Advisory Board
Dr. Salman Mohammed Al Shidi
Director General of Oil and Gas Investments
Ministry of Energy and Minerals
Sultanate of Oman
Dr. Salman Mohammed Al Shidi
Director General of Oil and Gas Investments
Ministry of Energy and Minerals
Sultanate of Oman
Dr. Salman Al-Shidi is Director General of Management of Petroleum Investments at the Ministry of Oil and Gas in The Sultanate of Oman.
Salman holds a PhD from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK (1997) and Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering from University of Texas at Austin (1993) and Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia PA, USA (1991).
He is a member of Board of Directors of Petroleum Development Oman and chairs Joint Management Committees of several oil and gas companies in the Sultanate of Oman.
He had held various Senior Positions in oil and gas industry, in Oman Oil Company (Oman), Dove Energy (Yemen), Dubai Petroleum (Dubai), Shell Exploration and Production Company (Malaysia) and Petroleum Development Oman.
He served as Chairperson for the Society of Petroleum Engineers chapters in Oman (1999-2001) and UAE (2007-2008) and he authored and co-authored several SPE Papers.
Audah Al-Ahmadi
Secretary General
Gulf Downstream Association
Audah Al-Ahmadi
Secretary General
Gulf Downstream Association
Mr. Audah Al Ahmadi, Secretary-General of the Gulf Downstream Association has more than thirty-five years of experience in the Oil and Gas Industry and has worked with many organizations like Petromin, Samarec and Saudi Aramco in various positions such as Managing Director, Vice President and Department Manager.
A Chemical Engineer from New Mexico State University in NM, USA; with his Masters in Management from the Hult International Business School, Cambridge Mas., USA, Mr. Al Ahmadi is an active member of many professional and charity associations and was Chairman of MEPEC Conference and Exhibition 2013 & 2015.
He is a Senior Member of AIChE, a Board Member in the Saudi section of AIChE, a member of the Saudi Council of Engineers, a member of the Cancer Society in the Eastern Province, KSA among others. He was previously a Board Member of the National Retiree Association in Dammam as well.
Saeed Mubarak
Chairman
SPE International Digital Energy Technical Section
Saeed Mubarak
Chairman
SPE International Digital Energy Technical Section
Saeed Mubarak is the Chairman of SPE Digital Energy International Technical Section (DETS), a member in the SPE M&I advisory Committee, a member in the SPE International M&I awards advisory committee, and Texas A&M University SPE student chapter Industry Advisor. He has served in numerous SPE technical steering and program committees.
Saeed has twenty-eight years of Petroleum Industry and has served the industry in various capacities that span across local and international levels, technical and administrative, simple to leadership roles. He was an SPE international distinguished lecturer, a panelist, keynote or invited speaker and discussion leader of in numerous events held in 20 counties including conferences, workshops, forums, symposia and social events. He is also a recognized as a thought provoking author who has published tens of articles to promote innovation and challenge conventional wisdom within & beyond the digital energy and intelligent field including a book titles: “Any Version of History is just a Story”.
He is currently an intelligent fields and petroleum engineering consultant at Saudi Aramco, based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He began his career in 1992 with Saudi Aramco where he worked as Reservoir, Production, Drilling & Completion, Facilities, Knowledge Management, and Intelligent Fields engineer and specialist. He has led several important teams including the strategic team managing the world’s largest intelligent fields in Saudi Aramco.
His contributions to industry were recognized by renowned technical, governmental and social authorities. He is recipient of several recognitions including the 2009 SPE Regional Management and Information award, 2012 WorldOil Innovative Thinker award, 2013 Saudi King’s award for innovation and the 2014 SPE international award for management and information. He also earned the 2011/2012 SPE Saudi Section "Community Service Award" for his contribution to Social programs. He was a finalist in 2016 WorldOil Lifetime Achievement award, and the international 2019 SPE Distinguished Service Award, and the 2019 SPE Distinguished member award.
Saeed holds a bachelor degree in Chemical engineering and a master degree in petroleum engineering, both from KFUPM.
Phillip Cornell
Senior Fellow
Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center
Phillip Cornell
Senior Fellow
Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center
Phillip Cornell is a senior energy consultant at the World Bank and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Cornell was a senior corporate planning advisor to the Chairman and CEO of Saudi Aramco. In that capacity, he also provided advice to the Royal Court in the context of Saudi economic transition and foreign policy.
From 2011-2014 he was special advisor to the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, responsible for the IEA's external affairs and strategic messaging. Previously, he developed IEA simulations for major oil and gas emergencies.
Before joining the IEA, Cornell served with NATO as the senior fellow and director of international programs at the NATO School (NSO) in Oberammergau, Germany, where his policy research focused on NATO and energy security. During that period, he also served on the secretary general’s committee in Brussels to develop NATO policy in the area of energy infrastructure security.
Cornell has held research positions at the Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey), the Royal United Services Institute (London) and the Center for International Security and Cooperation (Stanford), and he is the author of a number of articles and volumes on energy security and security policy. He holds Masters degrees with distinction in International Economics (energy focus) from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and received his BA cum laude in International Relations from Stanford University.
Cornelius Matthes
Senior Vice President
Dii Desert Energy
Cornelius Matthes
Senior Vice President
Dii Desert Energy
Cornelius is a well-respected leader and investor in the renewable energy industry and built several successful clean energy businesses and start-ups within Middle East and Africa. He has extensive board level experience from 10 years in Deutsche Bank (among others, youngest board member in Deutsche Bank Italy Group) and several leading renewable energy organisations and associations via pro bono work as well as different startup companies.
By building the international shareholder and partner network of Dii (Desertec Industrial Initiative), he was at the forefront of the renewable energy revolution in North Africa and the Middle East. A keen entrepreneur and investor in emerging markets with recognitions such as “Solar Pioneer 2015” for the Middle East, he is lecturing at several universities including St. Gallen and is a regular speaker at international conferences. He holds an MBA (Dipl. Kaufmann) from University of Passau, and speaks German, English, Italian, French and Russian.
His experience ranges from M&A transactions, asset management, developing utility scale renewable energy projects (including mid-market with private PPAs), pay-as-you-go solar to energy efficiency, including ESCO projects and new business models. Some of the projects and companies were executed in challenging settings or countries. He has led sizable organizations both in startup environments and blue-chip companies and has raised funds from angel investments to USD 100m+ projects with institutional investors.
“I am glad to be able to work in renewable energy which is also my passion – we can genuinely make an impact with many different things and help people, to make our planet a better place. Having new challenges every day is fantastic and many more mountains to be climbed!”
Speakers
Joseph McMonigle
Secretary General
International Energy Forum (IEF)
Joseph McMonigle
Secretary General
International Energy Forum (IEF)
Joseph McMonigle officially assumed his position on July 1, 2020 as the fifth Secretary General of the International Energy Forum (IEF), the largest international organization of energy ministers and based in the Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
He has over 20 years of experience working on energy issues in the public and private sectors.
Prior to becoming Secretary General, Mr. McMonigle was the President & Co-Founder of The Abraham Group, a leading international energy sector management consulting firm based in Washington D.C. as well as a senior energy analyst for Hedgeye Risk Management based in Stamford, Connecticut.
In addition, Mr. McMonigle was Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) during the first term of the Bush Administration (2001-2005) and helped to manage a cabinet department with a $23 billion budget and over 100,000 federal and contractor employees at the time.
He also served two years as the former Vice Chairman and US Representative of the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA), an international organization of oil consuming countries within the OECD, whose core mission is to work on stable energy markets. He also served as the US co-chair of the US-China Energy Working Group as part of his DOE portfolio.
Before joining the Bush Administration, Mr. McMonigle was a general counsel and communications director to a United States Senator. He was elected by his peers to serve two terms as President of the U.S. Senate Press Secretaries Association, a bipartisan organization of Senate press secretaries and communications directors.
Mr. McMonigle is an attorney and a member of the Energy Bar Association and licensed in the District of Colombia and Pennsylvania state bars. He is also an FAA licensed pilot with instrument rating.
He received his undergraduate degree from King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (USA) and his Juris Doctor degree from Widener University Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (USA).
Dr. Ayed S. Al-Qahtani
Director
Research Division
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Dr. Ayed S. Al-Qahtani
Dr. Ayed S. Al-Qahtani
Director
Research Division
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Dr. Ayed S. Al-Qahtani is the Director, Research Division of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Secretariat, based in Vienna, Austria.
Prior to his present assignment, Dr. Al-Qahtani was an advisor to H.E. Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia. Earlier in his career, Dr. Al-Qahtani held various executive and technical positions with Saudi Aramco and World Energy Council.
Dr. Al-Qahtani holds a PhD in Minerals Economics from Colorado School of Mines, USA, a MSc in Petroleum Economics & Management from Institute of Francaise du Petrole, France, an Executive Master of Advanced Studies in International Oil & Gas Leadership from Graduate Institute, Switzerland and a MSc in Minerals Economics from Colorado School of Mines, USA. He also holds a BSc in Petroleum Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Waddah S. Ghanem Al Hashmi
BEng (Hons), MBA, MSc, DBA, DipSM, DipEM, AFIChemE, FEI, MIoD
Hon. Chairman
Energy Institute - Middle East
Dr. Waddah S. Ghanem Al Hashmi
Dr. Waddah S. Ghanem Al Hashmi
BEng (Hons), MBA, MSc, DBA, DipSM, DipEM, AFIChemE, FEI, MIoD
Hon. Chairman
Energy Institute - Middle East
Graduated from the University of Wales College Cardiff, School of Engineering, with a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering (Hons). Waddah is considered one of the global authorities on Governance and Leadership and High Reliability Organisations (HROs). He is the Hon Chairman for the Energy Institute – Middle East and is also the Chairman of the Platform for Connected Leadership (PCL), Dubai, UAE.
He is also currently the Senior Director for Sustainability, Operational and Business Excellence for the ENOC Group in Dubai, UAE and overseas all the Sustainability, CSR, Energy and Resource Management and reporting as well as Business and Operational Excellence, Innovation and Process Improvement and LSS projects with the Group.
Waddah holds several academic and vocational qualifications including two PG Diplomas an MSc in Environmental Sciences; an Executive MBA and a Doctorate from the University of Bradford in Governance and Leadership. He has received several awards in his career, most notably, the Rashid Prize for Scholarship Excellence in 2007 (Dubai), and the IEMA Sustainability Leader of the Year (UK) in 2019.
He delivers various lectures in technical, on learning and in leadership and governance at universities, conferences and within organisations. He is a visiting lecturer on the MSc program at the Universiti of Technologi Petronas (UTP) in Malaysia and appointed as an external examiner for PhD defence exams at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) in India. He is an advisor on the Herriot Watt University’s Industry Advisory Committee.
His publications include various research, practitioner journal and conference papers in addition to 7 internationally published books mainly is Safety Management, Operational Excellence, Reflective Learning, HSE Practitioner Executive Development, Governance and Leadership as well as theology. Two books are currently under development in PSM & Human Factors and another on Governance and Leadership in Health and Safety.
He served as Vice Chairman of Dubai Carbon (DCCE PJSC) from 2010-2019; he is a Board Member of the not-for-profit Emirates Environment Group; an Executive Committee Member (Board) the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) and a Board/Council member of the Energy Institute (EI) in the UK and serves as the Hon. Chairman of the Energy Institute Middle East Branch. He is also the senior advisor to the Board of the Clean Energy Business Council. He also represents the UAE in the International Standards Organisation (ISO) Technical Committee 283 and is Chairman of the UAE National Committee for Health and Safety.
He was born and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Eng. Nawal Al Hanaee
Head of Infrastructure Business Development
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
United Arab Emirates
Eng. Nawal Al Hanaee
Head of Infrastructure Business Development
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
United Arab Emirates
Eng. Nawal Alhanaee is currently working as Head of Infrastructure business development in Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure - Dubai. She is member in happiness and wellbeing team and innovation team in the ministry.
She was involved in the Municipality affairs and projects since 2003, and she was as the Head of building section in 2006. In addition, she was as the head of building section and building material laboratory in 2008. After that, she was as the Director of project dept. in 2011 and she worked as Director of Engineering & Land dept. & head of building section from 2012 until 2017 and her work experience is 15 years in FM.
She is certified ICF coach and she holds a Public Sector Innovation Diploma from Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation.
She is a PhD candidate in British University of Dubai in the Architecture and Sustainable Built Environment (ASBE) program. She holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the UAE University and she holds a master’s degree of urban planning from American University of Sharjah. Her area of specialty is Transportation, and she has experience and contributions in making strategic plans and studies for the improvement of public and customer services, managing big projects and environmental protection, as she is one of the core team in Fujairah 2040 master plan.
Dr. Rasmi Hamzeh
Executive Director
Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF)
Ministry Of Energy & Mineral Resources
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Dr. Rasmi Hamzeh
Executive Director
Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF)
Ministry Of Energy & Mineral Resources
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Executive Director; Jordan Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF)
- EFQM 2013 Certified Assessor.
- CEO/Co-Founder CSRArabia/ Consulting Company.
- EFQM Assessor.
- Assessor at King Abdullah II Center for Excellence Award.
- Assessor at Abu Dhabi Award for Excellence in Government Performance.
- Assessor at Dubai Government Excellence Program.
- Consultant /Business developer, SME’s Capacity Building and Enhancing Entrepreneurs capabilities, SME’s and Entrepreneurs.
- Projects Management Experience; PMP certification.
- Regular daily columnist/writer of newspaper articles regarding political, economic, social and cultural issues.
Dr. Jaroslav Reif
Deputy Director General of Raw Material Policy
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Czech Republic
Dr. Jaroslav Reif
Deputy Director General of Raw Material Policy
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Czech Republic
Dr. Reif holds a PhD. from Masaryk University in Brno, CZ (2000) and his MSc. in Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry (1987) from Masaryk University Brno. He is holder of licenses for exploration and production of mineral resources issued by Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic and license for special minerals exploration and production on/under the bottom of seas and oceans outside of jurisdiction of national states (open seas) He had held Diplomatic Positions as Commercial Diplomat at the various Embassies of Czech Republic in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan. Dr. Reif is member of Czech Association of Economic Geologists part of European Federation of Geologists.
Fethi Hanchi
General Director
National Agency for Energy Conservation (A.N.M.E.)
Republic of Tunisia
Fethi Hanchi
General Director
National Agency for Energy Conservation (A.N.M.E.)
Republic of Tunisia
Since 2011, F. Hanchi has been the Director of the Division for the Rational Use of Energy at ANME. As such, he has been in charge of the management and coordination of energy efficiency programs and activities in the tertiary, residential, building and transport sectors in Tunisia. His portfolio also includes a national programme for energy efficiency in the public sector, energy efficiency conventions with local authorities, as well as national and Mediterranean cooperation projects. Graduated in mechanical engineering, Mr Hanchi has more than 19 years of experience in energy efficiency. He has been actively involved in the energy sector reform in Tunisia and contributed designing, implementing and evaluating energy efficiency programs in the country. He has a solid track record in the economic and managerial aspects of energy efficiency. Since March 2019, he has been nominated Central Technical Manager at ANME, and from June 2020 he is nominated the General Director of ANME.
Andrea Di Gregorio
Executive Director
Energy Efficiency and Renewables Office (Reem)
Ras Al Khaimah Municipality
United Arab Emirates
Andrea Di Gregorio
Executive Director
Energy Efficiency and Renewables Office (Reem)
Ras Al Khaimah Municipality
United Arab Emirates
Andrea Di Gregorio is the Executive Director of the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Office (Reem) of Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, UAE, with the mandate to support the development of the Emirate towards lower energy intensity and a higher share of renewables in the generation mix.
He has more than 20 years of experience in the energy sector in Europe and the Middle East, where he worked for oil & gas majors and leading utilities in the fields of strategy, operations improvement and energy efficiency.
Prior to joining Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, Andrea Di Gregorio supported the activation of the Dubai Demand Side Management strategy as a PMO Director at the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, UAE, and as a Director of Strategy and Continuous Improvement at TAQATI, UAE. Previously, he worked as a strategy consultant at Booz & Company and Oliver Wyman, and as a Business Unit Director at Bertelsmann.
He holds an MSc. summa cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and an MBA from SDA Bocconi, Milan.
Ameer Abdul Hussain
Planner
Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP)
Ameer Abdul Hussain
Planner
Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP)
Ameer Abdul Hussain – Planner, Oman Power and Water Procurement Company: Having joined the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) in 2011 and equipped with degrees in both Computer Engineering and Energy Economics, Ameer has made contributions to Oman’s development of renewable energy projects, both present and future. He has also participated in discussions at a national level as a representative in Oman’s Energy Labs, under the Tranfeedh initiative, providing insight and access to the macro considerations of capacity planning and striking a balance between ambition and economic viability.
Ameer leads the efforts in preparing and publishing OPWP’s 7 Year Statement publication, which provides an annual review of demand forecast, capacity plans, and overview of OPWP’s procurement activities. Further to this, he leads OPWP’s efforts in renewable energy resource assessments, and endeavors to make such data available to the public through the OPWP website for the benefit of researchers, academics, and investors.
Eng. Rayed Al Harthi
Manager - EHV Network Planning Department.
Saudi Electricity Company
Eng. Rayed Al Harthi
Manager - EHV Network Planning Department.
Saudi Electricity Company
Rayed Abdulrahman Al Harthi holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He joined Saudi Electricity Company in 2001 as a Planning Engineer and He is currently Manager of EHV Network Planning Department.
He led a number of SEC strategic initiatives related to international electrical interconnection, integration of renewable energy and grid flexibility and resilience. He participated in a number of regional conferences with scientific papers in the field of power system planning.
Dr. Nouri Alkishriwi
Senior Expert
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Economic Sector
Energy Department
League of Arab States
Dr. Nouri Alkishriwi
Senior Expert
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Economic Sector
Energy Department
League of Arab States
I am an associate professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tripoli, specialized in Renewable energy and Energy efficiency Technologies, Thermal Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and computational fluid dynamics. In 1992, I started my career at the University of Tripoli. Currently, I am working as an energy advisor at the League of Arab States (LAS), specialized as a trainer and expert in energy efficiency and energy management systems. I have several years of experience in working with national and international partners in the fields of energy policy and strategies as well as in setting up EE and RE programs, energy audits, energy management systems and project management. I have carried out many projects and studies in the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Dr. Kishan Khoday
Regional Team Leader
Nature, Climate and Energy
United Nations Development Programme
Regional Hub for Arab States
Dr. Kishan Khoday
Regional Team Leader
Nature, Climate and Energy
United Nations Development Programme
Regional Hub for Arab States
Kishan Khoday is Regional Team Leader for Nature, Climate and Energy with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Hub for Arab States. He has been with the UN for over 20 years, with assignments in China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Kishan has led over $1 billion of UN grant initiatives to help countries manage climate risks, advance sustainable energy solutions, and reduce the vulnerability of communities and ecosystems. He is a thought leader on the planetary crisis, holding a Juris Doctorate in international environmental law, MSc and BSc degrees in natural resources and environmental science, and having authored over 30 publications on our transition to sustainability.
Dr. Mustapha Taoumi
Clean Energy Key Expert
EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network
Dr. Mustapha Taoumi
Clean Energy Key Expert
EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network
Dr. Taoumi has been leading Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects and technology deployment for over 35 years.
Dr. Taoumi held several key positions including Technical Director and Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director within the National Renewable Energy Centre (CDER) in Morocco as well as founding member and Executive Secretary of the Mediterranean Association of the National Agencies for Energy Conservation (MEDENER- Network)- Spain. He was also engaged in several initiatives and projects funded by France (CNRS & ADEME), the EU, JICA (Japan), US AID and GIZ (Germany).
Between 2010 and December 2015, he worked as a Regional Programme Officer for North Africa and the Middle East region (MENA) within the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the first global intergovernmental organisation dedicated to all renewables.
As a Clean Energy Key Expert within the EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network (an EU funder initiative in partnership with GCC SG) since January 2016, Dr. Taoumi coordinates the technical part of the work-programme for clean energy topics.
Among other positions, Dr. Taoumi is an active member on several organisations, conferences and networks around the world.
Dr. Taoumi holds a PhD in Electrochemistry from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG) in France and master's degrees in Electrochemical Engineering and Management Science, he is fluent in English, French, Spanish as well as Arabic.
Dr. Timothy C. Luce
Director of the Science & Operations Department and Chief Scientist
ITER Organization
Dr. Timothy C. Luce
Director of the Science & Operations Department and Chief Scientist
ITER Organization
Scientific Experience and Awards
- 37 years in fusion research (30 years on the DIII-D tokamak) with significant research and publication in transport, heating and current drive, real-time plasma control, and advanced tokamak scenario development (>400 publications, including 50 as first author)
- Review articles in three different areas: electron cyclotron waves in plasmas (2002), dimensionless parameter scaling (2008), steady-state tokamak research (2011)
- Recipient of inaugural IAEA Nuclear Fusion prize (2006)
- Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (2004)
- Divisional Associate Editor of Physical Review Letters (2011-2017)
- Member of the Nuclear Fusion Board of Editors (2017-present)
- Eleven invited talks in three different areas of research, seven papers selected for oral presentation at IAEA Fusion Energy Conferences (DIII-D overview talk in 2004)
- Research experience on 9 tokamaks and 2 stellarators (9 outside the US)
- Director of ITER Science and Operations Department; ITER Chief Scientist (2017-present)
- DIII-D Physics Group Manager for Steady State Integration (2006-2012) (personnel and technical program management responsibility)
- Chair of ITPA Integrated Operation Scenarios group (2015-2017); co-chair (2012-2014); US lead (2005-2017)
- Member of NCSX advisory committee (2001-2008), KSTAR advisory committee (2012)
- Member of FESAC review subpanels on NCSX (2007), toroidal alternates (2008)
- Member of US BPO committee on international collaboration (2008-2011)
- ITER Organization, 2017-present
- General Atomics, 1987-2017
- 1987 Ph.D. Princeton University, Astrophysical Sciences-Plasma Physics
- 1984 M.A. Princeton University, Astrophysical Sciences-Plasma Physics
- 1982 B.S. (with high honors) University of Arkansas, Physics
Hamza Al Jefri
General Manager
Sharjah Waste to Energy Company
Hamza Al Jefri
General Manager
Sharjah Waste to Energy Company
Hamza Al Jefri is the General Manager of Sharjah Waste to Energy Company, a joint venture by Masdar and Sharjah Environment Company. In this position, he is responsible for development and execution of the Middle East’s first commercial waste-to-energy project by leading the technical, commercial and financing activities, and ensuring key strategic objectives are met.
In his previous role at Masdar, Al Jefri was in the bid proposal team for the first concentrated solar power (“CSP”) tower plant project in the Middle East. He worked on setting up bid strategies, analyzing the technical and commercial requirements of tender documentation, and preparing and reviewing competitive schemes for the bid submission.
Al Jefri was previously seconded by Masdar to another pioneering project taking up the position of A. Project Manager at Abu Dhabi Carbon Capture Company – Al Reyadah. There, he collaborated on development of the world’s first iron and steel carbon capture project in Mussafah, and supported on the execution of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract.
Since Al Jefri joined Masdar, he has spent nearly a decade in the clean energy sector, exclusively leading and working on innovative and landmark projects in the UAE.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca-NY, US and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland – College Park, US. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business Publishing Leadership program, a qualified Project Management Professional (PMP), and ISO 9001 Internal Auditor, and holds a number of qualifications in project finance and project risk management.
Boyana Achovski
Secretary General
Gas Infrastructure Europe
Boyana Achovski
Secretary General
Gas Infrastructure Europe
Since September 2016, Boyana Achovski serves as Secretary General of Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), the European association of gas transmission, gas storage and LNG regasification terminal operators. Prior to her current function, Ms. Achovski held the position of GIE Vice Executive Secretary for a period of 4 years. Before joining GIE, Boyana Achovski worked for Bulgartransgaz, the Bulgarian transmission and storage operator, where she led the Analysis and International Operations Division, managing the company’s undertakings relating to the European regulatory framework and European energy policy. Ms. Achovski graduated in International Economic Affairs, specialized in International Finance and holds a Master's degree in Finance. Boyana Achovski was a Chair of GasNaturally Steering Committee from June 2017 to January 2018 and from July to December 2019.
Dr. James Kenneth Ryder Watson
Secretary General
Eurogas
Dr. James Kenneth Ryder Watson
Secretary General
Eurogas
Dr Watson is the Secretary General of Eurogas, a role he has held since January 2019. Eurogas is the association representing the European gas wholesale, retail and distribution sectors.
Prior to taking the helm at Eurogas, Dr Watson was the Chief Executive Officer of SolarPower Europe, the European solar industry association. Before joining SolarPower Europe, Dr Watson worked as the Director of Public Affairs for Weber Shandwick, specialising in energy and trade policy. Before coming to Brussels, Dr Watson worked for the Commonwealth Secretariat on a European Commission project on trade and sustainable development based in Ethiopia. Earlier in his career James worked for various UK government bodies in London and worked as a lecturer in Environmental Law at the University of Manchester.
He holds a Ph.D in International Trade and Environmental Law from the University of Leeds, and is currently a Visiting Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
Secretary General
Hydrogen Europe
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
Secretary General
Hydrogen Europe
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis is Secretary General of Hydrogen Europe since 2016. Before he was Representative of Infineon Technologies in Brussels and Member of the European Parliament (2004 – 2014) inter alia in the ITRE Committee (Industry, Technology, Research and Energy) where he could contribute to lay the cornerstone for the first and the second Joint Undertaking on hydrogen and fuel cells. In 2007 he was elected “MEP of the year” by his colleagues of the European Parliament in the category “Research and Innovation”. In 2015 he was appointed ambassador at large for Greece.
Mr Chatzimarkakis was born in Duisburg, Germany. He holds German and Greek nationality, a degree in political science from the University of Bonn.
Dr. Stuart Hawksworth
Head, Centre for Energy and Major Hazards
HSE
President
AISBL International Association for Hydrogen Safety
Dr. Stuart Hawksworth
Head, Centre for Energy and Major Hazards
HSE
President
AISBL International Association for Hydrogen Safety
Dr. Stuart Hawksworth has worked in the area of Safety for 25 years, fulfilling a number of technical and oversight roles at the Health and Safety Executive’s Laboratory in Buxton in the UK. These include creating and managing the Centre for Energy and Major Hazards, made up of 70 expert scientist and engineers working in the area of risk management, fire, explosion and process safety.
As Head of HSE’s Centre for Energy he has oversight of a broad programme of Hydrogen Safety Projects covering power, heat and transport funded by the European Commission, UK Government and Industry. He is also the President of International Association for Hydrogen Safety (www.hysafe.info) and a task leader in Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking’s European Hydrogen Safety Panel.
Mark Geilenkirchen
Chief Executive Officer
SOHAR Port and Freezone
Mark Geilenkirchen
Chief Executive Officer
SOHAR Port and Freezone
After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Logistics from the Maritime Institute De Ruyters in the Netherlands, Mark set-up and managed HT Research from 1991-2001, an international consultancy focusing on logistics and quality. In 2002, he returned to De Ruyters as a lecturer, where he created a specialised business faculty for logistics and established many working relationships with other leading universities. In 2006, Mark joined ABN AMRO as Vice President, where he helped to lead the company through the global financial crisis. From 2010-2014, Mark was appointed CEO/CCO of APM Terminals at Port of Zeebrugge, in Belgium, where he was responsible for attracting significant Chinese investments and returning the loss-making port to profit. Mark joined SOHAR Port and Freezone as CEO in July 2016 from Hong Kong, where he had been working for two years as Global Client Director with APM Terminals. Mark is married, lives in Oman and has three children.
S. Olav Carlsen
CFO
Hydrogen Rise AG
S. Olav Carlsen
CFO
Hydrogen Rise AG
S. Olav Carlsen has over 25 years of experience in managing technology companies in Europe, USA and South America. Prior to co-founding Hydrogen Rise, he co-founded a company as part of the Tiaxa Group in Chile and Germany that evolved into one of the world´s leading global innovative financial services provider for telecommunication companies.
Before Tiaxa, Mr. Carlsen spent 10 years in Silicon Valley as CFO of PortalPlayer Inc. where he was leading the company´s IPO and Transmeta Corp. PortalPlayer is known as the exclusive provider of key chip and firmware technology to the first generations of Apple iPods while Transmeta developed low power computing chips enabling the design of the first thin and long-battery life notebooks for most major computer manufacturers.
He holds lectures in entrepreneurship and is a mentor to many startup companies in various international programs, among others in the EU Copernicus Accelerator Program.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Modigell
Director
Oman Hydrogen Centre (OHC)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Modigell
Director
Oman Hydrogen Centre (OHC)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Modigell studied physics at RWTH-Aachen University in Germany and finalized his studies with the Dr.-Ing. degree in Mechanical-Engineering. He worked for 12 years in industry of plant engineering and construction, KHD and Thyssen, focused on industrial R&D in the field of process and energy engineering, environmental engineering and metallurgy. In 1990 he got the call to overtake the chair for Mechanical Process Engineering at RWTH-Aachen University. He was actively researching on basic and applied topics, beside others in the field of hydrogen production and CCS Technologies. In 2013 he became rector of the GUtech, German University of Technology in Oman, and in 2020 he was appointed as director of the Oman Hydrogen Centre (OHC) at GUtech, the centre for clean hydrogen, hydrogen research, technology, education, application and economy.
Will Lochhead
Deputy Director, Hydrogen and Industrial CCUS Business Models & Projects
Industrial Energy Directorate
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
United Kingdom
Will Lochhead
Deputy Director, Hydrogen and Industrial CCUS Business Models & Projects
Industrial Energy Directorate
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
United Kingdom
Will is a Deputy Director in the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Industrial Energy Directorate. He joined the Directorate in February of this year to set up a new team focused on the developing business models for hydrogen and industrial energy. Previously Will headed up the CCUS Policy Team for nearly 5 years, leading on the development of CCUS policy within the UK as well as internationally. Before that, Will led on the legislation and regulatory framework to introduce the UK’s Capacity Market through the Government’s Electricity Market Reform Programme.
Will has previously held positions in a number of UK Government departments including the Cabinet Office.
Martijn Coopman
Program Manager Energy Transition
Port of Rotterdam
Martijn Coopman
Program Manager Energy Transition
Port of Rotterdam
Martijn Coopman is Program Manager of the Energy transition at the Port of Rotterdam Authority, currently working in the Hydrogen team. Martijn graduated as Mechanical Engineer from the Technical University of Delft and worked in various ports and shipping related companies through which he has gained knowledge and experience of a broad range of activities in and around ports. Previously working as Project Manager on the Dutch CCS project Porthos he is now responsible for setting up future supplychains of Hydrogen from overseas to Europe via Rotterdam.
Cornelius Matthes
Senior Vice President
Dii Desert Energy
Cornelius Matthes
Senior Vice President
Dii Desert Energy
Cornelius is a well-respected leader and investor in the renewable energy industry and built several successful clean energy businesses and start-ups within Middle East and Africa. He has extensive board level experience from 10 years in Deutsche Bank (among others, youngest board member in Deutsche Bank Italy Group) and several leading renewable energy organisations and associations via pro bono work as well as different startup companies.
By building the international shareholder and partner network of Dii (Desertec Industrial Initiative), he was at the forefront of the renewable energy revolution in North Africa and the Middle East. A keen entrepreneur and investor in emerging markets with recognitions such as “Solar Pioneer 2015” for the Middle East, he is lecturing at several universities including St. Gallen and is a regular speaker at international conferences. He holds an MBA (Dipl. Kaufmann) from University of Passau, and speaks German, English, Italian, French and Russian.
His experience ranges from M&A transactions, asset management, developing utility scale renewable energy projects (including mid-market with private PPAs), pay-as-you-go solar to energy efficiency, including ESCO projects and new business models. Some of the projects and companies were executed in challenging settings or countries. He has led sizable organizations both in startup environments and blue-chip companies and has raised funds from angel investments to USD 100m+ projects with institutional investors.
“I am glad to be able to work in renewable energy which is also my passion – we can genuinely make an impact with many different things and help people, to make our planet a better place. Having new challenges every day is fantastic and many more mountains to be climbed!”
Dr. R. Dean Foreman
Chief Economist
American Petroleum Institute (API)
Dr. R. Dean Foreman
Chief Economist
American Petroleum Institute (API)
Dr. R. Dean Foreman is API’s chief economist, specializing in global business and energy. With a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Florida, he came to API from Saudi Aramco Strategy & Market Analysis in Dhahran, where he managed short-term market monitoring and the long-term oil demand outlook. Foreman has more than 20 years of industry experience in corporate strategic planning, market analysis & forecasting, finance and risk management at ExxonMobil, Talisman Energy and Sasol North America.
Stuart R Broadley FEI
CEO
Energy Industries Council (EIC)
Stuart R Broadley FEI
CEO
Energy Industries Council (EIC)
Stuart is Chief Executive of the EIC, the Energy Industries Council. Prior to joining EIC in 2016, Stuart enjoyed a successful 25-year career leading global O&M businesses in oil & gas, power and renewables with Rolls-Royce, Wood, Senvion and Hoerbiger.
Passionate about exporting and energy transition, Stuart is architect of the Energy Exports Conference which brings 20 inward delegations to the UK each year with $500bn of project opportunities, and is author of the renowned Survive & Thrive annual report which highlights successful growth strategies in challenging markets.
Stuart has various non-executive director roles including with the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in UK and the Nuclear Innovation & Research Advisory Board. In 2019, Stuart was invited to become a Fellow of the Energy Institute.
The EIC is the UK’s largest energy supply chain trade association, a not-for-profit with 700 member companies, across oil & gas, power, nuclear and renewable markets that, for 77 years, has advised governments and boardrooms, and helped companies to grow at home and around the world. Their real passion is helping companies to diversify and grow internationally – and their members benefit from EIC’s unique suite of energy market CAPEX, OPEX & SUPPLY CHAIN databases, 130 events p.a., industry & government networks, international launchpad offices and extensive market insight.
Mohamed Hassan Al Mujaini
HSEQ-T and SD Senior Manager
Oman Oil Marketing Company
Mohamed Hassan Al Mujaini
HSEQ-T and SD Senior Manager
Oman Oil Marketing Company
Mohamed Al Mujaini has 20 years of experience in different Oil & Gas projects in Oman in the area of environmental management and sustainability. Mohamed is having experience on supporting the firms on shifting the focus of production in a way that improving sustainability and effective use of environmental resources as well as monitoring the environmental compliance. He is leading the green journey at Oman Oil Marketing and responsible of all solar projects as well as other environmental promotion projects. Mohamed also is active member of NGOs in the field to environmental protection and sustainability. He is holding MBA and Bsc in Environmental Science from Griffith University - Australia.
Carlos Maurer
Executive Vice President, Global Commercial
Royal Dutch Shell
Carlos Maurer
Executive Vice President, Global Commercial
Royal Dutch Shell
As Shell’s Global Commercial Executive Vice President, Carlos Maurer is responsible for Shell’s business-to-business organisation of over 8,000 people serving more than 1 million direct and indirect customers in 150 markets through our global Lubricants, Aviation and Specialities (Bitumen and Sulphur) businesses.
Carlos started his career in the energy industry working in operations and sales development roles throughout the United States and Latin America. He joined Shell in 1997 in New Business Development at the Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership, and was most recently Vice President, Shell Lubricants Americas from 2017 to 2019. Carlos gained strategy, marketing and general management experience in the Shell group commercial businesses (including Lubricants, Bitumen and Sulphur), Downstream and Upstream operations, and Joint Ventures. He has led regional and global businesses and been based in the United States, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom and currently Singapore. Carlos has extensive experience managing joint ventures serving as director and Shell shareholder representative for ventures in the United States, Europe, Middle East and China. Carlos was responsible for the delivery of Shell’s separation from Motiva Enterprises.
Carlos holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Rice University in Houston, as well as a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is married with three children.
Dr. Oscar Abbink
Director of Upstream Research
IHS Markit
Dr. Oscar Abbink
Director of Upstream Research
IHS Markit
Dr. Abbink is responsible for analysis of the strategic implications of new technologies in the upstream sector and leads the Upstream Technology and Innovation service. He is widely respected for his knowledge and global experience with upstream oil and gas, energy industry monitoring and trends, and oil and gas digitalization. Dr. Abbink has more than 20 years' experience in the international energy sector. He has led many research and consulting projects advising organizations with their technology strategy, benchmarking, and implementation, and their digital transformation. Previously, Dr. Abbink was Industry Leader, Oil and Gas, Business Consulting, with a major system integrator, and Director Oil and Gas with a major research organization. Dr. Abbink holds a M.Sc. and an industry-sponsored Ph.D. from Utrecht University, the Netherlands and is fluent in Dutch and English.
Alan Gelder
VP Refining, Chemicals and Oil Markets
Downstream Global SME
Wood Mackenzie
Alan Gelder
VP Refining, Chemicals and Oil Markets
Downstream Global SME
Wood Mackenzie
Alan is VP Refining, Chemicals and Oil Markets. As Downstream Global SME, he is responsible for formulating Wood Mackenzie’s research outlook and integrated cross-sector perspectives on this global sector.
Alan Gelder joined Wood Mackenzie’s Downstream Consulting team in 2005 and became global head in 2009. He transitioned into research upon his return from Houston in 2011 and was Global Head of Refining and Chemicals.
Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Alan had 10 years of industry consulting after working for ExxonMobil in a variety of project planning and technical process design roles.
Alan has a first class Master Degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London, supplemented by an MBA from Henley Management College.
James Mackey
Managing Director - Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
OGCI Climate Investments
James Mackey
Managing Director - Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
OGCI Climate Investments
James Mackey is the Managing Director of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage for OGCI Climate Investments. He leads the team responsible for investing in projects that recycle and store greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial facilities. Before joining Climate Investments, James was Senior Vice President of Finance for Apex Clean Energy, a leading developer of wind and solar generation facilities in North America. He was previously Head of Mergers and Acquisitions for NextEra Energy Resources and has held senior commercial roles with Dynegy, J.P. Morgan and Duke Energy. James holds an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a BA in Economics from Trinity College – Hartford, Connecticut.
Guloren Turan
General Manager – Advocacy
Global CCS Institute
Guloren Turan
General Manager – Advocacy
Global CCS Institute
Guloren Turan is the General Manager with the Global CCS Institute with responsibility for advocacy globally, including the Institute’s international climate policy activities focused on the UNFCCC and its related bodies.
Guloren has extensive experience in the energy and climate fields. From 2015 to 2017, Guloren led the Government Affairs activities at the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline. Prior to this she held a number of roles over the course of 9 years at BG Group, including Head of Climate Change Strategy, Head of Business Risk for the Group and Lead Corporate Strategist. Guloren holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government, an MBA from Cornell University and BSc Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University.”
Kate Dourian
Regional Manager
Middle East and Gulf States
World Energy Council
Kate Dourian
Regional Manager
Middle East and Gulf States
World Energy Council
Kate Dourian is Regional Manager for the Middle East and Gulf States at the World Energy Council. She was previously the programme officer for the Middle East and North Africa in the Global Energy Relations Division of the International Energy Agency from 2015-2018. Kate is often consulted on Middle Eastern matters by banks, financial institutions and oil and gas companies. She also served as the IEA’s representative on the executive board of the International Energy Forum.
Kate joined the IEA from the Middle East Economic Survey (2013-2015) where she was senior editor covering energy-related developments in the Middle East for the weekly. Prior to joining MEES, (2000-2013) Kate was Editor in Chief for the Middle East for oil price reporting agency Platts, now a division of S&P Global, based in Dubai. While in Dubai, Kate served as a board member of the American Business Council.
From 1983-2000, Kate was correspondent then senior editor at Reuters, serving in a number of postings including Beirut, Nicosia, London and Rabat. She joined the Energy Desk in 1992, covering the crude oil market and OPEC meetings.
Prior to joining Reuters, Kate worked as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press, based in Beirut, Lebanon from 1981-1983.
Kate has been a speaker and moderator at international conferences and has made many radio and TV appearances, discussing energy and geopolitics on a number of platforms in English, Arabic and French.
She is currently a fellow of the Energy Institute and non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington DC.
Kate is the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award for the advancement of international energy journalism for 2017 awarded by the Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah International Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development. She is also a member of the Arab Energy Club.
Mona E. Dajani
Global Co-Head Energy & Infrastructure Projects Team
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Mona E. Dajani
Global Co-Head Energy & Infrastructure Projects Team
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Mona Dajani, Partner, co-leader of the firm’s Energy and Infrastructure Projects Team, and also leads the Renewable Energy practice and the Sustainable Finance practice.
Based in both New York and London, Ms Mona E Dajani has for over 20 years been counsel to many of the world’s most prominent development and investment companies in connection with hundreds of successful energy, infrastructure and real estate transactions; and projects in conventional and Islamic equity and debt transactions. Dual qualified as both an MBA lawyer and an engineer, she has pre-eminent experience in both conventional energy and renewable energy.
Ms Dajani represents sovereign wealth funds, private equity funds, export credit agencies, investment funds, governments, banks, developers, institutional investors, lenders, pension fund advisers, contractors and asset management companies with respect to a wide range of shariah-compliant finance and investment transactions across the core practice areas of banking, project finance, capital markets, restructuring, M&A, investment funds and dispute resolution. She has expertise in structuring, documenting and negotiating complex transactions and developing innovative shariah-compliant techniques, including finance, regulation, project and asset finance, hedging and swap transactions, funds and other structures, including sukuk issues.
Ms Dajani has repeatedly been recognised as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500, IFLR1000, The Best Lawyers in America (2013–2020) and other publications, and as a Rising Star by Law360. She was elected to the board of directors for the American Council on Renewable Energy in 2015. Mona was also appointed as a Fellow to the Construction Lawyers Society in 2017, an accolade given to only 42 lawyers.
Mark Lewis
Global Head of Sustainability Research
BNP Paribas Asset Management
Mark Lewis
Global Head of Sustainability Research
BNP Paribas Asset Management
Mark Lewis is Global Head of Sustainability Research at BNP Paribas Asset Man-agement, having joined in January 2019. Previously, he was Managing Director and Head of Research at the Carbon Tracker Initiative (April-December 2018), Managing Director and Head of European Utilities Research at Barclays (2015-18), Chief Energy Economist at Kepler Cheuvreux (2014-15), and Managing Director and Global Head of Carbon Research at Deutsche Bank (2005-13). He has also been a member of the Finan-cial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures since May 2016.
Mark was the number-1 ranked carbon analyst in the benchmark Energy Risk commod-ities awards in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, and in July 2020 his report “Wells, Wires, and Wheels” won the Thought Leadership award for Sustainable Investing in the an-nual Environmental Finance awards. Mark is a UK and French Citizen and holds a BA (First-Class Hons) in Modern Lan-guages and Economics from Sheffield University, an MPhil from Cambridge University, and an MA from London University.
Allan Baker
Global Head - Power Advisory & Project Finance
Société Générale
Allan Baker
Global Head - Power Advisory & Project Finance
Société Générale
Allan has worked at Société Générale for twelve years and has been involved in the power sector for more than 30 years, initially as an engineer and then in finance. During his career he has advised on and/or financed power projects in Europe, the US and Asia, across the full spectrum of technologies. Allan has extensive experience in the renewable energy sector as financial advisor and arranger of debt financing for solar, onshore wind and offshore wind transactions over more than 10 years. Recent Financial Advisory assignments include Hywind Scotland floating wind, the acquisition by EDF-EN of the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind project, also in Scotland and the successful tariff bid and subsequent financing for the Borssele III&IV offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Allan has been instrumental in the development of the bank’s presence in the Taiwan offshore wind market, where the bank has participated extensively as Financial Advisor and/or lender. He is also the financial advisor for the development of the Thang Long (KeGa) offshore wind project in Vietnam. In the wider sphere of energy transition, Allan is active in strategic and debt advisory in carbon capture & storage, hydrogen as well as participating in various government committees on transition related policy matters.
Allan has a BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering, an MBA, is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and is a Chartered Engineer.
Bert van der Toorn
Managing Director
Global Lead Mid / Downstream - Oil, Gas, Biofuels and Hydrogen
ING Wholesale Banking
Bert van der Toorn
Managing Director
Global Lead Mid / Downstream - Oil, Gas, Biofuels and Hydrogen
ING Wholesale Banking
Bert has always been involved in advising and arranging multiple financing s for large projects and corporates in the Energy sector.
Prior to starting at ING in 2005 , Bert has had similar responsibilities at Shell, EBRD and ABNAMRO including policy and strategy discussions.
Currently Bert is member of the ING Energy Sector Management Team and Vice Chair of Kennemer Energy, a trust that facilitates renewable energy solutions in that region.
Bert holds an MBA from INSEAD and a MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Twente.
Jing Liu
Director | Sector Lead – Power, Utilities, Metals & Mining
Global Structured Finance, EMEA
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Jing Liu
Director | Sector Lead – Power, Utilities, Metals & Mining
Global Structured Finance, EMEA
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Mr. Jing Liu is the Sector Lead of Power, Utilities, Metals & Mining at SMBC responsible for the origination and execution of structured finance transactions across EMEA. He has more than 15 years’ experience in financial sector focusing on project finance, structured finance, acquisition finance and advisory services. He has been with SMBC since 2015, where he manages Power, Utilities, Metals & Mining team. Prior to SMBC, Jing worked at Standard Chartered in London for 10 years as a Director in Corporate Finance. He has led a snumber of transactions including Triton Knoll financing, Beatrice, FEWA IWP, Shuqaiq 3 IWP, Arkona acquisition financing, Elenia acquisition, acquisition of Societa Gasdotti Italia, etc. He holds a Master in Economics from Oxford University.
Ting Le Deng
Executive Director
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
Ting Le Deng
Executive Director
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
Ting Le Deng is an Executive Director in the UK M&A team of Santander Corporate and Investment Banking. Ting leads Santander’s the M&A origination and execution efforts in Renewables sector in the UK with a particular focus on offshore wind. Prior to Santander, Ting spent 7 years in the TMT Investment Banking Group of UBS Investment Bank in London.
Tarek Soliman
Oil & Gas Equity Research
HSBC Global Banking and Markets
Tarek Soliman
Oil & Gas Equity Research
HSBC Global Banking and Markets
Tarek Soliman joined HSBC’s oil and gas equity research team in September 2017 from a climate change investment think tank where he was an Extel-ranked analyst. Prior to this, he worked in structured energy finance for international investment banks for seven years. At HSBC, Tarek covers European oil services stocks and is responsible for the oil and gas team’s research on climate and ESG topics in the sector. He holds a BSc in economics from the University of Warwick and an MSc in economics and policy of energy and the environment from University College London. Tarek is also a CFA charterholder.
Phillip Cornell
Senior Fellow
Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center
Phillip Cornell
Senior Fellow
Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center
Phillip Cornell is a senior energy consultant at the World Bank and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Cornell was a senior corporate planning advisor to the Chairman and CEO of Saudi Aramco. In that capacity, he also provided advice to the Royal Court in the context of Saudi economic transition and foreign policy.
From 2011-2014 he was special advisor to the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, responsible for the IEA's external affairs and strategic messaging. Previously, he developed IEA simulations for major oil and gas emergencies.
Before joining the IEA, Cornell served with NATO as the senior fellow and director of international programs at the NATO School (NSO) in Oberammergau, Germany, where his policy research focused on NATO and energy security. During that period, he also served on the secretary general’s committee in Brussels to develop NATO policy in the area of energy infrastructure security.
Cornell has held research positions at the Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey), the Royal United Services Institute (London) and the Center for International Security and Cooperation (Stanford), and he is the author of a number of articles and volumes on energy security and security policy. He holds Masters degrees with distinction in International Economics (energy focus) from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and received his BA cum laude in International Relations from Stanford University.
Hassan Abdul Ali
General Manager – Service Delivery & PMO
Oman Data Park
Hassan Abdul Ali
General Manager – Service Delivery & PMO
Oman Data Park
Hassan Abdul Ali heads the Service Delivery and Project Management Office at Oman Data Park. During his 30+ years of experience, Hassan has worked with some of the top leaders in IT including VMWare VDC, Azure Cloud, IBM Power VM, and Redhat KVM. He has been involved in key projects such as Cisco collaboration, IBM middleware, EFT switch technology implementation, and Citrix virtualization.
A veteran in the banking sector in Oman, He was also instrumental in the implementation of various Banking applications, e-governments systems, B2B, B2G, Enterprise Service Bus, E-business applications and BPM.
Effective project management means having the best governance, transparency, and reusability. Hassan ensures Oman Data Park follows best practices to help its clients accomplish their projects as smoothly as possible.
Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy
Technology Fellow and Chief Data Scientist
Halliburton
Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy
Technology Fellow and Chief Data Scientist
Halliburton
Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy is a pioneer in the fields of data science, big data, analytics, and emerging technologies. Dr. Priyadarshy is the first Chief Data Scientist of Oil and Gas Industry. He is currently, a Technology Fellow and Chief Data Scientist at Halliburton. He is also a Member of the Mauritius Artificial Intelligence Council, Republic of Mauritius. Dr. Priyadarshy is recognized as one of top global executives leading innovative business transformation, as per the global elite list of Constellation Research’s Business Transformation (BT150). In September 2016, Smart Industry (www.smartindustry.com) named Dr. Priyadarshy as one of key innovators on the leading edge of digital transformation. Dr. Priyadarshy is a globally recognized leader with a breadth of scientific knowledge, in-depth technology experience, and extensive business acumen. He holds various academic positions as well. He is member of various Executive, Technical, Review Committee for SPE, AAPG, and similar organizations. Dr. Priyadarshy has appeared as keynote speaker at several international conferences and has written, co-authored, presented and published numerous research papers in peer-reviewed journals and magazines. His profile has appeared in many magazines including Chemical and Engineering News, The Scientist, Silicon India, Oil Review Middle East, Petroleum Review, RigZone among others. He has published over 35 papers and articles including an expert opinion in magazines like Science. Dr. Priyadarshy obtained his Ph.D. from IIT Bombay and MBA from The Pamplin School of Business, Virginia Tech.
Nasser Saif Nasser Al Mahrooqi
Petroleum Digital Center Manager
Petroleum Development Oman
Sultanate of Oman
Nasser Saif Nasser Al Mahrooqi
Petroleum Digital Center Manager
Petroleum Development Oman
Sultanate of Oman
Graduated at Plymouth University UK with BEng in Telecommunication Engineering, over 30 year’s experience in Oil and Gas Industry leading high motivated Petroleum Digital Centre team. My focus is identifying business pain areas and deploy digital solutions as enabler for creating value through end to end business processes. In 2019, I was appointed as the Minister’s office advisor for the Ministry of Technology and Communication. I am a father of 4 and known by many as ‘Abu Saif’
Ali Al-Mujaini
Chairman & CEO
Target Group
Ali Al-Mujaini
Chairman & CEO
Target Group
Ali started his career with Schlumberger in April 1994 as a geophysicist based in Muscat.
A few months after that he started his international career, moving into different roles across the globe with Schlumberger. During his various international assignments which included countries in the Middle East, Europe and Africa, he held different technical and managerial positions and responsibilities.
Following his Schlumberger employment, Ali founded Target Oilfield Services in Muscat which, under his helm and leadership, grew to an 800 people company with activities that span across different Oil and Gas segments (subsurface, wells, surface facilities, data management, asset management and information technologies) in different countries across the globe. In addition to its geographical growth, the company positioned itself as a future lead player in the oil and gas technology domain with the introduction of MEERA platform technology, which is now seen as the future cloud-based solution to enable the digital energy cloud from.
During last few years Target has expanded its footprints to become an international technology and services organization focused on enabling digital transformation solutions to data-driven industries.
Dr. Patrick D. Bangert
Vice President of AI
Samsung SDS
Dr. Patrick D. Bangert
Vice President of AI
Samsung SDS
Patrick heads the AI Engineering and AI Sciences teams at Samsung SDS America. He is responsible for Brightics AI Accelerator, a distributed ML training and automated ML product that is also included in the Brightics AI platform. He is responsible for X.insights, a data center intelligence platform. Among his other responsibilities is to act as a visionary for the future of AI at Samsung.
Before joining Samsung, Patrick spent 15 years as CEO at Algorithmica Technologies, a machine learning software company serving the chemicals and oil and gas industries. Prior to that, he was assistant professor of applied mathematics at Jacobs University in Germany, as well as a researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Patrick obtained his machine learning PhD in mathematics and his Masters in theoretical physics from University College London.
A German native, Patrick grew up in Malaysia and the Philippines, and later lived in the UK, Austria, Nepal and USA. He has done business in many countries and believes that AI must serve humanity beyond mere automation of routine tasks. An avid reader of books, Patrick lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two children.
Sushma K. Bhan
Co-Chairman
SPE Digital Energy Technical Section
Sushma K. Bhan
Co-Chairman
SPE Digital Energy Technical Section
Sushma is founder and CEO of Accuria Data LLC, an innovative digitalization startup focused on customer value creation through accurate data access. Sushma retired in October 2020 as Royal Dutch Shell’s Chief Data Officer of Subsurface & Wells, where she created business co-owned data strategies and accountability for global data accelerators, standards and Subsurface digital-value funnel. Sushma was a motivating global leader of Shell’s data community of over 120 professionals across 21 countries, including a team of Chief Data Officers for Contracting & Procurement, Safety & Environment, Projects & Engineering and Exploration. Over the past decade, her team’s collective data improvements have resulted in millions of dollars in costs savings and valued outcomes, specifically in Wells, Reservoir and Facility Management (WRFM).
Sushma’s three decades Shell career encompassed various roles - General Manager Technical Data WRFM, Manager Data Management & Geomatics, Information Manager of Shell Upstream R&D, Information Management Discipline Chief, Shell Chemicals’ Global IT/IM Manager, and E-Commerce Business Manager for Shell Oil Products (Shell-Texaco Alliance Equilon). Prior to Shell, Sushma started her career at AMR Corporation on the Saber System in real-time applications. Sushma built strong ties to business stakeholders, enjoyed a track record of trust and credibility with her customers, and achieved excellence in both execution and delivery. She has an M.Sc. from University of Delhi and an Executive-MBA from University of Houston.
Sushma has published technical papers externally and internally on Technical Data Management, WRFM e-Wellbooks, Data Security, Release of Technical Information and Knowledge Management. She is a member of Society of Petroleum Engineer’s (SPE) Data Science and Engineering Analytics Advisory Committee, Co-Chairperson for SPE’s Digital Energy Technical Section (DETS) and serves on Rice University’s Professional Science Master’s (PSM) Board of Affiliates.
Sushma is the recipient of 2020 SPE International award for Management & Information (M&I) for distinguished contributions to the Petroleum industry. Additionally, received the 2019 SPE Gulf Coast M&I award, 2018 RDS CIO and VP awards for Global Data Quality, 2003 Association for Women in Computing Leadership in Technology Award in Houston and OCA Outstanding AP Employee Award in 2008. She served as President of Shell’s Women’s and Asian Pacific employee networks, where she led diversity and inclusion efforts in the US. Sushma is active in mentoring young professionals and is the founder of Youth Leadership Development Program of Houston (www.yldpHouston.org), a non-profit organization to develop Indo-American youth leaders. Sushma enjoys jogging, travelling, biking and hiking. She is married and is the proud mother of two adult sons.
Salem Al-Gharbi
Chairman
SPE International Drilling Uncertainty Prediction Technical Section
Salem Al-Gharbi
Chairman
SPE International Drilling Uncertainty Prediction Technical Section
Salem Al Gharbi, is an artificial intelligence expert, with more than 15 years of experience leading and participating upstream enterprise analytical systems development; he is author, co-author & chair more than 60 articles, technical presentations, publications and technical sessions in the domain of artificial intelligence & machine learning. He served on various international subcommittees in in the domain of AI/ML, in addition, he is a co-founder of SPE International Drilling Uncertainty Prediction Technical Section (DUPTS) which aim to integrate drilling and artificial intelligence technologies.
Salem holds MSc in Computer Science and MSc in Petroleum Engineering. Currently he is the Chairman of SPE International - Drilling Uncertainty Prediction Technical Section.
Noorddin Taj
Digital Strategy, Architecture and Innovation lead
BP
Noorddin Taj
Digital Strategy, Architecture and Innovation lead
BP
Noorddin is the digital visionary with decades of experience in Energy, Industrial and Consumer sectors. He is a thought leader in digital transformation working on emerging technologies in collaboration with industry leaders and start-ups to reimagine energy and support sustainability goals underpin by new business and operating model.
He serves as a Digital Strategy, Architecture and Innovation lead within BP; responsible for exploring highly disrupting technologies including Blockchain, AI/Machine Learning, IoT, and Cloud to accelerate digital.
Noorddin holds an MBA in Strategic management and MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering. He has published various articles on successful digital transformation. He is a frequent speaker on topic of successful digital transformation at various conferences across US and Europe.
Dr. Tony Edwards
CEO
Stepchange Global
Dr. Tony Edwards
CEO
Stepchange Global
CEO of Stepchange Global Limited, Tony has extensive experience in the oil and gas and mining sectors worldwide. Tony has a BA degree from Keele University in Geology and Chemistry, and a Doctorate in Petrology from the University of Manchester. He had a 17 year career with BP that spanned R&D through to front line operations and project management. He was a founder member of BP’s Integrated Operations Program, Field of the Future, and was subsequently the global director for the Advanced Collaborative Environment Program. In 2006 he moved to BG-Group to launch its digital oilfield program. In January 2009 he founded Stepchange Global, a dedicated digital oilfield advisory company, and has since advised Equinor, BP, PETRONAS, ConocoPhillips, Total, ExxonMobil, Shell, Santos, Origin Energy, Suncor, GAZPROM, Repsol, Premier Oil, and ExxonMobil on their oil and gas Integrated Operations and Digital Transformation strategies. In mining, Tony has worked on Integrated operations implementations for BHP in Australia, Canada, and Chile, for Barrick Gold in Argentina, and Teck resources in Chile. Tony is particularly interested in the People, Process and Organisational change that is needed to maximize the benefit from the latest wave digital technologies. This includes new operational models that are real time, remote, collaborative and multidiscipline.
Over the last five years Tony has combine his operational experience in running unmanned platforms with the application of Digital Technologies in major projects to advise on radically minimum manned and remotely operated and project concepts that are lower in CAPEX and OPEX whilst delivering improved safety and reliability.
Mohammed Al Ghazal
Digital Transformation Consultant
Mohammed Al Ghazal
Digital Transformation Consultant
Mohammed AlGhazal is an award-winning energy influencer, working as a digital consultant. He capitalizes on the digital value chain and environment-friendly technology to deliver energy resources. Prior to this role, AlGhazal was working with Saudi Aramco as a member of a team responsible for exploration and production operations.
AlGhazal developed new digital engineering and training schemes to upskill the energy workforce to cultivate a culture of digital transformation and sustainability. He has successfully trained multiple engineers and leaders to strategically apply digital skills, such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and internet of things.
In the oil and gas industry, AlGhazal has been involved with several projects in petroleum engineering, safety, industrial internet of things, cybersecurity, and digital data analytics. He developed machine learning and digital twin models to optimize on-site operational decisions, and predict and prescribe asset integrity management solutions. He has published more than 50 papers and peer-review journal articles as well as multiple in-house technical reports and guidelines.
AlGhazal is the recipient of several awards and honors. In 2010, AlGhazal received his B.S. degree with honors in Petroleum Engineering from KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. In 2015, he received an M.S. degree with honors in Engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Mohammed S. Al-Ghamdi
Manager, Yanbu NGL Fractionation (YNGLF) Plant
Saudi Aramco
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed S. Al-Ghamdi
Manager, Yanbu NGL Fractionation (YNGLF) Plant
Saudi Aramco
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed S. Al-Ghamdi is the Manager of Saudi Aramco - Yanbu NGL Fractionation (YNGLF) Plant since 2019.
Mr. Al-Ghamdi has over 25 years of experience in the Downstream industry, including 12 years in Refining, 11 years in Chemicals and 3 years in New Business Development.
Under Mr. AL-Ghamdi’s leadership, YNGLF has been recognized as a top performer at the oil and gas industry with various national and international awards in different fields such as safety, quality, operational excellence, environment, energy and reliability.
Prior to taking on this role, Mr. Al-Ghamdi was the Manager of Saudi Aramco Chemicals Business, which is responsible for development & growth of new domestic and international chemical projects, and Saudi Aramco Chemical Joint Ventures.
Mr. Al-Ghamdi was the mastermind of Saudi Aramco initiatives for Crude-Oil-to-Chemicals Project with SABIC which was crowned with a total of 19 patents in this field. His significant contribution was extended to AMIRAL project with TOTAL Company that further accelerate Saudi Aramco Downstream strategy of becoming a global leader in refining and chemicals.
Before that, Mr. Al-Ghamdi served the SADARA Program between 2005 and 2015 in different capacities, including Manager of Process Engineering and Business Development, as well as Senior Project Manager of Aromatics Project.
Mr. Al-Ghamdi has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), and a Master’s Degree in MBA from University of Phoenix. He joined Saudi Aramco immediately after graduation and worked in Ras Tanura Refinery for 10 years, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in Engineering, Operations and Maintenance.
Fahhad F. Al-Ajmi
Corporate Planning Manager
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)
State of Kuwait
Fahhad F. Al-Ajmi
Corporate Planning Manager
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)
State of Kuwait
Mr. Fahhad Fahad Al-Ajmi is Chemical Engineer working as Corporate Planning Manager in Kuwait National Petroleum Company since 2017. He has served as Team Leader Operational Planning in Mina Shuaiba Refinery and Team Leader Operational Planning in Mina AL-Ahmadi Refinery prior to joining Corporate Planning Department. In Corporate Planning Department, he has served as Team Leader Plans – Coordination and Team Leader, Business Development before being promoted as Corporate Planning Manager.
Gaetano De Santis
General Manager Reliability and Maintenance Division
Bapco
Kingdom of Bahrain
Gaetano De Santis
General Manager Reliability and Maintenance Division
Bapco
Kingdom of Bahrain
Senior Executive with 30+ years of international experience in Oil & Gas, working in multicultural environment, with world class companies. Bringing 25+ years of experience in Downstream, he covered the role of Managing Director of several complex refineries in Italy and abroad, along with senior coordination roles at headquarter, with the Italian ENI and the Portuguese GALP ENERGIA.
He has been managing upstream (off-shore and on-shore) and downstream multi-billion $ projects world-wide, in different roles ranging from Project Director to Managing Director, leading engineering organizations, in complex organizations like international Joint Ventures.
With a strong HSE background, considered as a fundamental pre-requisite, the implementation of Management Systems (ISO9001, ISO14001, EMAS, OSHAS 18001, ISO50001), Lean Production i and complex re-organization projects, integrate the professional background.
Open to ideas and innovation, he considers Digitalization as a “must have” in the modern world, as a continuous process rather than a plan or a project.
Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Al-Fadhel
Riyadh Refinery Manager
Saudi Aramco
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Al-Fadhel
Riyadh Refinery Manager
Saudi Aramco
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Fadhel is a chemical engineer has 35 years of Refining operation, maintenance and engineering experience with Saudi Aramco.
He participated and managed many mega projects and more than 10 T&Is and shutdown In Saudi Aramco. He is also a member of Saudi Council of Engineers as Consultant. He assumed leadership positions of both operation and maintenance departments in:
Riyadh refinery, The most complex Saudi Aramco refinery according to Solomon associates ranking RasTanura Refinery, the biggest Saudi Aramco Refinery (550 MBD )
He is currently the manager of Saudi Aramco Riyadh Refinery since 2012.Riyadh refinery went through great Performance transformation according to the Solomon associate studies, which is performed every 2 years for more than 350 Refineries all over the world. According to the latest study, Riyadh Refinery scored 1st quartile in 70% of the Solomon indices.
Turki Al Shehri
Chief Executive Officer
ENGIE
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Turki Al Shehri
Chief Executive Officer
ENGIE
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Turki Al Shehri is the Chief Executive Officer for ENGIE in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Al Shehri is responsible for ENGIE’s vast business that covers renewables, conventional power, green hydrogen, gas storage, smart city applications, and downstream LNG. Currently ENGIE in Saudi Arabia has over $5 billion in investments and nearly 2,000 employees. ENGIE is a major contributor to the Country’s vision through foreign direct investments, local job creation, and knowledge transfer. ENGIE has strong ambitions to double its investments and employment in the next 3 to 5 years.
Prior to joining ENGIE, Al Shehri was the Head of the Renewable Energy Project Development Office leading the Country’s renewable program, a role he assumed after nearly a decade at Saudi Aramco as the Head of Power Investments. He began his career with Saudi Aramco in 2002 as an electrical engineer, after graduating from the University of South Florida with a B.Sc. in electrical engineering.
Al Shehri brings to ENGIE nearly 20 years of experience as a visionary leader in power systems and renewables. He has strong expertise in energy strategy and policy, integrated resource supply planning, market regulations, cogeneration, efficiency enhancements, and power system analysis.
Dr. Hasan Ali Raboui
Sr. Sustainability Analyst
SABIC
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hasan Ali Raboui
Sr. Sustainability Analyst
SABIC
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hasan Raboui is a member of the Corporate Sustainability team at SABIC. He is in the lead of planning and executing SABIC’s renewable energy roadmap as one of SABIC’s main tools to reduce its operational carbon footprint. He worked previously as a scientist in SABIC’s Corporate Research & Development Center at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST). Dr. Raboui holds a bachelor in chemical engineering from University of Delaware (USA) and a Ph.D. in photovoltaics technology from University of Toronto (Canada).
Colin Beaney
Vice President, Energy, Utilities & Resources
IFS
Colin Beaney
Vice President, Energy, Utilities & Resources
IFS
Colin is the Vice President for Energy, Utilities & Resources within IFS, where he has worked for over 20 years.
Colin has been involved in implementing and project managing IFS software into many project and asset-intensive organizations in Europe and worldwide.
These cover many industries including energy, utilities, pulp & paper, aviation and defense. He is therefore ideally placed to understand the real challenges faced by organizations working in the service and asset-intensive industries.
He is a key member of the IFS product directions board and plays an instrumental role in the decisions regarding IFS product strategy.
Prior to this, Colin worked as a management consultant specializing in maintenance continuous improvement philosophies such as TPM and RCM. He completed a mechanical engineering apprenticeship many years ago and spent over 15 years working in automotive manufacturing including time as a maintenance and facilities manager.
J.A. Rodriguez Jr., CSP, ASP
Vice President
Board of Certified Safety Professionals
J.A. Rodriguez Jr., CSP, ASP
Vice President
Board of Certified Safety Professionals
J.A. Rodriguez Jr., CSP, ASP, is Vice President of Strategic Advancement and Learning Solutions at the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. In his career, he has led record-breaking and award-winning EHS teams while supporting over $7B annually in business across 100+ Countries. J.A. is also a global keynote speaker, an author, inventor, and engineer. LinkedIn & Twitter: @JARodriguezJr
Sebastián Caparrós
CEO
BlueSolar
Sebastián Caparrós
CEO
BlueSolar
Degree in Chemical Engineering and PhD in Integral valorization of lignocellulosic materials to obtain cellulosic paste and other by-products. During almost 10 years in Abengoa Solar R&D he led Concentrated Photovoltaics projects and worked with top optical technical centers in both USA and Europe, participating in 14 patents and more than 20 publications. As BlueSolar CEO, he is leading the technical development of BlueSolar technology, the first worldwide concept of a Photovoltaic Plant with thermal co-generation for Utility Scale Power Plants.
Francisco Ramalheira
Director – Business Development and Marketing
Enova
Francisco Ramalheira
Director – Business Development and Marketing
Enova
Having been with Enova since 2009, Francisco was appointed Business Development & Marketing Director in September 2017. With an extensive operational background in, and knowledge of, different business models, as well as a proven track record consolidating and developing business units, he is the perfect fit for this role.
Francisco was previously Director of Operations responsible for Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, a position that went beyond operational delivery, entailing the management of supporting functions and direct responsibility for the business units’ financial results and business development.
Francisco is knowledgeable about all building services, with a deep technical exposure and interest in energy conservation and efficiency, renewable energy, CHP and HVAC systems. This, along with his commercial acumen, has enabled him to support the successful implementation of Energy Performance Contracts. He has extensive experience in all building typologies and is acquainted with a variety of engineering disciplines and Green Building Certification tools. Francisco has been a built environmental professional throughout his career and has been involved in more than 200 projects in Europe, South America and the Middle East.
Abdullah Fattal
Sales Representative
JinkoSolar Middle East DMCC
Abdullah Fattal
Sales Representative
JinkoSolar Middle East DMCC
Along the time spent covering the GCC region as JinkoSolar’s representative, I have acquired an extensive knowledge related to the challenges that our partners face from the early planning stage, up until the realization and execution of their projects. Working for a global leading manufacturer holds a great pride for the added value we offer to our Clients, however, it brings a significant responsibility to strive for the best Customer’s satisfaction at all levels.
Shouqi Noor Mohamed Al Balushi
General Manager
Global Chemicals & Maintenance Systems LLC
Sultanate Of Oman
Shouqi Noor Mohamed Al Balushi
General Manager
Global Chemicals & Maintenance Systems LLC
Sultanate Of Oman
Yasser Mohammed
Renewable Energy Section Head
Global Chemicals & Maintenance Systems LLC
Sultanate Of Oman
Yasser Mohammed
Renewable Energy Section Head
Global Chemicals & Maintenance Systems LLC
Sultanate Of Oman
Mazharuddin R Shaikh
Safety Engineer Kuwait Oil Company and Vice President ASSP Kuwait Chapter
Kuwait Oil Company
Mazharuddin R Shaikh
Safety Engineer Kuwait Oil Company and Vice President ASSP Kuwait Chapter
Kuwait Oil Company
Mr. Mazharuddin R Shaikh is a Chemical Engineer with 17 years of experience in HSE with onshore and offshore oil and gas as well as mega petrochemical industries. He is presently working with state-owned Kuwait Oil Company and serving as a Vice President of the American Society of Safety Professional Kuwait Chapter. He has hands-on experience in process safety integration from the project definition stage to the demolition stage. He has presented many technical papers on different aspects of safety on international forums organized by CCPS, AIChE, SPE, WHO, etc.
E. Ulrich Dedo
Global Business Development Manager
LONGi Solar
E. Ulrich Dedo
Global Business Development Manager
LONGi Solar
Ulrich Dedo, has been with LONGi for Past 4 years and has been focusing on Business Development in Africa ever since. Ulrich has experience in project development, off-grid and on-grid and has developed a large network in region. Together with his colleagues, Dedo is focusing on solar expansion in the Middle East and Africa mainly.
Bala Siva Srikanth Adivi CSP, CFIOSH
TPL Specialist I (HSE)
Kuwait Oil Company
Bala Siva Srikanth Adivi CSP, CFIOSH
TPL Specialist I (HSE)
Kuwait Oil Company
Bala is working as TPL Specialist I (HSE) at Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait. He is a Certified Safety Professional by Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP), USA and also a Chartered Fellow of IOSH, UK. He has 22 years of experience in HSE, Fire Safety in Oil & Gas Industry. He has been bestowed with various Honors from American Society of Safety Professionals, USA that include latest being Safety Professional of the Year (SPY) for the year 2020 and is also currently extending his voluntary services as an Ambassador for BSCP USA, as an advisory committee member of Global Operational Practice Speciality of ASSP, Chair- Awards & Honors of Global Society of HSE Professionals and as one of the Mentors for ASSP Kuwait Chapter.
