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Global Energy Forum

Nov 18, 2019

John Defterios

Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor, CNN Business John Defterios is CNN Business’s emerging markets editor and anchor. Based in the network’s Abu Dhabi bureau since 2011, his reporting focuses on the top business stories from emerging economies, with a specialty in trade, geo-politics and energy. Defterios has built a long-standing reputation for securing exclusive interviews […]

Global Energy Forum

Nov 2, 2019

Dr. Barbara Burger

Vice President of Innovation and President of Technology Ventures, Chevron Corporation Dr. Barbara J. Burger is president of Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), a role she has held since June 1, 2013. Burger joined Chevron in 1987 as a research chemist at Chevron’s Richmond Laboratory. After several technical assignments, she held a number of management positions […]

Global Energy Forum

Nov 2, 2019

Francis R. Fannon

Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, US Department of State Assistant Secretary Frank Fannon oversees US foreign policy at the critical intersection of energy and national security, promoting US interests to ensure energy resources are used to increase economic opportunity, stability, and prosperity around the world. Previously, Assistant Secretary Fannon was the managing director […]

Global Energy Forum

Oct 25, 2019

Meg Gentle

Executive Director, HIF Global Meg Gentle is an Executive Director of the Board of HIF Global, where she is developing multi-billion dollar projects that will recycle CO2 from the atmosphere and combine it with green hydrogen to produce carbon-neutral eFuels for the transportation sector, enabling the decarbonization of existing cars, trucks, ships, airplanes. Prior to HIF, […]

Global Energy Forum

Oct 25, 2019

Tom Earl

Chief Commercial Officer, VG LNG Marketing Tom Earl is the chief commercial officer of VG LNG Marketing, LLC. Tom previously served as vice president at the international oil company Total, focusing on the development of its global liquified natural gas (LNG) business. After graduating from City University in London with a degree in engineering, Tom […]

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Oct 25, 2019

Jason Bordoff

Professor and Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University Jason Bordoff joined the Columbia faculty after serving until January 2013 as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change on the Staff of the National Security Council, and, prior to that, holding senior policy positions on the White House’s […]

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Oct 21, 2019

Amit Bhandari

Fellow, Energy and Environment Studies Program, Gateway House Amit Bhandari has worked in the business, media, and financial markets for over a decade. He started his career with the Economic Times, where he tracked the energy sector. He was a part of the startup team of the business news channel, ET Now. Amit was also […]

Global Energy Forum

Oct 18, 2019

Paddy Padmanathan

President and CEO, ACWA Power Paddy Padmanathan is the president and CEO of ACWA Power. He joined ACWA Power as CEO in 2006, bringing over 35 years of experience as a professional civil engineer. He began his career at Black & Veatch (previously John Burrow and Partners), a major global engineering and construction company, and […]

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Oct 18, 2019

Mele Kyari

Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Mele Kyari is the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, a position to which he was appointed in July 2019. Prior to his appointment by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Kyari served as Nigeria’s National Representative to OPEC and held a variety of management positions […]

Global Energy Forum

Oct 18, 2019

Avi Garbow

Environmental Advocate, Patagonia Avi Garbow is an environmental advocate at Patagonia, where he works with leadership to guide and implement environmental advocacy. Prior to joining Patagonia, he was a partner at the Washington, DC office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he was Co-Chair of the Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Practice Group and member […]