Category: Flagship Event

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Chris Midgley

Global Head of Analytics, S&P Global Platts Chris Midgley is head of analytics for S&P Global Platts, a division of S&P Global and the leading provider of information and benchmarks for the energy and commodities markets. Chris is a member of the Platts Executive Committee. Based in London, Chris leads and executes the strategy for […]

Manoj Kohli

Executive Chairman, SB Energy Manoj Kohli is executive chairman of SB Energy. SoftBank, Bharti Enterprises and Foxconn have formed the joint venture, SB Energy, which will invest $20 billion over ten years on renewable energy. Before this, Manoj was managing director, Bharti Enterprises and responsible for the growth and operations of Bharti group of companies. […]

Majid Jafar

Chief Executive Officer, Crescent Petroleum Mr. Majid Jafar is the chief executive officer of Crescent Petroleum, the Middle East’s oldest private oil and gas company, and vice chairman of the Crescent Group of companies which includes interests in port management, logistics, contracting, private equity, and real estate. He is also managing director of the board […]

Steven Kobos