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.

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.

Anatol Feygin

Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer

Cheniere Energy

Anatol Feygin has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer since September 2016. Mr. Feygin joined Cheniere in March 2014 as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development. Mr. Feygin also currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Cheniere Partners and as a director and Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Cheniere Holdings. Prior to joining Cheniere, Mr. Feygin worked with Loews Corporation from November 2007 to March 2014, most recently as its Vice President, Energy Strategist and Senior Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining Loews, Mr. Feygin spent three years at Bank of America, most recently as Head of Global Commodity Strategy. Mr. Feygin began his banking career at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. as Senior Analyst, Natural Gas Pipelines and Distributors. Mr. Feygin earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

Giles Farrer

Vice President, Head of Gas and LNG Asset Research

Wood Mackenzie

Giles heads our LNG and gas asset research team and manages our market-leading LNG Service & Tool and LNG Corporate Service. He has nearly twenty years of experience in the energy industry, with the last fifteen focused on gas and LNG. He has built a deep understanding of all commercial aspects of the industry including supply, asset valuation, shipping, demand, contracts and gas infrastructure. As part of his role, Giles provides expert insight, advice and data on the LNG market to customers around the world, and provides support to our global gas service, tool and model products. When he first joined Wood Mackenzie, Giles worked in our upstream group covering the Middle East and South Asia. He previously worked for Evaluate Energy in London.

Frédéric Barnaud

Chief Commercial Officer

SEFE

Frédéric Barnaud has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SEFE Marketing & Trading since September 2021, and then Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of SEFE since February 2023. Frédéric Barnaud has more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas sector and has served as Group CEO and CCO for various global energy and trading companies. Among other things, he led important international negotiations on LNG supplies and was acknowledged by the industry as LNG Executive of the Year 2019. Before joining SEFE, he served at Mercuria Energy Trading in Geneva (Group Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer), and prior to that at Paviliion Energy Group in Singapore (Group CEO). As SEFE CCO Frédéric leads Trading & Portfolio Management, and is a member of the Management Board. He coordinates SEFE's green expansion in hydrogen and low-carbon energies. He holds a master’s equivalent from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris and was a research fellow at Oxford University’s Institute for Energy Studies. He is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and INSEAD International Directors Programme.

Gavin Law

SVP Energy 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.

Rogier Beaumont

Senior Originator Europe & Africa

Vitol

Rogier Beaumont has been in the LNG industry for over 15 years across various roles and regions. He began his career at ConocoPhillips in London, working in the Gas & Power trading team before transitioning to the LNG team mainly managing the company's LNG interests in Qatar and the initiation of the APLNG project in Australia. Following his tenure at ConocoPhillips, he joined Gazprom Marketing & Trading (current SEFE), serving in both London and Singapore. During this period, he focused on mid-to-long-term agreements, notably contributing to the first third-party Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project in Cameroon. Pavilion Energy was the next challenge where as Global Head of LNG Origination & Environmental Solutions he drove the organic and inorganic growth of the company through acquisitions and expansion of the long-term LNG supply portfolio such as the addition of the SPAs in Asia with BP, QatarEnergy and Chevron. Since 2022, he is serving as the Senior LNG Originator for Europe and Africa at Vitol, based in London, focusing on expanding Vitol’s LNG business.

Dean Slocum

Founder & Principal

Acorn International

Mr. Slocum is a leading consultant to international extractive industries for social, environmental and sustainable development management. He has 30 years of experience in social and environmental assessment and performance improvement programs for industries, investors and governments worldwide. Among his international recognitions is selection by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) to be editor and committee chair of a 2009 publication on environmental, health, safety and social management best practices for the international oil and gas industry and a 2010-2011 SPE Distinguished Lecturer on “The Next Generation of Stakeholder Engagement”. Dean is the founder and Principal of Acorn International, LLC.

Toshiyuki Takahashi

Head of LNG Chartering

JERA

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.

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.

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.

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.

Massimo Di Odoardo

Vice President, Head of Gas Analysis

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.

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.

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.

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.

Yaoyu Zhang

Assistant CEO and Global Head of LNG & New Energies

PetroChina International

Yaoyu joined PetroChina International (PCI) in 2019 and is currently the Assistant CEO and Global Head of LNG &New Energies. Since joining the company, he successfully concluded a number of LNG long-term SPAs as well as price reviews; he spearheaded the creation and development of the carbon trading business and is leading the China ETS trading, launched in July 2021 from PCI in support of CNPC group’s carbon compliance. Prior to joining PetroChina, Yaoyu’s career started in Shell, U.K in 2009. Over a decade, he has held a number technical and commercial positions in the UK, Netherlands, Qatar and Singapore, worked across the gas value chain with experiences covering LNG projects development, M&A and gas trading and marketing. Yaoyu graduated from University of Cambridge with master’s degree in Technology and Policy and Heriot-Watt University with bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering (First-Class Honours).

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).

Jesus Bronchalo

Founder & CEO

Fulcrum LNG

Jesus is a global energy leader with 20+ years of experience across all aspects of the Oil & Gas value chain from upstream exploration to the commercialization of natural gas and LNG with special focus on the areas of commercial structuring and value chain design, contracting and negotiations, and business development, including low carbon solutions. After working with BHPBilliton as a Reservoir and Field Development Engineer in Algeria, Jesus joined ExxonMobil in May 2004 and held multiple senior executive leadership positions in various business units and disciplines, until June 2023, when he founded Fulcrum LNG and became its Chief Executive Officer. Fulcrum LNG was created to provide gas infrastructure solutions across the globe, ensuring gas monetization optionality to resource holders and upstream developers to maximize the value of their projects and minimize stranded resources. During his time at ExxonMobil (EM), Jesus was involved in commercial activities and negotiations in the areas of exploration, business development, and Gas & Power such as natural gas SPAs/transportation/lifting and balancing agreements, joint operating agreements, upstream fiscals and production agreements, regulatory frameworks development, and natural gas & LNG to power opportunities. Jesus also has extensive experience in LNG after serving as EM’s Global Vice President of LNG Origination, Portfolio Development and Strategy where he successfully spearheaded ExxonMobil’s LNG Corporate Strategy development, leading to the to the implementation of EM’s current LNG business model. Under this new business model directive, Jesus pursued 15+ market entries across the globe in Australia, Taiwan, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, UK, Europe, South Africa, Morocco, Brazil, Panama, etc., as well as 10+ LNG supply development opportunities in USGC, Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, etc., including EM’s first ever competitive bid for 3rd party supply out of the US Gulf Coast. Jesus has dedicated work experience in 20+ countries, including Guyana where he served as Chief Commercial Officer for ExxonMobil Guyana.

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.

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.

Eugene Kim

Research Director, Americas Gas

Wood Mackenzie

Eugene Kim is a Research Director on Wood Mackenzie’s Americas Gas Research team, which covers short-term and long-term market analysis and outlooks for supply, demand, pricing, and flows in North America and as part of the global gas market. Eugene rejoined Wood Mackenzie in 2018, initially serving as the senior analyst for the Americas Gas Research team from 2005 to 2007. In between, Eugene took several commodity trading analytics roles at Citadel, Shell Trading and Millennium where he served as an Oil and Gas Strategist managing fundamental supply-demand balances to generate trading recommendations. Prior to his initial role at Wood Mackenzie, Eugene performed geological research for the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology publishing several Permian, Gulf Coast, East Texas, and Barnett play analyses, resource assessment and reservoir characterisation studies.

Cecile Ballantyne-Jovene

Head of Strategy Department - Gas, Power & Renewables

TotalEnergies

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.

Peter Keavey

Managing Director & Global Head of Energy and Environmental Products

CME Group

Keavey is responsible for leading and developing CME Group’s suite of global energy and environmental products, including benchmark futures and options that help customers mitigate the risks they face in today's evolving global economy. Keavey has 25 years of experience in the futures and options industry, including 15 years as a trader of physical and financial energy products across the natural gas and crude oil and refined product markets. Prior to joining CME Group in 2013, Keavey was a Portfolio Manager at Graham Capital Management focusing on energy markets. He served as Managing Director and Head of Energy Trading at Scotia Capital from 2008-2011, and has held various commodity trading positions for Enron Corporation, Societe Generale and Lehman Brothers. Keavey is based in New York. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business.

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.

Lisa Cummins Cohen

Chief Financial Officer

Commonwealth LNG

Martin Houston

Chairman

Omega Oil and Gas

Martin began his career as petroleum geologist in 1979 and since then has worked worldwide for 45 years, managing all forms of enterprise in the energy industry. He earned a BSc in geology from Newcastle University and an MSc in petroleum geology from Imperial College, London. He retired from BG Group in 2014 as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director after 32 years. In October 2024, he stepped down as co-founder and Executive Chairman of Tellurian Inc, following the sale of the company. Since 2000, Martin has been a member of many Boards in many jurisdictions, including the FTSE, ASE, ASX and Tadawul. He is currently the Chairman of Omega Oil and Gas Ltd, a Non-Executive Director of Energean plc, BUPA Arabia SA, and CC Energy. He is also a pro-tem Non-Executive Director of the Singapore Government’s new national gas entity. He is also a Senior Advisor at Moelis and Company. Martin is a Merryck mentor and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. He’s on the Advisory Board of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York and the Chairman of the Philanthropic Board of Newcastle University. He is an invited member of the National Petroleum Council of the United States.

Arturo Gallego

EVP - Global Head of LNG

Centrica Energy

Arturo Gallego is the Executive Vice President and Global Head of LNG for Centrica. He is located in London and is responsible for the LNG business including trading, business development, operations and marine assurance. He is also responsible for developing the energy transition business from the international trading point of view. Arturo joined Centrica in September 2014 to build the LNG trading department, and prior to that he was Head of LNG and gas trading in Iberdrola, where he worked for 16 years. Arturo holds a MEng in Mining Engineering from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, a MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Institut Francais du Petrole, and an Executive MBA in Energy Companies from Universidad Nebrija.

Jostein Ueland

Group CFO

Deutsche Regas

Neil Somma

Global Head of Natural Gas

CME Group

Neil Somma is an Executive Director and the Global Head of Natural Gas Products at CME Group, with over two decades of experience in financial markets. Neil has spent 11 years at CME Group, following a successful ten-year tenure at Goldman Sachs servicing a broad array of institutional clients. Neil has spent the majority of his time at CME Group building out the Henry Hub franchise with a particular interest in the LNG markets. He frequently participates in panels covering a range of energy topics and holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Villanova University.

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.

Thomas Thorkildsen

Chief Commercial Officer

Höegh Evi

Thomas Thorkildsen (born 1972) has served as Chief Commercial Officer for Höegh LNG since March 2022. Prior to that he served as Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing since August 2018 and SVP Business Development since September 2013. Thomas has worked in a number of commercial roles in Höegh LNG and other LNG industry entities since his commencement with the Company in 2004 including chartering, S&P, commercial management and FSRU business development. Thomas has been responsible for negotiating and closing FSRU transactions all over the world, including Egypt, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Australia and recently in Europe He has a BSC in Nautical Science from Vestfold Maritime College and an MSC in Shipping Trade and Finance from Bayes business school in London. He is a Norwegian citizen and resides in Norway.

Constantinos Chaelis

Global Gas Markets & Technology Lead

Lloyd's Register

Constantinos Chaelis has been with LR for 10 years and currently holds the position of Global Gas Markets & Technology Lead, based in Athens Greece. His primary focus is echoing the strategic direction in maritime gas supply chains towards the sustainable growth of the gas segment, engaging with technological developments in gas commodity markets and steering the enhancement of LR service portfolio to the shipping community. In the past he held the position of Project Manager & Marine Surveyor for new construction and existing ships in operation for LR, acquiring robust technical expertise in various global placements including UK, Spain, Italy, Poland, South Korea. Prior experience further enhanced working in the technical management of a tanker fleet for a Greek shipping company. Constantinos represents LR in gas associations including the Global Gas Centre and World LPG Association and is a member of the Investment Board at SEA-LNG. Since 2012 he has represented LR in several projects, conferences and LR Ship & Naval Technical Committees. Constantinos holds an MEng in Naval Architecture from the University of Southampton, UK and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) status by the British Council. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (MICS) and a member of the RINA & IMarEST.

Brett Humphreys

LNG Specialist

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.

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.

Philippa McCue

Head of European Gas Security

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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.

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.

Proshun Sinha-Ray

Founder & CEO

Minimax Labs

Proshun is founder and CEO of Minimax Labs. With a PhD and industrial research background in novel algorithms for complex systems and logistics, he and his team have been pioneering optimisation in LNG trading ever since delivering the first definitive LNG fleet scheduling optimiser for a major pre-2010.

Gavin Thompson

Vice Chairman for Europe, Middle East & 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Steve Hill

EVP - LNG & Gas

Mercuria

Steve joined Mercuria in June 2024 to help build Mercuria's global LNG and gas business. Previously Steve was EVP Shell Energy where he was responsible for Shell's market leading global LNG and gas marketing and trading business, and also Shell’s integrated power business from renewable and gas-fired generation, through trading to consumer businesses and energy solutions. Prior to the Shell acquisition, Steve was EVP Energy Marketing & Shipping at BG Group where he was a member of the Group Executive Committee. At BG Group, Steve was responsible for building BG’s LNG portfolio and trading business. Steve was also a Regional VP for GIIGNL, the global LNG importers association, between 2014 and 2022. Steve has lived and worked in the USA and Singapore on three occasions each, as well as Qatar and his native UK. Steve started his career at Mobil after graduating from Durham University in the UK.

Eric Cantor

Vice Chairman & Managing Director

Moelis & Company

Eric Cantor is Vice Chairman and Managing Director at Moelis & Company, a global independent investment bank, and serves as a member of its board of directors. He advises clients on issues spanning the intersection of public policy and industry. Mr. Cantor, who has more than 30 years of political and business experience, was formerly United States Representative from Virginia from 2000- 2014. During his time in Congress, he served in leadership positions for 12 years, and was elected U.S. House Majority Leader in 2010. The position of Majority Leader is the second highest ranking position in the U.S. House. In this position, Mr. Cantor led the public policy and legislative agendas and managed 20 standing committees and nearly 100 subcommittees. During his time in office, Mr. Cantor was a champion of pro-growth solutions including lowering taxes, eliminating excessive regulation, strengthening businesses, and encouraging entrepreneurship. One of his many accomplishments as Majority Leader was the passage of the JOBS Act, which makes it easier for start-up and emerging growth companies to access capital. Prior to his election as Majority Leader, Mr. Cantor served as the Chief Deputy Whip and Republican Whip. During his tenure, he served on the House International Relations Committee, the House Financial Services Committee and the House Committee on Ways & Means. He also served as Chairman of the Congressional Taskforce on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. Mr. Cantor received his undergraduate degree from The George Washington University, his law degree from The College of William and Mary, and his master's degree from Columbia University in New York. He co-authored the New York Times best-selling book, “Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders.” Additionally, Mr. Cantor serves as a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Executive Council on Infrastructure and has been named a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He served on the U.S. Department of Defense Policy Board, a group tasked with providing the Secretary of Defense with independent, informed advice and opinion concerning matters of defense policy, from 2017-2020. Mr. Cantor is also regularly featured in publications focusing on a wide range of topics including both domestic and international matters.

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.

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.

Luisa Fuentes

Managing Director, Head of Energy Transition

CIBC Capital Markets

Luisa Fuentes leads CIBC’s natural resources and energy transition efforts within Corporate Banking. Luisa has 23+ years of experience advising, structuring debt and raising equity in the midstream, renewables, power and mining sectors across the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Sectorally, Luisa has a strong historical LNG focus on both advisory and arranging, including Cheniere, Sempra, Tellurian, Freeport and Glenfarne. Luisa holds a B.A. in Political Science from Boston College and an MBA from Georgetown University.

Michael Lewis

CEO

Uniper

Michael Lewis is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Uniper SE. Düsseldorf-based Uniper is an international energy company with activities in more than 40 countries. With around 7,000 employees, it makes an important contribution to security of supply in Europe. Uniper’s core businesses are power generation in Europe, global energy trading, and a broad gas portfolio. Uniper procures gas – including liquefied natural gas (LNG) – and other energy sources on global markets. The company owns and operates gas storage facilities with a capacity of more than 7 billion cubic meters. Uniper plans for its 22.5 GW of installed power-generating capacity in Europe to be carbon-neutral by 2035. The company already ranks among Europe’s largest operators of hydroelectric plants and intends to further expand solar and wind energy, which are essential for a more sustainable and autonomous future. Michael started his career in the energy industry in 1993 where he worked at Powergen plc in various technical and strategy roles. Following the acquisition of Powergen by E.ON SE in 2002, he worked in Corporate Strategy at E.ON. In 2007 he joined the management board of E.ON Climate and Renewables, and was appointed as CEO in 2015. In 2017 he became CEO of E.ON UK, where he led the company’s transformation into a leading supplier of green electricity and zero carbon energy solutions. Apart from his position as CEO of Uniper, he is also Council Member of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and a non- executive director of United Utilities plc. He was formerly a non-executive director of Equinor ASA. He holds degrees in Engineering and Environmental Law.

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.

Simon Flowers

Chairman & 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.

James MacTaggart

Chief Marketing Officer

NextDecade

James MacTaggart 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. James is based in Singapore. He has executed commercial agreements supporting positive final investment decisions (FID) on five greenfield LNG projects, including when NextDecade took a positive FID on its first three LNG trains at Rio Grande LNG, raising USD 18.4 billion in project financing, the largest greenfield energy project financing in U.S. history. Before joining NextDecade, James spent over 20 years with Shell in various marketing and trading positions. His last role was as General Manager of Shell’s Gas and LNG Markets business in Asia, India, and the Middle East, where he set up Shell’s energy trading business in India. James holds an MBA with distinction from Bayes Business School and an honors degree in classical and modern Chinese from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

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.

Kate Molloy

VP Business Development LNG

VTTI

Kate Molloy is Vice President of Business Development LNG at VTTI, where she has been playing a key leadership role in expanding the company's footprint into LNG since September 2022. This has included the acquisition of a 70% share in Adriatic LNG and a 50% share in Dragon LNG, where Kate now represents VTTI on the board. With over 20 years of experience in business development across the gas and LNG value chain, Kate has worked in multiple countries and has a deep interest in the role of critical infrastructure in both bringing on new supply and shaping new demand. Prior to joining VTTI, Kate held various business development and commercial positions at Golar LNG and BG Group.

Tejas Voralia

Principal Analyst, Europe Gas & LNG markets

Wood Mackenzie

Tejas joined Wood Mackenzie in September 2023 as a member of the Europe gas & LNG team. With over ten years of international experience, he has held commercial and shipping roles in gas and LNG marketing and trading businesses in the UK, Germany and Switzerland, as well as LNG projects in Russia. Tejas has a strong understanding of gas and LNG contracts, cargo and shipping deal economics and infrastructure with a focus on LNG regasification within Europe.

Kristy Kramer

Vice President, Head of Gas & 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.

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.

Elio Ruggeri

Executive Director of LNG

Snam

Elio Ruggeri is the Executive Director of LNG at Snam. In Snam since 2018, initially as Business Development Director. He has led Snam growth in the sector, taking operated regas capacity from 3.5 bcma to approximately 25 bcma, by means of both organic and inorganic initiatives. As part of his functions, he serves as CEO, or Executive Chairman of all Snam’s controlled regas infrastructures. During his tenure in Snam, he has also managed Snam's participation in various European energy companies, serving as a board member of DESFA SA, of Interconnector UK and of Terega SAS. Before joining Snam, he worked at Edison SpA for approximately 20 years where he held positions of increasing responsibilities along the gas value chain, last of which as Executive Director for Gas Supply Portfolio and Infrastructures. Since June 2023, Elio has also been the President of Assocostieri, the leading Italian association for energy logistics with a pivotal role for firms working in the field of energy Terminals.

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.

Garvey Anderson

Head of International Technical Coverage, Energy

J.P. Morgan

Garvey joined J.P. Morgan’s Energy Group in 2011 and has been involved in multiple transactions across M&A, DCM and ECM for clients including majors, NOC’s and independent oil & gas companies. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Garvey held a variety of technical and managerial positions in exploration, development, production, operations and marketing over 25 years, mostly with Shell and ExxonMobil. Garvey holds a BSc in Physics from the University of Edinburgh and a MSc in Geophysics from the University of Durham.

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.

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.

Tom Wheeler

Senior Vice President

EIG

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.

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.

Zoe Blackmore

Speaking

Wood Mackenzie Speaker

Suryan Wirya-Simunovic

Executive Officer, Energy, Decarbonisation and Offshore

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

Suryan Wirya-Simunovic is an Executive Officer of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) since April 2023, and holds a position of Director of MOL (Europe Africa) Ltd.. In MOL, he is Regional Head of Marketing in charge of Europe and Africa (Energy Related Business). He is also taking a role of Regional Head of Marketing in charge of The Americas Area (Energy Related Business) and Vice President of MOL (Americas) Holdings, Inc. (in charge of Energy Business). Suryan has been working in the energy and maritime industry for over 30 years and is currently the Executive Director at MOL Europe Africa based in London where he focuses on developing and running the LNG, Offshore and decarbonization business in the Atlantic basin. Before rejoining MOL in 2021 he spent 4 years working at Golar LNG as Executive VP focusing on business development in LNG to Power project across the world. Prior to this he headed up MOLs LNG chartering and FSRU business developing activities first in London and then as General Manager in Singapore. In his career he has also worked for BP, Enron Europe, the Ultramar & Ultragas Group of companies as well ExxonMobil in a variety of roles including LNG chartering, ship financing, operations, business development, gas trading, origination, tanker shipping and chemicals marketing. He graduated with an MBA from the London Business School where he focused on strategy, finance and entrepreneurship and holds a BSc degree in Chemical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

James Henderson

Distinguished Research Fellow

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Dr James Henderson is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) and an Honorary Professor at Warwick University. He is also a Visiting Professor at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic and at the College of Europe in Natolin, Warsaw, and has lectured on energy economics and security of supply at a number of universities in Europe and the US. He has worked in the oil and gas sector for US company Amerada Hess, as well as spending time as a consultant and investment banker. He obtained a PhD in Social Sciences from London University in 2010. He has produced numerous papers on the global energy economy and has published three books on Russian energy - “The Russian Gas Matrix: How Markets are Driving Change” (OUP, 2014, co-edited), “International Partnership in Russia” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and most recently “The Globalisation of Russian Gas: Political and Commercial Catalysts” (2020, Edward Elgar, with Arild Moe). His current areas of research include the Russian energy economy and politics, the geopolitics of energy, global environmental diplomacy and the COP process, the role of hydrocarbon producing countries and companies in the energy transition, the future of nuclear energy as a source of decarbonisation and the geopolitics of the energy transition.

Anita Odedra

Non-Executive Board Director

Luc Speeleveld

Director, LNG Markets

Abaxx Exchange

Luc Speeleveld has been in the Energy Business for over 30 years, initially in Power and but mostly in LNG. He joined Abaxx Exchange last year as it brought his beliefs and experience together. He has worked in the LNG space since 2000, since the former Tractebel, now Engie, acquired the Everett LNG terminal in Boston, MA mainly in origination and business development, opening new markets and engaging with new clients and counterparties in both Atlantic and APAC basins. He worked in various types of companies – from utility to global trading house- in various countries around the world, such as • India, USA, Trinidad and Tobago and UK for Engie for 17 years • Singapore for Gunvor and as an independent consultant for 13 years • Europe in Portugal for Galp for a while before joining Abaxx. He has -not only- worked with all the established LNG buyers and Sellers, but was intensively engaged with numerous aspiring and upcoming LNG buyers in developing LNG supply solutions to overcome the challenges and choices the LNG market dynamics imposed on them. With Abaxx he is pleased to contribute to bring transparency and efficiency to the global LNG Market place.

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.

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

Ralf Dickgreber

Head of Global LNG & Biomass

Engie

Ralf worked for the Swedish-Finnish pulp and paper company Stora Enso for over 12 years as Director for Commodity and Energy Risk management in Helsinki and London before he joined Engie in 2008. He held various managerial positions in Oil, Power and Coal Trading and is now responsible for the Global LNG, Biomass and Shipping activity and based in London.

Anton van Heesewijk

Head of Trading Strategy

JERA Global Markets

Mhairidh Evans

VP, Global Head of CCUS Research

Wood Mackenzie

Mhairidh leads our global research on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS). Her team provide insight and strategic analysis on the CCUS landscape to project developers, technology providers, investors and governments. Her work includes cost assessments, economic modelling, market and policy tracking. Mhairidh previously spent seven years as a lead analyst in our upstream oil and gas division, focusing on the offshore supply chain and the North Sea region. Before joining Wood Mackenzie in 2014, she spent six years in commercial and project management roles in the subsea oil and gas sector. Mhairidh is an alumni of Scotland’s Future Industry Leaders Programme and enjoys engaging with the wider industry.

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.

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.

Mauro Chavez

Director, Americas Gas and LNG Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Mauro brings over fifteen years of experience in energy markets, and he is a recognized specialist in the natural gas and LNG industry. He is part of the Americas consulting team and leads the practice for gas and LNG in Latin America. Previously, Mauro headed the South American gas markets research team and in that role he supported LNG-to-power projects, new gas supply agreements, gas monetization strategies and M&As of gas pipelines in Latin America. He also headed the European gas market research during the European energy crisis, being responsible for short and long-term outlooks for European balances and TTF prices. He supported projects for European gas price differentials, pipeline expansions and identification of price arbitrage opportunities, competitiveness assessment for long-term capacity booking in Northwest Europe LNG terminals, and gas pipeline expansions. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Mauro spent time as a visiting researcher at the Imperial College London, the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research in Portugal and the Center on Energy and Environmental Economics in Brazil. He has worked in the Ministry of Mines and Energy and National Environmental Fund in Peru. Mauro holds a bachelor degree on Mechanical Electrical Engineering from the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (Peru) , a master in Energy Systems Planning from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil), and a PhD in Energy Planning from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He has many publications in scientific international journals on energy and environmental topics and is a reviewer of the Energy Policy Journal, Energy (Oxford) and Energy Strategy Reviews.

Georges Tijbosch

CEO

MiQ

Georges Tijbosch is Chief Executive and Board Member at MiQ (Methane Intelligence), a not-for-profit climate tech foundation, providing the blueprint for the reduction of methane emissions in the oil and gas sector. Alongside RMI and SYSTEMIQ, Georges helped launch MiQ in 2019. Under Georges’ leadership, MiQ has become the largest certification initiative for methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, certifying over 5% of the global gas supply. Georges is the former Director of Origination at Centrica. Before that, Georges was a director at London investment bank commodity trading desks, including Director of Energy Sales at Goldman Sachs, Head of EMEA Energy Marketing at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Head of EMEA Commodity Finance at JP Morgan. Georges began his career in 1996 at BP Benelux as Sales and Marketing Manager for fuels and lubricants, and joined BP’s London trading floor in 2000 as Senior Marketer, Oil Derivatives.

Vikram Mansukhani

Executive Vice President - Europe

Osaka Gas

Vikram is Executive Vice President for Osaka Gas in Europe in charge of LNG and has spent over 20 years in the Oil & Gas sector predominantly in Sales & Trading & M&A Having spent most of his career in Investment Banking Vikram has focused on the Energy Sector growing platforms on Business Development & Trading. Osaka Gas is a Strategic Utility in Japan with Investments across the Energy value chain in the Americas, Europe & Asia.

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.