Congress Speakers
Drawing participation from more than 150 high-profile leaders including Ministers of Energy, CEOs, and other expert speakers, the Congress will serve as a catalyst for vital conversations with key industry trailblazers and decision-makers that are influencing the future of energy for the benefit of all.
Sergio Affronti
CEO & Director, YPF, Argentina
Sergio Affronti is the Chief Executive Officer of YPF S.A. and a member of the YPF Board of Directors since April 2020.
He joined YPF in 1993 as Production Supervisor in Mendoza and his technical profile led him to live and work in different areas in the Gulf of San Jorge and Neuquén Basins.
He pursued his professional career with Repsol-YPF and Repsol in Latin America, Europe and Northern Africa. He served as Strategic Planning Manager for Upstream Operations in Latin America, Director of Supply and Contracts for Upstream, Technical Planning Director for gas projects in Algeria, Planning and Management Control Director for Europe, Asia and Africa, Country Manager and General Manager in Ecuador and Director of Corporate Development.
From June 2012 until 2016 he served as Services Vice President and Alternate Director for YPF, as well as President of Astra Evangelista and YPF Technology, which he cofounded.
Prior to being appointed Chief Executive Officer at YPF, he has been working as an independent consultant in strategic projects for foreign and national companies in Argentina and Latin America.
Affronti holds a degree in Administration and a Pubic Accounting degree from the Universidad Católica Argentina, with a postgraduate degree in Business from the IAE. He also completed the Oil & Gas Management and Engineering program at the University of Texas in Austin.
Muqsit Ashraf
Senior Managing Director –
Global Energy Sector Lead, Accenture, USA
Muqsit is a Senior Managing Director and Global Industry Lead for Energy. He advises Energy executives and senior stakeholders on strategy, transformation, and technology/innovation. Muqsit also serves on Accenture’s Global Leadership Council. Muqsit has nearly 20 years of experience working in the energy industry across the value chain—upstream, oilfield services, downstream and petrochemicals. He specializes in corporate strategy, operating model design and large scale business (and digital) transformation programs. Muqsit sponsors Accenture’s partnership with the World Energy Council, manages the relationship with the World Economic Forum’s Energy team, and is part of Accenture’s Global Energy Board. He features regularly on major industry conferences and forums, and publishes internally and externally. Before joining Accenture in 2015, Muqsit managed the North America business for SBC (Schlumberger Business Consulting).
H.E. Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo
Secretary General, Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC)
His Excellency Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo of Nigeria began his tenure as Secretary General of OPEC on 1 August 2016, and was reappointed as Secretary General for a further three years in 2019.
Over the years he also worked in several key roles at OPEC. In 1986, he was appointed to Nigeria’s delegation to OPEC, and from 1993 to 2008, served as Nigeria’s National Representative on the Organization’s Economic Commission Board. In 2006, he was Acting OPEC Secretary General, and represented Nigeria on OPEC’s Board of Governors from 2009 to 2010.
From 2009 to 2010, he was Group Managing Director and CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Previous to that, he served as Deputy Managing Director of Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas. Earlier in his career, he was Special Advisor to former Minister of Petroleum Resources and OPEC Secretary General, HE Dr Rilwanu Lukman KBE.
Mr. Barkindo has also been leader of Nigeria’s technical delegation to the UN climate change negotiations since 1991. He served as Chair of the Group of 77 and China at the UNFCCC and was elected to serve three terms as Vice President of the Conference of the Parties – COP13 (Bali, Indonesia), COP14 (Poznan, Poland) and COP15 (Copenhagen, Denmark), where he chaired the opening session.
Since his assumption of office as Secretary General, he remains a leading voice in the long standing quest for more OPEC and non-OPEC cooperation for stable oil markets on a sustainable basis.
He is currently the longest serving delegate to OPEC.
H.E. Dr. Alparslan Bayraktar
Deputy Minister of Energy
Government of Turkey, Turkey
Alparslan Bayraktar serves as the Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. Prior to assuming this post, he was the Deputy Undersecretary of MENR following his service as the General Director of International Affairs and European Union. Between 2010-2016, Mr. Bayraktar served as a Commissioner of Energy Market Regulatory Authority of Turkey. Before his public service, he worked for the private sector in Turkey and abroad.
Mr. Bayraktar also holds positions in various international organizations involved in issues relating to energy governance. He served as the Chairman of International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER) and Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA). Currently, he is the Chairman of World Energy Council Turkey.
Mr. Bayraktar holds B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, LL.M. in Law and Economics from Bilkent University and M.A. in International Relations from Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. He received his Ph.D. in Energy, Environmental Economics & Policy from Middle East Technical University.
Megan B. Bloomgren
Senior Vice President of Communications,
American Petroleum Institute (API), USA
Megan Barnett Bloomgren serves as the senior vice president of Communications at the American Petroleum Institute (API), where she leverages her two decades of public affairs experience to direct communications on behalf of the U.S. natural gas and oil industry, including overseeing research activity, paid media campaigns, earned and digital media, and thought leadership.
Prior to joining API, Ms. Bloomgren served as acting Deputy Chief of Staff and Communications Director at the U.S. Department of the Interior, where she directed communications and media, strategic planning, and policy-related actions. Ms. Bloomgren worked on the Presidential Transition Team with the Interior Secretary nominee to prepare for confirmation hearings and first 100 days, including managing all aspects of earned and digital media, rapid response and coalition building.
Ms. Bloomgren was previously a partner at a public affairs consulting firm where she led global communications campaigns on energy, chemical, and regulatory issues and specialized in message development, crisis communications, coalition building and grassroots advocacy.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Bloomgren directed strategy and operations for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Energy Institute. She previously served as chief spokesperson for the Secretary of Energy, worked as the deputy director of communications at the White House Council on Environmental Quality in the Executive Office of the President, and was deputy press secretary at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Through her government service, she supported federal communications efforts in more than a dozen countries in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Ms. Bloomgren got her start working on Congressional campaigns in Pennsylvania and served on the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign and 2004 re-elect. Ms. Bloomgren also spent three years as a consultant in Accenture’s state and local government practice.
Ms. Bloomgren is a proud native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduate of La Salle University where she served on the university’s board of trustees. She and her family reside in McLean, VA.
Robert Bryce
Author of A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations,
Journalist, USA
Robert Bryce has been writing about energy, power, innovation, and politics for more than three decades. He is the acclaimed author of six books, including most recently, A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Austin Chronicle, Guardian, and Forbes. He has given more than 375 invited or keynote lectures to groups ranging from the Marines Corps War College to the Sydney Institute and has appeared on numerous media outlets ranging from Fox News to Al Jazeera. Bryce is also the host of the Power Hungry Podcast and the co-producer of a new feature-length documentary: Juice: How Electricity Explains the World, which is available on iTunes, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Lorin, who is a photographer, art teacher and master potter.
Barbara Burger
Vice President, Innovation & President, Chevron Technology Ventures,
Chevron Corporation, USA
Barbara Burger, PhD., is Chevron’s Vice President of Innovation and President of Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV). CTV addresses Chevron’s business needs through the identification and integration of innovative externally developed technologies that strengthen Chevron’s business now and in the future.
Barbara joined Chevron in 1987 as a research chemist and has held a number of management positions across International Marketing, Chemicals, Technology Marketing, Lubricants and Technology Ventures. She serves on the Board of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) Climate Investment LLP. Her many civic and industry affiliations include leadership positions with Houston Exponential, the Houston Symphony Society and the Rice University Corporate Innovation Advisory Board. Beyond Houston she serves on the leadership counsel for Cyclotron Road, the external advisory council for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the governing board of the MIT Energy Initiative, the MIT Visiting Committee as well as the Board of Oil and Gas Climate Initiative Climate Investment LLP. Burger is an active alumnus of the University of Rochester and the California Institute of Technology. She serves on Rochester’s Board of Trustees and the university’s River Campus Libraries National Council. In addition, at Rochester, she established the Barbara J. Burger Endowed Scholarship in the Sciences and founded the Barbara J. Burger iZone, where students generate, refine, and communicate ideas for social, cultural, community and economic impact. At Caltech, she supports graduate women in Chemistry that aim to contribute through careers beyond academia and serves on the Strategic Advisory Board for the Resnick Sustainability Institute.
Barbara holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Rochester, a doctoral degree in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and an academic honor MBA in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.
Alex Epstein
Author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels,
Founder, Center for Industrial Progress, USA
Alex Epstein is a philosopher and energy expert who argues that “human flourishing” should be the guiding principle of energy and environmental progress. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels and the forthcoming Fossil Future (Penguin, 2022). Alex has made his moral case for fossil fuels at dozens of campuses, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Duke (his alma mater). He has also spoken to employees and leaders at dozens of Fortune 500 energy companies.
Alex, known for his willingness to debate anyone, anytime, has publicly debated leading environmentalist organizations such as Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and 350.org over the morality of fossil fuel use.
In his speeches and consulting work he helps companies take his pro-human messaging and use it to neutralize attackers, turn non-supporters into supporters, and turn supporters into champions. One of his major goals is to teach millions of employees in the fossil fuel industry to understand the value of what they do and how to communicate it.
Amanda Eversole
Executive Vice President & COO,
American Petroleum Institute (API), USA
Amanda Eversole serves as executive vice president & chief operating officer, leading efforts to integrate API’s diverse functions and develop and implement a strategic plan for the natural gas and oil industry.
Eversole previously served as Managing Director and Head of Public Affairs at JPMorgan Chase & Co., overseeing strategic communications, civic engagement and strategy for the corporate responsibility team. Eversole created and built JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s public affairs function, leveraging a campaign style process focused on aligning inclusive economic growth and deeper local engagement around the world. Eversole also created a framework for the firm’s philanthropic approach, which was highlighted last year as part of Fortune’s “#1 Company Changing the World” recognition.
Prior to her time at JPMorgan Chase & Co., Eversole spent 13 years at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. She served as President of C_TEC, the Chamber Technology Engagement Center, where she developed and expanded ties between technology companies and policymakers and served as Senior Vice President of the U.S. Chamber Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, a program she helped launch in 2006 to advance America’s global leadership in capital formation. Eversole also served as Chief of Staff to Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue and oversaw marketing and communications for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Prior to joining the U.S. Chamber, she worked for RTC Relationship Marketing – a WPP Group company – in business development.
Eversole graduated cum laude from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, with a Bachelor of Business Administration and a minor in French. She earned an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School where she was a Palmer Scholar and graduated first in her class. She lives in Virginia with her husband, their two daughters and their dog, Gus.
Jose W. Fernandez
Under Secretary for Economic Growth,
Energy, and the Environment, USA
Jose W. Fernandez was confirmed by the Senate to the position of Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment on August 6, 2021. Under Secretary Fernandez served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs from 2009 to 2013. His accomplishments in the private sector have been recognized in several legal and business publications. Prior to his confirmation, Under Secretary Fernandez was a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, in New York, as well as the Director of the Partnership for Inner City Education in New York and WBGO-FM, a former Commissioner of the New York City Latin Media and Entertainment Commission, and co-founder and former chairman of the board of the Latino International Theater Festival of New York, among many other civic activities. He received a Bachelor’s Degree magna cum laude from Dartmouth College, where he later served as trustee, and earned a J.D. and the Parker School Certificate of International Law from Columbia University. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and French.
Tor Fjæran
President, World Petroleum Council
Tor Fjæran has served as President for the World Petroleum Council since 2017. Before that he was Vice President of the Programme for both the Moscow and Istanbul Congresses. He is an employee at Equinor which is located in Stavanger, Norway.
Since joining Statoil in 1980, Mr. Fjæran has served in a number of different roles, both technical and managerial. Before moving to Indonesia in 2007 as President Director for Equinor he held positions as Senior Vice President for Environment and Climate in Statoil Corporate, SVP for Exploration & Development Norway and VP for Middle East & Asia. He has, for many years, been engaged in Norwegian oil & gas policy issues and Arctic policy issues; he was also a member of the “Expert Committee for Arctic Policy” established by the Norwegian Government in 2002. He was, for several years, Chairman for both the Environmental and Energy Policy Committees in the Norwegian Oil Industry Association. He has also been a member of the Executive Committee of IPIECA (International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association), of the HERMES Science Board, and is an active member of both EAGE and the Norwegian Geological Society.
Tor Fjæran holds a MSc Degree in Geology from the University of Bergen, Norway, from where he graduated in 1980. He is married and lives with his family in Stavanger, Norway.
John Hess
CEO, Hess Corporation, USA
John Hess is Chief Executive Officer of Hess Corporation. Mr. Hess led the Fortune 500 company through a strategic transformation from an integrated oil company into a pure play E&P company. Mr. Hess previously served on the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Quadrennial Review Task Force. He is a member of the Board of Directors of KKR & Company and the Board of Trustees at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is also a member of The Business Council, the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves on the Executive Committee of the American Petroleum Institute. In addition, Mr. Hess serves on the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and on the Board of Trustees at Mount Sinai Hospital, The New York Public Library and The Economic Club of New York.
Mr. Hess holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. A member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School, he was also Chairman of the Harvard Business School Campaign.
Vicki Hollub
President and CEO, Occidental, USA
Vicki Hollub is President and Chief Executive Officer of Occidental. She has been a member of Occidental’s Board of Directors since 2015.
During her 35-year career with Occidental, Ms. Hollub has held a variety of management and technical positions with responsibilities on three continents, including roles in the United States, Russia, Venezuela and Ecuador. Most recently, she served as Occidental’s President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the company’s oil and gas, chemical and midstream operations.
Ms. Hollub previously was Senior Executive Vice President, Occidental, and President, Oxy Oil and Gas, where she was responsible for operations in the U.S., the Middle East region and Latin America. Prior to that, she held a variety of leadership positions, including Executive Vice President, Occidental, and President, Oxy Oil and Gas, Americas; Vice President, Occidental, and Executive Vice President, U.S. Operations, Oxy Oil and Gas; Executive Vice President, California Operations; and President and General Manager of the company’s Permian Basin operations. Ms. Hollub started her career at Cities Service, which was acquired by Occidental.
Ms. Hollub serves on the boards of the American Petroleum Institute and Lockheed Martin. She is the chair of the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, stewardship board member for the World Economic Forum’s Platform for Shaping the Future of Energy and Material, and member of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative. A graduate of the University of Alabama, Ms. Hollub holds a Bachelor of Science in Mineral Engineering. She was inducted into the University of Alabama College of Engineering 2016 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows.
Josu Jon Imaz
CEO,
Repsol, Spain
Josu Jon Imaz San Miguel has been Chief Executive Officer since April 2014. Ever since, he has led Repsol’s transformation process, which has established itself today as a global multi-energy company, a major player in the Spanish electricity and gas market, and a leader in the development of sustainable mobility solutions that boasts one of the most efficient refining systems in Europe. Under his leadership, Repsol has accelerated its assets’ decarbonization process, becoming one of the leaders in the energy transition in Spain and the first company to commit to reaching net zero emissions by 2050.
In 2008, Josu Jon Imaz joined Repsol as Chairman of its subsidiary Petronor, a company where he successfully managed the challenges of modernization, sustainability, and community relations. As of 2010, in addition to serving as Chairman of Petronor he also became Director of New Energies. In 2012, he joined the Executive Committee as Executive Managing Director of the Industrial Area and New Energies, where he was responsible for coordinating the activities at all the industrial complexes, among other functions. He was also Vice Chairman of Gas Natural SDG, S.A. from September 2016 to February 2018.
Josu Jon Imaz is a Doctor of Chemical Sciences from the University of the Basque Country. He graduated from the School of Chemical Sciences in San Sebastián and received the award of excellence upon completion of his degree. He was also a visiting scholar at Harvard Kennedy School in the United States.
He began his career in the field of research upon being sent to the French Technological Center (CETIM) in Nantes, as well as in the field of industrial (Grupo Mondragón) and business project promotion in connection with the world of energy.
Josu Jon Imaz also held a number of political roles, including notable ones within the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism of the Basque Government in 1999, and as President of the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV).
He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Repsol and Trustee of the Repsol Foundation.
Mr. Imaz was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Repsol and member of the Corporate Executive Committee by the Board of Directors on April 30th, 2014. His appointment was ratified, and he was reelected at the Annual General Meeting on April 30th, 2015 and on May 31st, 2019.
Ryan Lance
Chairman and CEO,
ConocoPhillips, USA
Ryan M. Lance has served as chairman and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips, one of the world’s largest independent exploration and production companies, since 2012.
Ryan is a petroleum engineer with 36 years of oil and natural gas industry experience in senior management and technical positions with ConocoPhillips, predecessor Phillips Petroleum and various divisions of ARCO. His past ConocoPhillips executive assignments included responsibility for international exploration and production, regional responsibility at various times for Asia, Africa, the Middle East and North America, and responsibility for technology, major projects, downstream strategy, integration and specialty functions.
Externally, Ryan is a board member of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and a trustee of both the George H.W. Bush Library Foundation and PGA Reach. He is also an advocate for charities benefiting youth through his service on the boards of Spindletop International and the Montana Tech Foundation, and on the advisory council of the University of Texas Energy Institute. He is a former chairman of the American Petroleum Institute currently serving on its Executive Committee, and currently chairs the National Petroleum Council’s Agenda Committee.
Ryan is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from Montana Tech in Butte in 1984.
David Leebron
President, Rice University, USA
David W. Leebron has served as Rice University’s seventh president since 2004, a period of growth and transformation for the university. A native of Philadelphia, Leebron is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was elected president of the Harvard Law Review. Following a judicial clerkship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, he taught at the UCLA School of Law in 1980. After two years practicing in an international law firm in New York City, he joined the faculty at the NYU School of Law in 1983. In 1989, Leebron joined the faculty of Columbia Law School, where in 1996 he was appointed dean and served in that position until coming to Rice.
He is a member of the political science faculty at Rice and has written about international trade and investment, torts, privacy, corporate law and human rights. Leebron has served as chair of the Association of American Universities, the Consortium on Financing in Higher Education (COFHE) and Internet2, and on the board of the NCAA. He has also been a visiting fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, Germany, and a Jean Monnet Visiting Professor at Bielefeld University.
Leebron is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Fulbright Canada Board. He is the recipient of an honorary degree from Nankai University in Tianjin, China, and is an honorary professor of law at Tianjin University. He has also been awarded Commandeur de l’Ordre National du Mérite by the government of France and the Encomienda de la Orden de Isabel La Católica by the government of Spain.
Olivier Le Peuch
CEO, Schlumberger, USA
Olivier Le Peuch is chief executive officer of Schlumberger Limited, a position he assumed in August 2019. Prior to his current position, he served as the company’s chief operating officer. Le Peuch previously held various global management roles, including executive vice president of Reservoir & Infrastructure; president of the Cameron Group; president of Schlumberger Completions; vice president of Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sustaining; and president of Software Integrated Solutions.
In addition, Le Peuch held a number of leadership roles, including management of technology development in both Europe and the United States. He joined Schlumberger in 1987 as an electrical engineer and spent his early career in custom software integration and development and in high-temperature electronics development for wireline equipment.
Le Peuch earned an electrical engineering degree from the Bordeaux Engineering School and a research master degree in microelectronics from the Bordeaux University of Science.
H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima
Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons
Government of Equatorial Guinea, Equatorial Guinea
PRESONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: November 2, 1971
Place of birth: Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Nationality: Equatorial Guinea
PROFESIONAL CARRER
Title: MINISTER OF MINES AND HYDROCARBONS
2016 to Present: Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons.
2012-2016: Minister of Mines, Industry and Energy.
2008-2012: Minister Delegate of Mines, Industry and Energy.
2003-2008: Vice-Minister of Mines, Industry and Energy.
1999-2003: Secretary of State for Mines and Hydrocarbons in the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy.
1998-2000: Government Representative in the Equity of the State in the PSCs.
1997-2000: Presidential Adviser of Hydrocarbons.
Vice-President of the ” Comité de Seguimiento de Operaciones Petroleras”.
Member of the Board of GEPetrol (National Oil Company of Equatorial Guinea).
Member of the Board of SONAGAS (National Gas Company of Equatorial Guinea).
Member of the Board of SEGESA (National Electricity Company).
EDUCATION
1980-1990: Jaime Balmes High School. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Primary and Secondary School in Spain.
Spanish High School Diploma
1990-1991: Michigan Language Center. Ann Arbor, MI. USA. Complete 9 months
of Intensive English American High School Diploma
1993-1997: Alma College ( Business School). Alma, MI. USA
Major: International Business
Minor: French and Spanish
Mark Little
President & CEO,
Suncor Energy, Canada
Mark Little is president and chief executive officer of Suncor Energy Inc.
Mark joined Suncor in 2008 as senior vice president, Strategic Growth and Energy Trading before becoming the senior vice president of integration following Suncor’s merger with Petro‑Canada. Mark has also served as senior vice president, International and Offshore; executive vice president, Oil Sands; executive vice president Upstream; president, Upstream; and chief operating officer. In these roles, Mark’s accountabilities have spanned from operations in the Wood Buffalo region to operations in offshore East Coast Canada, the North Sea, and international onshore operations in Latin America, North Africa and the Near East, where he oversaw significant improvements in efficiency and performance, as well as portfolio growth. Mark has over 34 years of international energy industry experience, including 23 years at Imperial/Exxon.
A previous member of the Accenture Global Energy Board and formerly the Chair of Syncrude Canada, Mark is a current member of the board of governors of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) where he also serves as a member of the Executive Committee and the Oil Sands CEO Council. In June 2020, Mark was named Resources of the Future chair on the Government of Canada’s Industry Strategy Council.
Born and raised in Calgary, Mark holds a science degree from the University of Calgary and an applied petroleum engineering technology degree from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). He is also a graduate of the advanced management program at Harvard Business School. Mark has an Honorary bachelor of business administration degree from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) and was awarded the Canadian Engineering Leader Award from the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary in 2020. From 2003 to 2007 he served as Honorary Colonel for the 409 and 441 Tactical Fighter Squadrons at 4 Wing Airforce Base in Cold Lake, Alta., a role that reflected his commitment to the relationship between the Air Force, the community and industry.
Joseph McMonigle
Secretary General, International Energy Forum (IEF), Saudi Arabia
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).
Jeff Miller
Chairman, President & CEO,
Halliburton, USA
Jeff Miller is Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton, where he leads the Executive Committee.
Since joining Halliburton in 1997, Mr. Miller has served in several roles, including Chief Operating Officer. In this capacity, he was responsible for developing and executing the Company’s operational strategy, and aligning short- and long-term objectives with the Company’s overall strategy.
Mr. Miller holds a Bachelor of Science in agriculture and business from McNeese State University in Louisiana, and a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M University. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the Advisory Council for Texas A&M University Dwight Look College of Engineering.
Amin H. Nasser
President & CEO, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Amin H. Nasser is the president and chief executive officer of Saudi Aramco, the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals enterprise, and the largest provider of crude oil to global markets. He is also a member of the company’s Board of Directors.
During a company career that spans more than three almost four decades, Nasser has served in a number of leadership positions, including as senior vice president of Upstream. In that role, he led Saudi Aramco’s largest capital investment program in its integrated oil and gas portfolio. Under Nasser’s leadership, the company is now building on its upstream leadership position by expanding its presence in the downstream and chemicals segments of the petroleum value chain, with significant investments and joint-venture partnerships in the Kingdom as well as a number of overseas markets.
Nasser is actively engaged in the advancement of people through education and training, and advancing the company’s innovation and technology strategy. Nasser is a champion of Saudi youth advancement and development and keenly supports the company’s Young Leader’s Advisory Board (YLAB), a program designed to link Saudi Aramco leadership with the voice of its young professionals.
At the same time, Nasser is leading Saudi Aramco’s efforts to produce cleaner energy and products through investments in promising technologies such as next-generation fuel-engine interfaces, crude oil-to-chemicals processes, and renewable energy applications; entrepreneurial start-ups focused on cleaner energy solutions; and industry-wide efforts to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, such as the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI).
He is also an advocate for an efficient, accessible, and world-class supply chain ecosystem that includes
small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to support Saudi Aramco’s growing procurement needs.
In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Nasser is a member of the International Advisory Board of the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals; the Board of Directors of the Dhahran Techno Valley Company; the Board of Trustees of the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology; the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council (IBC); the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presidential CEO Advisory Board; and the JP Morgan International Council.
As a longtime member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Nasser received the SPE’s Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2017, as well as the SPE’s Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal awarded for
distinguished achievement in mining administration, including metallurgy and petroleum in 2015.
Nasser holds a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran. He completed the Saudi Aramco Management Development Seminar in Washington, D.C., in 1999; the Saudi Aramco Global Business Program in 2000; and the Senior Executive Program at Columbia University in 2002.
Anders Opedal
President & CEO, Equinor, Norway
Anders Opedal was appointed President and CEO of Equinor on 2 November 2020.
Anders joined Equinor in 1997 as a petroleum engineer in the Statfjord operations. Since then, he has held a range of technical, operational and leadership positions in the company.
From 2007 to 2010, he served as Chief Procurement Officer. In 2011, he took on the role as Senior Vice President in Technology, Projects and Drilling; where he was responsible for Equinor’s entire project portfolio.
Anders also served as Equinor’s Chief Operating Officer before taking the role as Senior Vice President for Development and Production International Brazil. From August 2018 to October 2018, he was Executive Vice President for Development and Production Brazil.
From 2018 to 2020, Anders held a position as Executive Vice President Technology, Projects and Drilling.
Prior to Equinor, he worked for Schlumberger and Baker Hughes.
Education: MBA from Heriot-Watt University and Master degree in Engineering (sivilingeniør) from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) in Trondheim.
Patrick Pouyanné
Chairman & CEO, TotalEnergies, France
A Graduate of École Polytechnique and Chief Engineer of the French Corps des Mines, Patrick Pouyanné held various positions in the French Industry Ministry and in ministerial offices from 1989 to 1996, including Environment and Industry Technical Advisor to the Prime Minister from 1993 to 1995 and Chief of Staff to the Information Technology and Space Minister from 1995 to 1996.
Patrick Pouyanné joined Total S.A. in January 1997, with positions in Angola and Qatar in 1999.
In August 2002, he was named Senior Vice President, Finance, Economics and Information Systems in Exploration & Production, then Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and R&D in Exploration & Production in 2006.
In January 2012, Mr. Pouyanné was appointed President, Refining & Chemicals and member of the Executive Committee.
On October 22, 2014, the board of directors of Total S.A. appointed Patrick Pouyanné as Chief Executive Officer.
On May 29, 2015, Patrick Pouyanné was appointed to the Board of Directors of Total S.A. and on December 16, 2015, Total’s board of directors appointed Patrick Pouyanné as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Total S.A.
On May 28, 2021, Total became TotalEnergies SE.
Patrick Pouyanné is a member of the Board of Directors of Capgemini; the AFEP; the Institut du Monde Arabe; the École Polytechnique, and the Institut Polytechnique of Paris. Mr. Pouyanné is also President of the Alliance for Education, the French national association dedicated to promoting education and academic success, so as to fulfill the potential of every student.
Patrick Pouyanné is a Knight of the French Legion of Honor.
H.E. Matthew Opoku Prempeh
Minister for Energy, Ghana
Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, is the Minister for Energy and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Manhyia South constituency in the Ashanti Region. He was born on May 23, 1968 in Kumasi, where he went on to have his primary, secondary and tertiary education.
At the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), he obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Human Biology in 1992 and a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MB,ChB) degree in 1995. After serving as a House Officer at the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital from 1995 until 1997, Dr. Prempeh continued his education at the Erasmus University in The Netherlands, obtaining an M.Sc in Clinical Epidemiology in 1998. He proceeded to the United Kingdom to work, becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow in 2002. He returned to Ghana in 2003 to pursue a career in business and politics.
He is also a Harvard Scholar and an alumnus of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program.
Tom Siebel
Chairman & CEO, C3.ai, USA
Mr. Siebel is the founder of our company and has served as the Chairman of our board of directors since January 2009, and as our Chief Executive Officer since July 2011. Prior to founding our company, Mr. Siebel founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Siebel Systems, a global CRM software company, from 1993 until it merged with Oracle Corporation in January 2006. Mr. Siebel served in various leadership positions with Oracle Corporation from January 1984 to September 1990. Mr. Siebel currently serves as a member of the College of Engineering boards at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of California, Berkeley. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in April 2013. Mr. Siebel holds a B.A. in History, an M.B.A., and an M.S. in Computer Science, each from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of four books, including most recently the best-selling Digital Transformation: Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction (RosettaBooks, 2019).
Lorenzo Simonelli
Chairman, President & CEO,
Baker Hughes, USA
Lorenzo Simonelli is Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHGE). Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that combines innovation, expertise and scale to provide solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Simonelli was named Chairman of the Board in October 2017 and has been President and CEO since the Company’s creation in July 2017, where he oversaw the successful merger of GE Oil & Gas with Baker Hughes Inc. Since 2013, he served as President and CEO of GE Oil & Gas.
Previously, Simonelli served as President and CEO of GE Transportation, a global transportation leader in the rail, mining, marine and energy storage industries. During his five-year tenure, he expanded and diversified GE Transportation by focusing on advanced technology manufacturing, intelligent control systems, and a diverse approach to new propulsion solutions.
He has also served as CFO Americas for GE Consumer & Industrial, as well as General Manager, Product Management for GE Appliances, Lighting, Electrical Distribution and Motors.
Simonelli joined GE’s Financial Management Program in 1994, where he worked on assignments in GE International, GE Shared Services, GE Oil & Gas, and Consolidated Financial Insurance.
He currently serves of the Board of CNH Industrial.
Originally from Tuscany, Italy, Simonelli is a Business & Economics Graduate from Cardiff University in South Wales.
Mike Sommers
President & CEO,
American Petroleum Institute (API), USA
Mike Sommers is the 15th President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute (API), the largest national trade association representing all aspects of America’s natural gas and oil industry.
Since his appointment in July 2018, Sommers has overseen the strategic realignment of API’s priorities and advocacy efforts, introducing an integrated organizational structure and core API Principles. Among other initiatives, he has led the adoption of the industry’s solutions-oriented position on climate change, the development of an industrywide narrative to broaden the sector’s base of support, and the increased utilization and visibility of API standards and safety programs.
Previously, Sommers headed the American Investment Council, representing the nation’s leading private equity and growth capital firms and other business partners.
Throughout his career, Sommers has held critical leadership roles in the U.S. House of Representatives and at the White House, including as Chief of Staff for Speaker of the House John A. Boehner and Special Assistant to President George W. Bush at the National Economic Council.
Sommers was instrumental in crafting landmark legislation, including leading efforts to pass the Troubled Asset Relief Program through Congress, brokering a resolution between the Administration and Congress ahead of the fiscal cliff in 2013, and working to pass the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015 and trade promotion authority in 2015.
Sommers is a native of Naperville, Ill., and a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is married to Jill Sommers, a former Commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). They have three children and live in Alexandria, Virginia.
Charif Souki
Executive Chairman of the Board, Tellurian, USA
Charif co-founded Tellurian and serves as Executive Chairman of the Board. He also founded Cheniere Energy, Inc. in 1996 and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President until December 2015. Prior to Cheniere, Charif was an investment banker. He serves on the board of trustees of the American University of Beirut and as a member of the Advisory Board of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. Charif received a B.A. from Colgate University and an MBA from Columbia University.
Julie Sweet
Chair & CEO,
Accenture, USA
Julie Sweet is chair and chief executive officer of Accenture. She became CEO in September 2019 and assumed the additional position of chair in September 2021. Previously, she served as chief executive officer of Accenture’s business in North America, the company’s largest geographic market. Prior to that, she was Accenture’s general counsel, secretary, and chief compliance officer for five years. Before joining Accenture in 2010, Julie was a partner for 10 years in the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
Julie serves on the World Economic Forum Board of Trustees and on the board of directors for the Business Roundtable, for which she chairs its Technology Committee. Additionally, Julie is board chair of Catalyst and serves on the board of trustees for the Center for Strategic & International Studies and for the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities – Bridges from School to Work. In 2020, she was named No. 1 on FORTUNE’s “Most Powerful Women in Business.”
Julie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Claremont McKenna College and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School.
H.E. Arifin Tasrif
Minister of Energy and
Mineral Resources, Indonesia
Arifin Tasrif (born in Jakarta 19 June 1953) is the current Minister for Energy & Mineral Resources. Previously, he was assigned as Indonesia’s Ambassador to Japan in 2017 until October 2019.
Minister Tasrif has broad experience in fertilizer industry. Prior to his assignment as Ambassador, he held position as Chief Executive Officer in three different state-owned companies in the fertilizer industry, namely PT. Pupuk Indonesia, PT. Pupuk Sriwidjaja, and also PT. Petrokimia Gresik.
Minister Arifin studied chemical engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and graduated in 1977.
Jim Teague
Director & Co-CEO,
Enterprise Products Partners L.P., USA
Mr. Teague has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer since January 2020 and has been a director of Enterprise GP since November 2010. He also serves as Co-Chairman of the Capital Projects Committee. Mr. Teague previously served as the Chief Operating Officer of Enterprise GP from November 2010 to December 2015 and served as Executive Vice President of Enterprise GP from November 2010 until February 2013. He served as Executive Vice President of EPGP from November 1999 to November 2010 and additionally as a director from July 2008 to November 2010 and as Chief Operating Officer from September 2010 to November 2010. In addition, he served as EPGP’s Chief Commercial Officer from July 2008 until September 2010. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of DEP GP from July 2008 to September 2011. He previously served as a director of DEP GP from July 2008 to May 2010 and as a director of Holdings GP from October 2009 to May 2010. Mr. Teague joined Enterprise in connection with its purchase of certain midstream energy assets from affiliates of Shell Oil Company in 1999. From 1998 to 1999, he served as President of Tejas Natural Gas Liquids, LLC, then an affiliate of Shell. From 1997 to 1998, he was President of Marketing and Trading for MAPCO, Inc. Mr. Teague also serves on the board of Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc.
Alan Thomson
Managing Director & Senior Partner,
Global Leader – Energy Practice, BCG, USA
Alan Thomson is a Managing Director and Senior Partner of The Boston Consulting Group and is the Global Leader of BCG’s Energy Practice based in Houston, Texas. Alan serves as part of BCG’s senior leadership team and participates in many of the firm’s core leadership committees.
BCG’s energy practice is one of the fastest growing and most dynamic practices in the firm. The practice focuses on a wide range of sectors including the oil and gas value chain, petrochemicals, and the power and utility value. Energy transition and the introduction of new energy technology is driving substantial change for BCG’s clients globally. Implications of climate change and carbon emission policy are affecting most client agendas. The impact of digital technology and advanced analytics is also emerging as an exciting and disruptive force for many clients in the energy sector. Alan leads a global team of more than 100 core energy partners and more than 500 dedicated professionals supporting clients across a broad landscape of issues.
Alan has more than 30 years of experience working across the oil and gas value chain and more than 20 years with BCG. He specializes in strategy, operational effectiveness, and organization transformation. He serves oil majors, upstream independents, national oil companies, service companies, and governments around the world.
Alan is one of the founders of BCG’s Center for Energy Impact, a Washington DC based team focused on geopolitical and market studies and competitive performance trends.
Prior to joining BCG, Alan worked for the international energy consulting firm of Purvin & Gertz, Shell Canada, and Novacor Chemicals.
Bobby Tudor
Partner at Perella Weinberg Partners &
Chairman of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., USA
Bobby Tudor is a Partner at Perella Weinberg Partners. He also serves as the Chairman of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. which combined with Perella Weinberg Partners in November 2016. TPH is a leading Energy Investment Bank formed in 2007 with over 180 employees in five offices in the US, Canada and UK. It is widely recognized for its industry leading position in Energy securities research and Energy investment banking advisory transactions.
Prior to forming TPH, Mr. Tudor was a Partner at Goldman Sachs and a leader of its worldwide Energy practice. Over his 30-plus year career in Investment Banking, he has worked on many of the defining transactions of the period, across most energy subsectors and geographies.
Mr. Tudor is the Immediate Past Chair of the Greater Houston Partnership and of the Rice University Board of Trustees. He serves on the Board of Advisors for Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Collaborative for Children. Mr. Tudor also serves on the National Advisory Board for the Tulane Center for Energy Law, the Board of Directors of the National Petroleum Council, the Houston Symphony, and the MD Anderson Board of Visitors.
Mr. Tudor holds a BA in English and Legal Studies from Rice University, and a JD from Tulane.
Mike Wirth
Chairman & CEO,
Chevron, USA
Michael K. (Mike) Wirth, 60, is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Chevron Corporation. He was elected to these positions by Chevron’s board of directors in September 2017 and assumed the roles on February 1, 2018.
Prior to his current role, Wirth served as vice chairman of the board in 2017 and executive vice president of Midstream & Development for Chevron Corporation from 2016 – 2018. In that role, he was responsible for supply and trading, shipping, pipeline and power operating units, as well as corporate strategy; business development; and policy, government and public affairs.
Wirth was executive vice president of Downstream & Chemicals from 2006 to 2015. Prior to that, he served as president of Global Supply and Trading from 2003 to 2006.
In 2001, Wirth was named president of Marketing for Chevron’s Asia/Middle East/Africa business, based in Singapore. He also served on the board of directors for Caltex Australia Limited and GS Caltex Corporation in South Korea.
Wirth serves on the board of directors of Catalyst, the board of directors and executive committee of the American Petroleum Institute, and the executive committee of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. He is also a member of The Business Council, the National Petroleum Council, the Business Roundtable, the American Society of Corporate Executives, and the American Heart Association CEO Roundtable.
Wirth joined Chevron in 1982 as a design engineer. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado in 1982.
Darren Woods
Chairman & CEO,
ExxonMobil Corporation, USA
Darren Woods is a graduate of Texas A&M University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois.
Mr. Woods joined Exxon Company International in 1992 as a planning analyst in Florham Park, New Jersey. He progressed through a number of domestic and international assignments for Exxon Company International, ExxonMobil Chemical Company and ExxonMobil Refining and Supply Company.
In 2005, Mr. Woods was appointed vice president of ExxonMobil Chemical Company in Houston, Texas, where he managed global specialty-chemical businesses. In 2008, he was named ExxonMobil Refining and Supply Company’s director of refining for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and was based in Brussels. In 2010, he was appointed vice president of supply and transportation, based in Fairfax, Virginia.
Mr. Woods was appointed president of ExxonMobil Refining and Supply Company and vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation in 2012. In 2014, Mr. Woods was elected senior vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation.
Effective January 1, 2016, Mr. Woods was elected president of Exxon Mobil Corporation and a member of the board of directors.
The ExxonMobil Board of Directors elected Mr. Woods as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2017.
Mr. Woods is currently vice chairman of the National Petroleum Council, and he serves on the board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute and the board of trustees of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is also a member of the Business Roundtable, the Business Council and the Texas A&M University Engineering Advisory Council.
Dr. Daniel Yergin
Vice Chairman of IHS Markit, Pulitzer-Prize Winner, Leading Energy Expert &
Author of The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations, USA
Daniel Yergin is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics, and a Pulitzer Prize winner. He is Vice Chairman of IHS Markit, a leading information and advisory firm with 16,000 employees worldwide, and chairman of IHS Markit’s CERAWeek conference, which CNBC has called “the Super Bowl of energy”. Fortune has called him “one of the planet’s foremost thinkers about energy and its implications.”
Dr. Yergin’s new book The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations is described by The Washington Post as “a tour de force for geopolitical understanding’, by NPR as “a master class on how the world works” and by the London Sunday Times as a “wonderful book”. USA Today said, “At a time when solid facts and reasoned arguments are in full retreat, Daniel Yergin rides to the rescue.”
Dr. Yergin is the author of the bestseller The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, described as “a fantastic book” by Bill Gates in his review. Dr. Yergin’s book The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil Money and Power was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, was a number one New York Times bestseller, and has been translated into 20 languages.
He co-authored Commanding Heights: the Battle for the World Economy, of which the Wall Street Journal said “No one could ask for a better account of the world’s political and economic destiny since World War II.”
Dr. Yergin has served on the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board under four presidents. He is a member of the board of the Council on Foreign Relations, a senior trustee of the Brookings Institution, and a member of the Energy Think Tank of the government of India, and of the Energy Governors of the World Economic Forum.
He holds a BA from Yale University and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, where he was a Marshall Scholar.
Omar Boulos
Senior Managing Director –
Resources South, Accenture, USA
As the Senior Managing Director for Resources in the South, Omar Boulos is intensely focused on partnering with clients in the Energy, Utilities, Chemicals and Natural Resources industries on their transformation journeys. Managing an extensive team across the region, he is responsible for implementing Accenture’s vision to enable clients to achieve results with innovative digital capabilities. His deep business expertise spans supply chain optimization, work force transformation, manufacturing execution, order fulfillment, and operational planning. Omar has led engagements across the globe and has worked with clients in China, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, and the United Arab Emirates.
Prior to his return to the United States, Omar served as Managing Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey where he was responsible for Accenture’s business since its inception in the region in 2011. During this time, he grew Accenture’s portfolio in the region into a standalone Market Unit.
Omar is a frequent speaker at industry forums and events, most recently representing Accenture at the inaugural State of Petrochemical event hosted by the Greater Houston Partnership. His business and industry acumen has been quoted in numerous Middle East publications including Arabian Business, Arabian News, Gulf News, and Tahawul Tech.
Omar also spends his time out of the office acting as an advocate of education for all, serving on several non-profit and advisory boards in the space, the latest being EFE in KSA and Junior Achievement UAE. He deeply believes in investing time in people to help them achieve their full potential.
Omar graduated with BS in ECE from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Omar is married with three children and currently resides with his family in Houston, Texas.
Vivek Chidambaram
Managing Director,
Lead Energy Strategy NA, Accenture, USA
Vivek is Accenture’s Global Energy Network Lead as well as the Energy Strategy Lead for North America, and specializes in large scale digital transformation at energy clients. His work typically focuses on value, ways of working and talent just as much as Technology platforms/AI/features as part of the digital transformation. His industry expertise spans Automotive and Energy. As a result of this cross industry expertise, he is passionate about the emerging energy transition, and the potential convergence of industrial sectors (e-mobility, industrial clusters, carbon, energy system models etc.).
On these topics, Vivek is a regular speaker at major industry events (CeraWeek, PESA, SPE, CAPA, American Energy Society), and prolific developer of leading industry ideas referenced in the media and major publications. Most recently he has been working on Accenture’s Energy System Model – a view into the inherent energy (joules) available in a region as various sectors decarbonize and the impact this will have on portfolios, ways of working, consumption patterns and operations at both energy clients.
Outside the workplace, Vivek serves as the President of the World Affairs Council in Houston. This role allows him to work with students, and on global commerce/travel and innovation in the city of Houston.
Vivek graduated from the University of Michigan with an MBA and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute with an MS. He has lived and worked in India, France, South Korea and several states in the US. He, his wife and daughter enjoy traveling and working on causes close to education.
Tommy Inglesby
Upstream & LNG Portfolio Lead, Accenture, USA
Tommy Inglesby is a Managing Director at Accenture responsible for Upstream and Midstream clients in energy. Tommy has been a leader in oil & gas for 20 years working at Halliburton as head of Strategy & Marketing, Cobalt International Energy in Finance & Commercial, and as a partner at McKinsey & Company. He believes in vibrant communities and the power of education. He received his degree in Ancient Greek History from Dartmouth College. Tommy, his wife Kerri Lynn and their son live in Bellaire.
