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 numerous 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, director 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. the Congress to assess the current and prospective situation in Iraq. The Baker Djerejian joined the Foreign Service in Institute was an organizing sponsor of 1962, and his assignments included the ISG. political officer in Beirut, Lebanon, and Casablanca, Morocco; he also was consul He is managing partner of Djerejian general in Bordeaux, France. He headed Global Consultancies, LLP, and is also the political section in the U.S. Embassy on several public and nonprofit boards, in Moscow during the critical period in including the Brookings Doha Center U.S.–Soviet relations marked by the International Advisory Group. invasion of Afghanistan. He served in the

5 Mahmoud A. El-Gamal, Ph.D. Will Clayton Fellow in International Economics James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

Chair, Department of Economics Rice University

Mahmoud A. El-Gamal, Ph.D., is the Will Middle East department of the Interna- Clayton Fellow in International Econom- tional Monetary Fund (1995–96); and as ics at the James A. Baker III Institute for the first scholar in residence on Islamic Public Policy. He is the chair of and a pro- finance at the U.S. Department of Treasury fessor in the Department of Economics at (2004). El-Gamal has published exten- Rice University, where he also holds the sively on finance, econometrics, decision endowed Chair in Islamic Economics, science, economics of the Middle East and Finance and Management. Before joining Islamic transactions law. His recent books Rice in 1998, he was an associate profes- include “Islamic Finance: Law, Economics, sor of economics at the University of and Practice” (Cambridge University Press, Wisconsin–Madison. He has also worked 2006) and “Oil, Dollars, Debt, and Crises: as an assistant professor at the University The Global Curse of Black Gold” (with Amy of Rochester and the California Institute Myers Jaffe; Cambridge University Press, of Technology; as an economist at the 2010).

Ambassador Ghanim Al-Jumaily, Ph.D. Ambassador of Iraq to Saudi Arabia

Dr. Al-Jumaily is currently serving as the two books and holds four patents. In Ambassador of Iraq to the Kingdom of addition he worked extensively in the Saudi Arabia since March of 2009. Prior humanitarian field delivering aid to many to that he served as the Ambassador of places such as Iraq, Afghanistan and East Iraq to Japan since July of 2004. Dr. Al- Africa. Jumaily holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engi- neering from the University of New Mexico (1987), a Master of Science in Optics from the University of Arizona (1983) and a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Baghdad (1974). He spent his professional life working in different fields of engineering and engineering management at Bar Associates, NASA-JPL, and Seagate Technology. He was born (1950) and educated in Baghdad. Dr. Al- Jumaily has published over thirty scientific papers in revered journals, edited

6 Arthur Hanna Energy Industry Managing Director Accenture

Arthur Hanna is the Industry Managing Arthur has had broad international expe- Director of Accenture's Energy Practice. rience having led engagements in Argen- Prior to taking on this position Arthur tina, Australia, China, India, Germany, headed up the Energy Downstream Italy, Kuwait and the USA. Business and led a wide portfolio of work for a variety of super major and Whilst working in the industry he and his NOC clients. family have been posted to Dubai, Oman, France and the USA. Arthur joined During his career at Accenture he has Accenture in 1990 and became a senior focused primarily on business strategy executive in 2000. Prior to that Arthur development and implementation. His had 10 years international management client experiences span post merger experience with BP Oil International. integration, new operating model archi- tectures and implementation, business Arthur has a BSc (Hons) in Economics trends, consumer research, brand man- and Economic Policy from Loughborough agement, new product development, University, England. market entry strategies and global deployment of new operating models and systems.

Doug McKay Vice President, International Organizations Shell International

Doug McKay is Vice President, Interna- VP Strategy, Portfolio and Planning in Manager of Economics and Planning for tional Organizations, responsible for Shell Shell Gas and Power, responsible for GP an international engineering consulting relationships with key international orga- strategy, portfolio management and plan- firm responsible for feasibility, planning nizations including the UN, IMF, OECD, ning plus investor relation activities. and policy studies of energy projects NATO, ASEAN, IEA and the G8/G20. around the world. Senior Energy Analyst with Shell Scenar- Previously he was Vice President Oman, ios, responsible for long term outlooks on He has an MBA in Finance from York Qatar, Saudi Arabia, India responsible for energy, environment and technology and University in Canada and a Masters of governance of Shell Gas & Power activi- development of Shell CO2 policies. Mathematics from the University of ties which included LNG supply projects, Waterloo in Canada. LNG import terminals and a Gas to Liquids Senior Financial Analyst with the World project. He was a Director of Oman LNG, Bank, responsible for multiple oil rehabil- Qalhat LNG, Hazira Regas and Qatar Shell itation loans to Russian oil companies Research and Technology. and execution of an emergency oil spill cleanup in the Komi Republic.

7 Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ph.D. James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

Kenneth B. Medlock III is the James A. natural gas trade. He also teaches intro- in Stanford University’s Energy Modeling Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in ductory and advanced courses in energy Forum. Medlock was the lead modeler of Energy and Resource Economics at the economics. Medlock’s research covers a the Modeling Subgroup of the 2003 Baker Institute and adjunct professor wide range of topics in energy economics National Petroleum Council (NPC) study in the Rice University Department of and has been published in numerous of North American natural gas markets, Economics. Medlock received a Ph.D. in academic journals, book chapters and was a contributing author to the Califor- economics from Rice in 2000 and was industry periodicals, as well as in various nia Energy Commission’s and Western the Baker Institute’s M. D. Anderson Energy Forum studies. He is a member of Interstate Energy Board’s “Western Fellow from 2000 to 2001. Afterward, the International Association of Energy Natural Gas Assessment” in 2005, and he held the position of corporate consul- Economics (IAEE), and in 2001 he won contributed to the 2007 NPC study, tant at El Paso Energy Corporation. (joint with Ron Soligo) the IAEE Award “Facing the Hard Truths.” for Best Paper of the Year in the Energy Medlock leads the Baker Institute Energy Journal. Forum’s natural gas program. He is a principal in the development of the Rice Medlock has served as an advisor to the World Natural Gas Trade Model, aimed Department of Energy in its energy mod- at assessing the future of international eling efforts and is a regular participant

Amy Myers Jaffe Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

Amy Myers Jaffe, a Princeton University (with Mahmoud A. El-Gamal; Cambridge the Pathfinders/Trailblazers category graduate in Arabic studies, is the Wallace University Press, 2010). Jaffe also contrib- (2004), the honoree for Esquire’s annual S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies and uted to Foreign Policy’s “21 Solutions to 100 Best and Brightest in the contribution director of the Energy Forum at the Baker Save the World” (May/June 2007). She to society category (2005), Elle magazine’s Institute, as well as associate director of served as a member of the reconstruction Women for the Environment (2006), and the Rice Energy Program. Jaffe’s research and economy working group of the Baker/ was named to Who’s Who in America focuses on oil geopolitics, strategic energy Hamilton Iraq Study Group, as project (2008). policy including energy science policy, director for the Baker Institute/Council on and energy economics. Jaffe was formerly Foreign Relations Task Force on Strategic senior editor and Middle East analyst for Energy Policy, and as a principal adviser Petroleum Intelligence Weekly. She is to USAID’s project on “Options for Devel- widely published and served as co-editor oping a Long Term Sustainable Iraqi Oil of “Energy in the Caspian Region: Present Industry.” She currently serves as a strate- and Future” (Palgrave, 2002) and “Natural gic adviser to the American Automobile Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to 2040” Association (AAA) of the United States (Cambridge University Press, 2006), and and is a member of the Council on For- as co-author of “Oil, Dollars, Debt, and eign Relations. Jaffe was among the Key Crises: The Global Curse of Black Gold” Women in Energy-Americas honorees in

8 Melissa Stark Global Head of Clean Energy Accenture

Melissa Stark is the Global Head of Clean November. She focuses on carbon man- Energy for Accenture’s Energy industry agement, biofuels, investment and deci- group. Melissa has over 16 years experi- sion support, supply chain and business ence in management consulting, with performance improvement in the oil and the majority of that time spent working gas industry for clients globally with par- across all sectors of the Energy industry. ticular emphasis on the majors and more She is the global lead for Clean Energy recently private equity. and has also lead Accenture’s Biofuels activity since 2006. She authored Melissa has a Masters in Transportation Accenture’s two biofuels studies, “Irra- from Northwestern University (Honors, tional Exuberance – a supply perspective.” Recipient of Transportation Management and “Biofuels’ Time of Transition. Achiev- Top Student Award) and a BSc in Finance ing high performance in a world of from the Haas school at the University of increasing fuel diversity.” Her next paper, California at Berkeley (Honors, Recipient “Betting on Science. Increasing diversity of Finance Award). in Transport Fuels” was published in

Michael Webber, Ph.D. Associate Director, Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy and Co-Director, Clean Energy Incubator University of Texas at Austin

Michael Webber, Ph.D., is the associate commentary titled “Changing the Way tion Fellow of The American Assembly director of the Center for International America Thinks About Energy.” Prior to in 2006, an American Memorial Marshall Energy and Environmental Policy in the joining UT Austin, Webber studied issues Fellow of the German Marshall Fund for Jackson School of Geosciences, co-direc- relevant to energy, innovation, manufac- 2007 and an AT&T Industrial Ecology Fel- tor of the Clean Energy Incubator at the turing and national security at the RAND low in 2009. His expertise, opinions and Austin Technology Incubator, fellow of the Corporation. Previously, he was a senior research have been featured in The Wall Strauss Center for International Security scientist at Pranalytica, inventing sensors Street Journal, The New York Times and and Law at the Lyndon B. Johnson School for homeland security, industrial and envi- many other prominent media outlets. of Public Affairs, and assistant professor ronmental monitoring applications. In Webber received a B.A. and B.S. with high of mechanical engineering at The Uni- 2005, he was recognized by the College honors from UT Austin; he earned his M.S. versity of Texas (UT) at Austin. He has of Engineering at UT Austin as an Out- and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering (with authored more than 75 scientific literary standing Young Engineering Graduate. a minor in electrical engineering) from works, including a compendium of his Webber was selected as a Next Genera- Stanford University.

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