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Ceraweek 2019 Partial Speakers List (As of 14 February 2019) CERAWeek 2019 Partial Speakers List (as of 14 February 2019) Public Officials Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber Minister of State, Group CEO of ADNOC UAE H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei Minister Ministry of Energy & Industry UAE Ibrahim Al-Muhanna Consultant & Advisor Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Saudi Arabia Ayed Al-Qahtani Director of Research OPEC Austria Bento Albuquerque Minister Ministry of Mines and Energy Brazil Hon. John Peter Amewu Minister of Energy Ministry of Energy, Ghana Ghana Brian J. Anderson Director National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) USA Doug Arent Deputy Associate Laboratory Director National Renewable Energy Laboratory USA Rita Baranwal Director Idaho National Laboratory USA HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo Secretary General OPEC Austria Dan Berkovitz Commissioner U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) USA Michael Berube Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary United States Department of Energy (DOE) USA Dr. Fatih Birol Executive Director International Energy Agency France Hon. Kanat Bozumbayev Minister Ministry of Energy Kazakhstan Hon. Linda Capuano, Ph.D. Administrator United States Energy Information Administration USA Alejandro Char Mayor Barranquilla Colombia Neil Chatterjee Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) USA Caoilin Chestnutt Queensland Commissioner Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Australia Senator John Cornyn Majority Whip, US Senate (Texas) United States Senate (Texas) USA Hon. Paul M. Dabbar Under Secretary for Science United States Department of Energy (DOE) USA Dan Dorner Head of BEIS-FCO Oil & Gas Council, International Energy Unit United Kingdom Tarek El Molla Minister Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Egypt Francis Fannon Assistant Secretary US Department of State, Bureau of Energy Resources USA Márcio Félix Secretary of Oil, Gas & Biofuels Ministry of Mines and Energy Brazil Claver Gatete Minister of Infrastructure Ministry of Infrastructure of Rwanda Rwanda Doon Gibbs Laboratory Director Brookhaven National Laboratory USA Karen Harbert President, Global Energy Institute US Chamber of Commerce USA HE Lelenta Hawa Baba Bah Minister of Mines & Petroleum Ministry of Mines Mali Timothy Kabba Director General Petroleum Directorate – Office of the President Sierra Leone Andrew N. Kamau Principal Secretary Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Kenya Paul K. Kearns Laboratory Director Argonne National Laboratory USA Yiorgos Lakkotrypis Minister Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry Republic of Cyprus Gustavo Lopetegui Secretary of Energy Ministry of the Economy Argentina Bernard L. McNamee Commissioner Federal Energy Regulatory Commission USA Mark W. Menezes Under Secretary of Energy United States Department of Energy (DOE) USA Luis Miguel Morelli President National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) Colombia Mohd Najib Mohd Mayor Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Rocío Nahle García Secretary Secretary of Energy Mexico Bernard Nee Deputy Chief Executive Energy Market Authority of Singapore Singapore Bente Nyland Director General Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Norway Gabriel M. Obiang Lima Minister Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy Equatorial Guinea Décio Oddone Director-General Brazilian National ANP Brazil Rick Perry Secretary of Energy US Department of Energy USA Antony Phillipson Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner British Consulate General New York United Kingdom Paula Pinho Head, Energy Policy Coordination European Commission Belgium Connor Prochaska CCO & Director U.S. Department of Energy USA Dr. Andy Samuel Chief Executive Officer Oil & Gas Authority United Kingdom Christine Sagen Helgø Mayor City of Stavanger Norway Michael Savage Mayor Halifax Regional Municipality Canada Amarjeet Sohi Minister Ministry of Natural Resources Canada HE George Stathakis Minister Ministry of Environment, Energy & Climate Greece HE Dr. Yuval Steinitz Minister Ministry of Energy and Water Resources Israel María Fernanda Suárez Londoño Minister Ministry of Mines and Energy Colombia Colombia Mayor Sylvester Turner Mayor City of Houston USA Mohamed Abdel Vetah Minister Ministry of Petroleum, Energy, and Mining Mauritania Andrew R. Wheeler Acting Administrator US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) USA Steven Winberg Assistant Secretary Fossil Energy US Department of Energy USA HE Dr. Frehiwot Woldehanna State Minister Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy Ethiopia Thomas Zacharia Laboratory Director Oak Ridge National Laboratory USA Energy Leaders Christer Af Geijerstam President, US Offshore Wind Equinor USA Musabbeh Al Kaabi CEO, Petroleum & Petrochemicals Mubadala Investment Company UAE Ahmad O. Al Khowaiter Chief Technology Officer Saudi Aramco Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Abdulla Alhajri Director, Downstream Directorate Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) UAE Vagit Alekperov President of PJSC LUKOIL Russia B. Anand Chief Executive Officer Nayara Energy India Janet Annesley Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs Husky Energy Canada Felipe Arbelaez Regional President, Latin America BP United Kingdom Gustavo Baquero SVP, Operations Technology Excellence Equinor Norway Frédéric Barnaud Group Chief Executive Officer Pavilion Energy Singapore Felipe Bayón Pardo Chief Executive Officer Ecopetrol S.A. Colombia Ashok Belani Executive Vice President of Technology Schlumberger Limited USA John R. Bear Chief Executive Officer Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) USA John Berger Chief Executive Officer Sunnova Energy Corporation USA Leonhard Birnbaum CO and Board E.ON SE Germany Arnaud Breuillac President, Exploration & Production TOTAL S.A. France Dick Brown Chief Executive Officer Eagle LNG Partners USA Lord John Browne Executive Chairman L1 Energy United Kingdom Andy Calitz Chief Executive Officer LNG Canada Canada Roberto Castello Branco Chief Executive Officer Petrobras Brazil Liu ChaoQuan Vice President CNPC Economics & Technology Research Institute China Stephen Cadden Chief Operating Officer SEA\LNG United Kingdom Chris Chandler SVP, Strategic Planning & Acquisitions Plains All American Pipeline, LP USA Kunal Chandra Vice President, New Energy Businesses Siemens Gas and Power USA Gang Chen Chairman & CEO Assistant Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange China Keith Chiasson Senior Vice-President, Downstream Cenovus Canada Jim Claunch Vice President, Business Efficiency Equinor Norway Peter J. Coleman CEO & Managing Director Woodside Australia Iain Conn Chief Executive Officer Centrica United Kingdom Al Cook EVP Equinor United Kingdom Paul Corcoran Chief Financial Officer Nord Stream 2 AG Switzerland Nick Cron General Manager Xcoal Energy & Resources USA Alistair Cross Chief Operations Officer Mercuria Energy Group Switzerland Helen Currie Chief Economist ConocoPhillips USA Spencer Dale Group Chief Economist BP plc United Kingdom Bashir Dabbousi Director, Technology Strategy & Planning Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia Nasir B. Darman Chief Technology Officer Petronas Malaysia Alessandro Della Zoppa Executive Vice President LNG ENI Italy Frank Demaille President and CEO ENGIE North America USA George Dethlefsen Chief Executive Officer Corsa Coal USA Susan Dio Chairman and President of BP America BP USA Dan Domeracki Vice President Schlumberger Limited USA Bob Dudley Group Chief Executive BP plc United Kingdom Tufan Erginbilgic Chief Executive, Downstream BP plc United Kingdom Bob Espey President & Chief Executive Officer Parkland Fuel Corporation Canada Robert Ethier Vice President, Market Operations ISO New England Inc. USA Brian Falik Chief Investment Officer Mercuria Energy Group Switzerland Jim Fitterling Chief Executive Officer The Dow Chemical Company USA Mohamed Firouz Asnan Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy Petronas Malaysia Zackarie Fortin‑Brazeau Business Development Manager Avenir LNG United Kingdom Matt Fox Executive Vice President & COO ConocoPhillips USA Yuri Freedman Senior Director of Business Development Southern California Gas Company USA Sam French Syngas New Market Manager Johnson Matthey United Kingdom Jun Fu Vice President Sinopec EDRI China Jack Fusco President & CEO Cheniere Energy USA Howard Gatiss Chief Executive Officer CMC Coal Marketing Company Ltd Ireland Tomás García Executive Managing Director of E&P Repsol Spain Staale Gjervik President XTO Energy Inc. USA Daniel Gonzalez Chief Executive Officer YPF Argentina Hendrik Gordenker Executive Chairman JERA Co. Inc. Japan Sara Graziano SVP of Corporate Development Vistra Energy USA Stephen Greenlee President ExxonMobil Exploration Company USA Jim Greer Executive Vice President & COO Oncor USA Tristan Grimbert President & Chief Executive Officer EDF Renenwable Energy USA Corey Grindal Senior Vice President, Gas Supply Cheniere USA Mauricio Gutierrez Chief Executive Officer NRG Energy USA Mark Gyetvay Deputy Chairman of the Management Board NOVATEK Russia Chris Hamlin Director Operational Certainty Consulting Emerson USA John Hanekamp US Coal Origination Consultant Carbonairo, LLC USA Emily Heitman Vice President, US & Canada Schneider Electric USA Gary Heminger Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Marathon Petroleum Corporation USA Karl Johnny Hersvik Chief Executive Officer Aker BP Norway John Hess Chief Executive Officer Hess Corporation USA Jonathan Hoffman Managing Director Business Development Globaleq South Africa Rebecca Hofmann Head of US Blockchain Strategy & Innovation Equinor Norway Didier Holleaux Executive Vice President ENGIE France Vicki Hollub President & Chief Executive Officer Occidental Petroleum Corporation USA Dan House Head of Physical
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