of getting the best results for his clients! Specialising in the Shipping, Maritime, floating infrastructure, CCUS and Energy Transition Sectors. Fanatical about LNG, Ammonia, Methanol, CO2, Bio and Synthetic fuels, production/transportation/storage thereof! He also occasionally executes some M&A and ECM deals too! In his past he has led projects, ran businesses and generated material P&L across the maritime, energy and commodities sectors. Chris’s recent experiences include: • Financial advisor for world’s largest LNG shipping project (ongoing) • Advisor to Bluestreak CO2, world’s first Mid-stream CO2 company • Core member of the JBR team for the ADNOC L&S IPO, >120x subscribed listing and the CMB acquisition of Euronav (Marine Money Award of 2023 – Wildcard of the Year) • Advisor to the EMU Fund with Eurazeo for the decarbonisation of Shipping (ongoing) • Multiple confidential M&A deals in the Shipping, Floating Infra and Ports space (ongoing) Chris holds a 1st Class Honours of Masters in Chemical Engineering from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and is an alumni of London Business School and INSEAD, Paris.

Mangesh Patankar

VP. Gas and LNG Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Mangesh has 18 years of experience in the gas/LNG industry, with a mix of Consulting and Industry background. Mangesh rejoined Wood Mackenzie in Nov 2017, having previously worked with the company for 7 years during 2009-15. During his tenure with Wood Mackenzie, he has been involved in due diligence on gas/LNG & power assets, LNG procurement engagements for Asian buyers, Lenders’ Market Advisory for LNG liquefaction and regas projects, economic modelling & financial feasibility studies for gas/LNG assets, gas monetisation strategies in Asia and Middle East regions. During 2016-17, he worked in another consulting firm and was involved in conceptualising small scale Floating Regas terminal projects in India and Philippines. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie in 2009, he was with Shell’s LNG team in India for ~3 years as business analyst covering the Indian gas market. Prior to that, he worked for CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory (A Standard & Poor’s company) in India as Manager – Fuels Practice. Mangesh holds an MBA in Oil and Gas from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India and is a certified Energy Risk Professional (ERP) from Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). He is an Associate Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has also cleared the examination conducted by the Institute of Costs & Works Accountants of India.

Jaclyn Presnal

Vice President, New Energy Ventures

The Williams Companies

Jaclyn leads the Williams New Energy Ventures team focused on commercializing innovative technologies, markets and business models, while also collaborating across Williams to evaluate and implement projects to grow our clean energy business. Jaclyn joined Williams in December of 2004, most recently serving as Director of Strategic Development, where she successfully led the recent acquisitions of MountainWest, Rocky Mountain Midstream and Cureton Midstream. She has proven herself to be a strong leader of complex functions, serving in roles in market intelligence, strategic planning, project analysis, FP&A, and continuous improvement. Jaclyn was a member of the inaugural Diversity & Inclusion Council from 2019 until 2022. Jaclyn earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Tulsa and later earned a Master’s in Business Administration from University of Tulsa. Jaclyn is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Fraser Carson

Principal Analyst, Global LNG

Wood Mackenzie

Fraser has extensive research and project management experience across the LNG value chain. He leads Wood Mackenzie’s research of LNG shipping assets, leveraging our unrivalled global LNG data to produce considered and independent analysis of LNG shipping markets, costs and trade. He is also a specialist in LNG asset valuations and project economics for the EMEA region and has participated in a wide range of consulting projects, including new business development, market advisory, opportunity screenings and cost benchmarking. In addition to his LNG asset responsibilities, Fraser is heavily involved in modelling Wood Mackenzie’s bi-annual, long-term global gas forecasts, taking primary ownerships of the global LNG view within each outlook. Fraser joined Wood Mackenzie in October 2018 and is based in Spain. He previously worked in corporate finance and restructuring for the Royal Bank of Scotland (now NatWest Group), based in Edinburgh.

Cecile Ballantyne-Jovene

Head of Strategy Department - Gas, Power & Renewables

TotalEnergies

Ilaria Azzimonti

Head of LNG Portfolio

Eni S.p.A

Executive with over 25 years of increasingly senior roles at Eni and a track record of portfolio growth and value contribution to the Gas & LNG portfolio of the company. Seasoned negotiator and deal orchestrator with significant achievement in developing new markets, trading, shipping & operations and price risks for Eni’s LNG business. Leader of a team of more than fifty multiculturally diverse professionals. She has been appointed Head of LNG Portfolio in 2020.

Akhil Mehrotra

Managing Director

Pipeline Infrastructure Limited

Mr Akhil Mehrotra, an eminent business leader in the Energy sector, brings an impressive 33 years of experience across oil & gas, power and telecom industries. Akhil is the Managing Director at Pipeline Infrastructure Limited, a 1400+ Km cross-country natural gas transmission pipeline owned by Brookfield. He has led P&L of multiple companies, M&A deals and has been instrumental in transforming business performance. He has spent 20+ years in leadership roles at Shell, BG (India), RIL and Gujarat Gas Limited. In his previous role, Akhil has been Chairman of Mahanagar Gas Limited, a Fortune 500 company and listed on Indian Stock Exchanges. He has also been on Boards of various companies including Shell Energy India and Hazira Ports Private Limited. Akhil is a thought leader in global gas market development, including green hydrogen blending, policy formulation, and Just Energy transition. With a BE in Mechanical Engineering, MBA in Finance, and a PhD in Gas Markets, he has also pursued courses at IIM Bangalore, Harvard Business School, Kellogg, and London Business School.

Neal Kalita

Senior Director, Power & Energy

NTT Global Data Centers

Neal Kalita is Senior Director for Power & Energy at NTT Global Datacenters and is also Global Lead for Renewable Energy. He has a background in real estate and renewable energy encompassing investment and development in both sectors. In his current role he is responsible for securing over 1TWh of energy and for delivering the NTT GDC corporate target of 100% renewable supply by 2030. His aim is to ensure the decarbonisation of digital infrastructure is aligned to the triple bottom line of people-planet-prosper.

Jostein Ueland

Group CFO

Deutsche Regas

Lucas Schmitt

Director, Short-Term LNG

Wood Mackenzie

Lucas leads Wood Mackenzie’s short-term LNG offering. He provides expert and timely insight and data on short-term gas and LNG market dynamics to our clients. Lucas was a key contributor to the design and launch of our LNG short-term suite. He developed the company’s LNG ship tracking dataset and capabilities using our proprietary AIS data. He worked on adding satellite analytics to our proprietary real-time camera and sensor capabilities. He regularly presents Wood Mackenzie’s short-term LNG forecast view to global clients and to industry conference audiences. Prior to this, Lucas covered a broad range of topics, including LNG contracting trends, LNG corporate strategies, European gas markets and energy fundamentals in the Middle East, Africa and East Mediterranean. Lucas joined Wood Mackenzie in 2013. Earlier in his career, he worked at Engie on the development of quantitative and analytical forecasting models.

Sandeep Kumar Gupta

Chairman and Managing Director

GAIL (India)

Mr. Sandeep Kumar Gupta is CMD of GAIL (India) Limited, India’s leading natural gas company with diversified interests across the natural gas value chain of trading, transmission, LPG production & transmission, LNG re-gasification, petrochemicals, city gas, E&P, etc. He has wide experience of over 35 years in the Oil & Gas Industry. Before joining GAIL in October 2022, Mr. Gupta held the position of Director (Finance) since August 2019 on the Board of Indian Oil Corporation Limited. As Director (Finance), he was in charge of F&A, Treasury, Pricing, International Trade, Optimization, Information Systems, Corporate Affairs, Legal, Risk Management, etc. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Gupta is also the Chairman of Mahanagar Gas Limited, Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL), GAIL Gas Limited and also on the Board of Petronet LNG Limited. Mr. Gupta is also Chairman of Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE), an apex professional organization representing the Central Government Public Enterprises. Mr. Gupta is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has received prestigious individual recognition such as “CA CFO – Large Corporate – Manufacturing and Infrastructure Category” in January 2021 by ICAI, adjudged among Top 30 CFOs in India by StartupLanes.com in May 2022, Best CEO – Oil & Gas Sector 2022-23 by India Today in April 2023 and “CEO with HR Orientation” Award by World HRD Congress in February 2024.

Neil Somma

Global Head of Natural Gas

CME Group

Charlotte Raggett

President

Rockies LNG

Ms. Raggett is the President & CEO of Rockies LNG Partners and has been working with Rockies since 2018, initially as the Chief Commercial Officer and now as President & CEO. Rockies LNG is a partnership of Canadian natural gas producers working together to develop LNG export opportunities for Canadian natural gas. Prior to joining Rockies LNG, Ms. Raggett worked at various upstream and midstream companies including 5 years at Seven Generations Energy as Vice President of Market Development and 10 years at Aux Sable as the Vice President, Supply & Marketing and Chief Commercial Officer. Her career assignments have included business development, marketing, logistics, economic analysis, commercial operations and commodity trading. She has over 30 years of energy industry experience at companies including Williams Energy Canada, Inter Pipeline, TransCanada Midstream, Dow Chemical Canada, and the Canadian Energy Research Institute. Ms. Raggett earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from Queen’s University and a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Calgary. She is currently the Registrar for the Calgary Highland Dancing Association and has served as the president of the Economics Society of Calgary and on the board of the Industrial Gas Consumers Association of Alberta, in addition to various not-for-profit boards.

Jason Liu

Chief Executive Officer

Wood Mackenzie

Jason is a veteran CEO with over 25 years experience in leading high-growth software, data, and services companies. He has extensive experience in guiding both public and private companies through major transitions, including IPOs. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Jason was CEO of Zywave, a prominent provider of software, data, and analytics in the insurance technology space. His strategic vision and operational execution doubled the size of the company and substantially enhanced its market position. Prior to that, Jason held CEO roles at SAVO Group, Allegro Development Corporation, UC4 (Automic Software) and Univa UD. With his strategic approach to both organic growth and acquisitions, Jason has consistently focused his companies on enhancing product offerings and customer engagement. Jason holds a bachelor’s degree in Business from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Edouard Sauvage

Executive Vice President

Engie

Edouard Sauvage, is since 2023, Executive Vice President, Special Advisor to the CEO at Engie. Edouard Sauvage began his career within the French government, first in the regions and then at the Interministerial Delegation for Regional Planning and Regional Attractiveness (DATAR), before joining the Prime Minister's Office as technical advisor in charge of cities, regional planning and local authorities. He joined EDF-GDF Services in 1997, where he held managerial responsibilities, before being appointed in 2002 as Head of Strategy and European Affairs at Gaz de France headquarters and as Deputy Director of the International Division. He was then promoted as Director of Gas Supply for the Group from 2005 to 2012. As Chief Strategy Officer of ENGIE from 2013 to 2015, he contributed to the Group's strategic shift towards renewables and energy transition. Chief Executive Officer of GRDF since 2016, he has led the successful deployment of smart meters, introduced a positive client dynamic and accelerated the number of methanisation projects connected to the network, thus setting the company's ambition to deliver 100% renewable gas by 2050. In February 2021, he was appointed Executive Vice President, in charge of Networks activities (gas transport, distribution and storage and power transmission). Edouard Sauvage is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole Nationale des Ponts-et-chaussées and Collège des Ingénieurs.

Andrew Pearson

Senior Vice President, Head of Gas & LNG

Wood Mackenzie

Andrew is the Head of our Gas & LNG business and is responsible for its strategic direction and operational success. He has lived and worked in Europe and the US operating in various leadership roles across the gas, power and renewables, coal and oil markets. He first joined Wood Mackenzie in 2001 and was initially in our Middle East Upstream Research team, before moving into the Commodities business in 2005 to establish our LNG research offerings. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Andrew worked as a geologist in the North Sea. Andrew holds a MSc from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and a BSc (Hons) from the University of Aberdeen.

Steve Brann

Head of LNG Origination

Vitol

Steve is Head of LNG Origination at Vitol.  Previously he was Managing Director of Vitol Dubai Limited.   Since joining the firm in 2007, Mr. Brann has served as a member of Vitol’s investment and origination teams, with a focus on Gas and Power solutions across EMEA and the Asian subcontinent. Mr. Brann graduated from Harvard with High Honours and with Distinction from London Business School.

Arief Handoko

President Director

PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk

•Expert Adviser PT Medco Energi •Deputy for Finance and Monetization of SKKMIGAS •Secretary of SKKMIGAS •Vice President of Supply Chain Management & General Services at ConocoPhillips Ind. •Senior Manager Audit & Ethics •Manager Audit on ConocoPhillips Indonesia. •Petroleum Industry (upstream & downstream) Audit Manager (third echelon at BPK-RI) •Cost Recovery analyst together with former Chairman of SKKMIGAS •Non Performing Loan (NPL) Analyst in Banking Industry at BPK-RI •Airline Industry Consultant and Auditors at BPK-RI •Telecommunication Industry Auditors •IT Auditors and IT Audit Lecturer •Speaker of several seminars

Rosaline Hulse

Senior Research Analyst, Europe Gas & LNG

Wood Mackenzie

Rosaline is the Europe content lead for our new Biomethane service she joined Wood Mackenzie in April 2021 as a gas and energy demand analyst ,developing our short and long-term European gas demand outlooks. She delivers cross-fuel demand analysis particularly in the residential and industrial sectors and supporting the alignment or our demand view across our commodity teams. Previous professional experience includes the UK trade association for biomethane where she led on R&D liaison, developed an industry strategy for R&D and supported collaboration between industry and academia to innovate and solve problems in the biomethane sector.

Eric McGuire

Director of Natural Gas and LNG Analytics

Wood Mackenzie

Eric is a Director of Research, overseeing Wood Mackenzie’s North America S&D team. He has 18 years of natural gas market experience with time spent working for both BP and PetroChina where he focused on analytics and trading across North American markets, global gas markets, and LNG. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, he served as the General Manager of Natural Gas and LNG trading for PetroChina International America.

Mark Abbotsford

Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer

Woodside

Mark was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Woodside Energy in August 2024. In this role Mark leads Woodside’s Commercial and Marketing and Trading teams and is responsible for developing the company’s growth opportunities through mergers and acquisitions, new energy business development, exploration and new ventures. He has been a member of the company’s Executive Committee since 2021. Following the completion of Woodside’s merger with BHP Petroleum in 2022, Mark was appointed Executive Vice President of Marketing and Trading. Mark has more than 20 years of commercial, marketing, trading, finance, and Mergers and Acquisitions experience across roles based in Australia, Singapore, Japan and United Kingdom. Mark has held several senior positions at Woodside, including Executive Adviser to the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, and Vice President and Group Financial Controller. Prior experience includes roles at the Western Australian Department of Treasury and BHP Iron Ore. Mark holds a Master of Philosophy in Finance from the University of Cambridge, and a Bachelor of Economics (1.Hons) and MBA from the University of Western Australia. Mark is also a graduate from the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School. Mark is a Board member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WA), GLX Digital and Asia Natural Gas & Energy Association (ANGEA). He is also a director of numerous Woodside subsidiaries.

Stuart Milne

Corporate Executive, Product Sustainability & Lifecycle Assessments

ExxonMobil

Stuart educates and influences on the importance of Sustainability, both inside and outside of the company. Developing strategies that help meet society’s demand for sustainable products and solutions, with a focus on advancing Life Cycle Assessments in the energy transition. His role covers Crude, LNG products in the upstream to Chemicals, Fuels & Lubricants in the downstream. Stuart is currently based in Texas and has lived and worked in Asia, Europe, US and the Middle East over his 38 year career.

Simon Flowers

Chairman and Chief Analyst

Wood Mackenzie

Simon has a long history with Wood Mackenzie. He first joined the company in 1983, as a North-West Europe upstream analyst, later moving to Sydney to become an equity analyst covering the Australian oil, gas and mining sectors. On returning to the UK in 1992, Simon was a No.1 ranked oil analyst with NatWest Markets after which he took on the role of MD and Head of Pan European Utilities Research with Bank of America Merrill Lynch. There he worked with the boards of many utility companies and was involved in most of the major European privatisations, including Enel, EdF and GdF. Simon re-joined Wood Mackenzie in 2010, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience across a breadth of commodities and sectors including oil and gas, utilities and mining. His experience makes him uniquely qualified to occupy the role of Chief Analyst and Chairman, which sees him produce high-value content and thematic research. Simon’s views on the issues shaping the energy world are regularly sought by industry leaders as well as international media.

Tamás Taligás

Head of Financial LNG Trading

MET Group

Tamas Taligas is based in Switzerland and has over 10 years experience in the energy industry. He has been Head of Financial LNG Trading since the beginning of the year. In this role he is responsible for monetising flexibility in the LNG portfolio. Previously he held position as Physical LNG Trader. Between 2017 and 2021 he was part of the Central Easter European Trading Desk, where gained extensive experience on regional origination and cross-border portfolio management. Before 2017 he was based in London with MET Group, where he held various positions in middle office, where he gained deep understanding of the trading operation.

Frank Harris

Head of Global LNG Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Frank leads our LNG consulting practice worldwide; he brings almost 25 years of expertise in strategy development and market analysis together with profound knowledge and understanding of the global business. A recognised expert on the global LNG industry, Frank has worked with many leading utilities and midstream and downstream gas companies on market positioning, trends and forecasting as well as project development. He has also advised upstream clients on developing integrated gas strategies. For National Oil Companies, Frank has worked on gas monetisation strategies, with particular focus on LNG project development; he has supported multiple LNG facility financing projects. Frank has considerable knowledge of advising on the procurement and sale of LNG and is a founder of our LNG Service. Early in his career, he worked for Andersen Consulting’s utilities team on energy market liberalisation. He is familiar with gas markets across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Australasia and the Americas.

Nicola Duffin

Head of LNG

INEOS Energy Trading

Nicola Duffin is Head of LNG at INEOS Energy Trading with responsibility for developing, monetising, and managing all aspects of INEOS’s LNG portfolio. Nicola joined INEOS in 2022 and has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry specialising in business development and commercial management. In her prior role as Commercial Director for Grain LNG (part of National Grid Ventures), she led the team which secured a 25-year capacity contract resulting in an expansion of the Grain terminal. Previous roles include Senior Commercial Executive at South Hook Gas (a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil) where she was responsible for developing and negotiating LNG and gas sales agreements with global market participants. Nicola was part of the ‘start up’ team that developed the South Hook terminal operating rules and capacity contracts. She was also the principal lead on regulatory matters.

Murray Douglas

Vice President, Hydrogen and Ammonia Research

Wood Mackenzie

Murray is responsible for Wood Mackenzie’s Global coverage across the hydrogen value chain. Murray brings more than 17 years of experience working in a variety of roles across the energy industry. Prior to his current role, Murray led Gas and LNG Research for the EMEA region at Wood Mackenzie. In this role he was regularly sought out to speak at industry-leading events for his expertise in European gas markets. Murray has also held positions leading Wood Mackenzie’s Global Supply and Modelling Research team and the Energy Markets Research team. These teams were responsible for developing the company’s long-term oil and gas supply outlooks, and global inter-fuel analysis. Prior to joining the Energy Markets team, Murray spent over five years covering the LNG industry where he relocated to Houston to establish Wood Mackenzie’s LNG practice in North America. Across his roles at Wood Mackenzie, Murray has provided expertise to a variety of consultancy projects advising on corporate strategy, resource monetisation, market fundamentals, project financing, asset valuations, opportunity screening and competitor intelligence.

Lucy Cullen

Research Director, EMEA Gas & LNG Research

Wood Mackenzie

Lucy is a principal analyst in Wood Mackenzie’s Asia Pacific Gas & LNG team, primarily focused on supply, demand, contract and price analysis for the Northeast Asian markets. Lucy joined the team in Singapore in 2019, having spent over six years with Wood Mackenzie research in the UK. Lucy was part of the global gas research team in the UK with responsibility for developing European gas supply analysis. Lucy joined Wood Mackenzie in 2012 as an intern in the Energy Markets research team, producing long-term energy balances by looking at inter-fuel competition and energy demand drivers. Lucy has also worked on a number of consulting projects in the areas of gas monetisation, market entry and opportunity screenings and cost analysis in Europe, North Africa and the Caspian.

Gavin Thompson

Vice Chairman for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Wood Mackenzie

Gavin works as Vice Chairman for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Gavin joined Wood Mackenzie in 1997, managing the company's Asia Pacific Energy Markets team from 2000 - 2003. Between 2003-2014 Gavin was based in Beijing managing Wood Mackenzie's China Business and leading the company's energy research on China. Gavin relocated to Wood Mackenzie's Tokyo office in 2014 to head the Northeast research business. In January 2017 he took up the position of Head of Asia Pacific Research, based in Singapore with a team of over 100 analysts. In early 2019 he was appointed vice chairman for Wood Mackenzie's Asia Pacific business in 2003 before relocating to London for his current role.

Maria Rita Galli

CEO

DESFA

Cormac Nevin

Head of Energy Systems

Echelon Data Centres

Cormac Nevin is Echelon’s Head of Energy Systems, responsible for the development and implementation of the company’s energy provision strategy. Cormac engages with all energy related external stakeholders to ensure power security for Echelon’s clients. Cormac is a mechanical energy engineer with over 15 years’ experience in energy generation and industrial utilities project development. Prior to joining Echelon he spent six years with Veolia Ireland in senior technical and energy roles. During his career, Cormac has advised large energy consumer industry clients throughout Ireland and UK and managed and grown demand side units in the single electricity market. Cormac has experience working with large blue-chip corporations and has helped them to manage energy demand, achieve decarbonisation and improve power security.

Valentina Kretzschmar

Vice President Consulting, Climate Risk and Strategy

Wood Mackenzie

Dr Valentina Kretzschmar has over 25 years of experience in the energy sector. She is a senior expert, with a focus on corporate energy transition strategies and climate reporting. She joined Wood Mackenzie’s Consulting team in June 2023 from Capricorn Energy, where she served as Energy Transition Director, responsible for the company’s climate change and energy transition strategy and reporting. Before Capricorn, Valentina spent 18 years at Wood Mackenzie across Corporate, Upstream Russia and Caspian and Coal Research teams. As Vice President of Corporate Research, she led the development of Corporate New Energy Research. She is an Advisory Board Member at CausewayGT – a geothermal company. She also held a non-executive director role on the board of NHST Global Media (Norway).