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Consequences of an Emerging U.S. Energy and Climate Policy on Global Energy Markets Consequences of an Emerging U.S. Energy and Climate Policy on Global Energy Markets Speaker Biographies Abdulaziz Al-Attar Head of Houston Office Kuwait Petroleum Corporation In 1992, Mr. Al-Attar joined Kuwait His studies included (1992) University of Petroleum Corporation as a Sales Repre- Louisiana, Bachelor of Science of Petro- sentative, International Marketing. In leum Engineering; (1999) The College of 1995, he was assigned overseas to the Petroleum and Energy, Oxford, UK, Post Kuwait Petroleum (Far East) Singapore Graduate Diploma in Petroleum Explora- Regional Office. In 1998, he joined the tion & Production Economics; (2001) Market Research Department in KPC to University of Dundee, Scotland, UK, conduct economic studies of Crude Oil Masters in Petroleum & Policy. He has and Petroleum Products and identified published several papers. sales opportunities and challenges. In 2000, Mr. Al-Attar was nominated for 5 years by Kuwait to join OPEC as a Fiscal Policies Analyst (diplomatic status). In 2005, he rejoined Kuwait Petroleum Cor- poration, Market Research Department. Since November 2008, he has been trans- ferred, as Head of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Houston office). 2 James A. Baker, III Honorary Chair James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy James A. Baker, III, has served in senior Baker received the Presidential Medal of government positions under three United Freedom in 1991 and has been the recip- States presidents. He served as the nation's ient of many other awards for distin- 61st secretary of state from January 1989 guished public service, including Princeton through August 1992 under President University's Woodrow Wilson Award, the George H.W. Bush. During his tenure at American Institute for Public Service's the State Department, Baker traveled to Jefferson Award, Harvard University's 90 foreign countries as the United States John F. Kennedy School of Government confronted the unprecedented challenges Award, The Hans J. Morgenthau Award, and opportunities of the post–Cold War The George F. Kennan Award, the Depart- era. Baker’s reflections on those years of ment of the Treasury's Alexander Hamil- revolution, war and peace — “The Politics ton Award, the Department of State's of Diplomacy” — was published in 1995. Distinguished Service Award and numer- ous honorary academic degrees. Baker served as the 67th secretary of the treasury from 1985 to 1988 under Presi- Baker is presently a senior partner in the dent Ronald Reagan. As treasury secretary, law firm of Baker Botts. He is the honor- he was also chairman of the President's ary chairman of the James A. Baker III Economic Policy Council. From 1981 to Institute for Public Policy at Rice Univer- 1985, he served as White House chief of sity and serves on the board of the How- staff to President Reagan. Baker's record ard Hughes Medical Institute. From 1997 of public service began in 1975 as under to 2004, Baker served as the personal secretary of commerce to President Ger- envoy of United Nations Secretary-Gen- ald Ford. It concluded with his service as eral Kofi Annan to seek a political solution White House chief of staff and senior to the conflict over Western Sahara. In counselor to President Bush from August 2003, Baker was appointed special presi- 1992 to January 1993. dential envoy for President George W. Bush on the issue of Iraqi debt. In 2005, Long active in American presidential he was co-chair, with former President politics, Baker led presidential campaigns Jimmy Carter, of the Federal Commission for Presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush on Election Reform. Since March 2006, over the course of five consecutive presi- Baker and former U.S. Congressman Lee dential elections from 1976 to 1992. H. Hamilton have served as the co-chairs of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan blue- A native Houstonian, Baker graduated ribbon panel examining a forward-looking from Princeton University in 1952. After approach to Iraq. two years of active duty as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, he Baker was born in Houston, Texas, in entered The University of Texas School of 1930. He and his wife, the former Susan Law at Austin. He received his J.D. with Garrett, currently reside in Houston and honors in 1957 and practiced law with have eight children and 17 grandchildren. the Houston firm of Andrews and Kurth from 1957 to 1975. Baker’s memoir — “Work Hard, Study ... and Keep Out of Politics! Adventures and Lessons from an Unexpected Public Life” — was published in October 2006. 3 William M. Bumpers Partner Baker Botts, L.L.P. Bill Bumpers is an environmental partner Mr. Bumpers also is a leading authority on also represents a wide range of companies in the Washington, D.C., office of Baker climate change issues, including carbon on developing policy and regulatory issues Botts and heads the firm's global Climate trading mechanisms in the United States in the United States and regarding the Change Practice. Mr. Bumpers focuses on and internationally pursuant to the Kyoto creation and sale of GHG emission offsets. the Clean Air Act and climate change Protocol. He has been involved with issues. He has an active environmental climate change issues since his work on regulatory, litigation and transactional energy policy and climate change as a practice, representing petroleum refineries, graduate student in 1977. He has been investment companies, electric generators involved in transactions involving Clean and pharmaceutical and chemical manu- Development Mechanism (CDM) projects facturers. He is regarded as a national or Certified Emission Reduction (CER) authority on new source review issues sales in Malaysia, China, Liberia and Equa- affecting the electric generation and torial Guinea. He also represents com- petroleum refinery industries. He previ- panies involved in the capture and storage ously served on the EPA's New Source of GHG emissions and has helped pioneer Review Reform Subcommittee of the the creation and sale of carbon storage Clean Air Act Advisory Committee. rights in the United States. Mr. Bumpers H.E. Mohamed Bin Dhaen Al-Hamli Minister of Energy United Arab Emirates His Excellency Mohamed Bin Dhaen Al- ager of ADNOC Distribution, as a board Hamli is the minister of energy of the member and vice chairman of the Inter- United Arab Emirates (UAE), a position national Petroleum Investment Company he has held since 2004. (IPIC), and as a member of the Consulta- tive Committee of the Supreme Petroleum Previously he was president of Organiza- Council. tion of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), where he served as UAE governor He has a degree from Harvard Business between 1994 and 2002. School’s Advanced Management Program. During 1989-2004 he worked at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), where he served as director of marketing and refining, director of personnel, direc- tor of marketing and director of finance. He has also served as the general man- 4 Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian Founding Director James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian, the United States Army as a first lieutenant Djerejian is married to the former Fran- founding director of the James A. Baker in the Republic of Korea following his çoise Andrée Liliane Marie Haelters. They III Institute for Public Policy at Rice graduation from the School of Foreign have a son, Gregory Peter Djerejian; a University, is one of the United States’ Service at Georgetown University. daughter, Francesca Natalia Djerejian; most distinguished diplomats, whose and two grandchildren, Isabel Alessandra career has spanned the administrations He holds a bachelor of science and an Djerejian and Sebastian Edward Djerejian. of eight U.S. presidents. Ambassador honorary doctorate in humanities from Djerejian is a leading expert on the Georgetown University, and a doctor of complex political, security, economic, laws, honoris causa, from Middlebury religious and ethnic issues of the Middle College. He speaks Arabic, Russian, East. He has played key roles in the Arab– French and Armenian. Israeli peace process, the U.S.-led coali- tion against Saddam Hussein's invasion Djerejian has been awarded the Presiden- of Kuwait, successful efforts to end the tial Distinguished Service Award, the civil war in Lebanon, the release of U.S. Department of State's Distinguished hostages in Lebanon, and the establish- Honor Award, the President's Meritorious ment of collective and bilateral security Service Award, the Anti-Defamation arrangements in the Persian Gulf. He is League’s Moral Statesman Award, and the author of "Danger and Opportunity: the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He is An American Ambassador's Journey also a recipient of the Association of Through the Middle East" (Simon & Rice Alumni's Gold Medal, the group's Schuster Threshold Editions, September most prestigious award for his service 2008). to the university. Prior to his nomination by President Bill Djerejian was asked by Secretary of State Clinton as U.S. ambassador to Israel, he Colin Powell to chair a congressionally served both President George H.W. Bush mandated bipartisan Advisory Group on and President Clinton as assistant secre- Public Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim tary of state for Near Eastern Affairs and World. The bipartisan advisory group President Ronald Reagan and President published its report in October 2003. Bush as U.S. ambassador to the Syrian Former President Clinton invited him to Arab Republic. Djerejian has also served serve as an Advisory Board member of as deputy assistant secretary of Near the Clinton Global Initiative’s working Eastern and South Asian Affairs, as deputy group on Mitigating Religious and Ethnic chief of the U.S. mission to the Kingdom Conflict. Djerejian served in 2006 as of Jordan, and as special assistant to Pres- senior advisor to the Iraq Study Group ident Reagan and deputy press secretary (ISG), a bipartisan panel mandated by for foreign affairs in the White House.
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