Oil & Gas Strategies Summit

	Poppy Allonby Managing Director BlackRock Investment Management Poppy Allonby, CFA, is Managing Director at BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd. She is a member of BlackRock's Natural Resources Equity team and is responsible for the firm's Energy and New Energy funds (including BGF World Energy, BGF New Energy, and BlackRock Energy & Resources Trust). Ms Allonby's service with the firm dates back to 2000, including her years at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Prior to joining the Natural Resources team she was an Analyst on the US Equity team, responsible for Basic Materials, Utilities and Energy sectors. Ms Allonby earned a BSc degree in physics from Imperial College of Science and Technology.
	Porter Bennett Principal and CEO Ponderosa Advisors Porter Bennett is principal and CEO of Ponderosa Advisors, LLC. Mr Bennett has over 27 years experience as a consultant to the natural gas and oil industry. He founded BENTEK Energy, LLC in 1985 and developed BENTEK into the leading natural gas and oil market analysis and market information company, with over 100 employees, before selling it to McGraw-Hill late in 2010. His new firm, Ponderosa Advisors, develops investment and management strategies for clients in the oil and gas, water and agriculture sectors. Ponderosa’s approach uses detailed data and bottoms-up analysis to identify and understand supply and demand imbalances in markets with price and investment opportunity implications. Ponderosa develops extensive proprietary databases and analytical tools to assess specific issues in each sector or market area, for example the ability of the US refinery and crude transport infrastructure to adapt to changing US crude quality characteristics and the impact of changing natural gas production geography on North American natural gas pipeline flows and infrastructure. Ponderosa Advisors is involved in several aspects of the water and energy-water nexus. The company has just introduced a revolutionary service that combines Ponderosa Advisors’ “big data” and market analytics capabilities to make western US water right information vastly more accessible and usable. Mr Bennett is a Board of Director, Vice President of Western Energy Alliance and Chairman of its Natural Gas Committee, an Observer with the Potential Gas Committee, participated on the Coordinating Subcommittee of the recent National Petroleum Council natural gas study and is a member of the International Gas Union Strategy Committee. Mr Bennett holds a MS Degree in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines, a MA Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and a BA Degree in History from Lewis & Clark College.
	Admiral Dennis C Blair, US Navy (Ret) Former Director of National Intelligence, Commander in Chief, US Pacific Command, and Co-Chair of the Commission on Energy and Geopolitics, Securing America's Future Energy Admiral Blair is Co-chair of the Commission on Energy and Geopolitics of Securing America’s Future Energy. He served as Director of National Intelligence from January 2009 to May 2010, leading sixteen national intelligence agencies, administering a budget of $50 billion and providing integrated intelligence support to the President, Congress and operations in the field. Prior to this position in government, he held the John M. Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies with the National Bureau of Asian Research, served as Deputy Director of the Project for National Security Reform, and as a member of the Energy Security Leadership Council of Securing America's Future Energy. From 2003 to 2006 Admiral Blair was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), a federally funded research and development center based in Alexandria, Virginia that supports the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and the Intelligence Community. He has been a director of two public companies, EDO and Tyco International and served on the boards of many non-profit organizations.Prior to retiring from the Navy in 2002, Admiral Blair served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, the largest of the combatant commands. During his 34-year Navy career, Admiral Blair served on guided missile destroyers in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and commanded the Kitty Hawk Battle Group. Ashore, he served as Director of the Joint Staff and held budget and policy positions on the National Security Council and several major Navy staffs. A graduate of the US Naval Academy, Admiral Blair earned a Master’s degree in History and Languages from Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar, and was a White House fellow at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. He has been awarded four Defense Distinguished Service medals, three National Intelligence Distinguished Service medals and has received decorations from the governments of Japan, Thailand, Korea, Australia, the Philippines and Taiwan.
	Jason Bordoff Professor and Director, Center on Global Energy Policy Columbia University Jason Bordoff is Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs and Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Mr 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 National Economic Council and Council on Environmental Quality. One of the nation's top energy policy experts, he joined the Administration in April 2009. At Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, Mr Bordoff is a Professor of Professional Practice and serves as Director of SIPA's Center on Global Energy Policy. Mr Bordoff's research and policy interests lie at the intersection of economics, energy, environment, and national security. Prior to joining the White House, Mr Bordoff was the Policy Director of the Hamilton Project, an economic policy initiative housed at the Brookings Institution. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a consultant to the National Intelligence Council, and serves on the board of the Associate of Marshall Scholars. During the Clinton Administration, Mr Bordoff served as an advisor to the Deputy Secretary of the US Treasury Department. He was also a consultant with McKinsey & Company, one of the leading global strategy consultancies. Mr Bordoff graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he was Treasurer and an Editor of the Harvard Law Review, and clerked on the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He also holds an MLitt degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar, and a BA magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University.
	Mark Brownstein Associate Vice President & Chief Counsel, US Climate & Energy Program Environmental Defense Fund Mark Brownstein is Associate Vice President & Chief Counsel of the US Climate & Energy Program at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and leads EDF’s natural gas efforts. Additionally, Mr Brownstein is an Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and a Governance Committee member of The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL). Mr Brownstein also specializes in utility-related issues, including transmission development, wholesale and retail electric market design, rate reform, and power plant siting and investment. Mr Brownstein was one of two EDF staff leads on the United States Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of the nation’s leading corporations and environmental groups championing immediate action on federal legislation to cap and substantially reduce greenhouse gas pollution across the US economy. He is co-author of the Carbon Principles, a set of enhanced due diligence principles for investment banks considering the financing of coal fired power plants. Prior to joining EDF, Mr Brownstein was Director of Enterprise Strategy for Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), where he worked directly with PSEG’s senior leadership in crafting and implementing the corporation’s business strategy. Over his nearly ten year career with PSEG, Mr Brownstein served the company in a variety of environmental management roles, including Director of Environmental Strategy and Policy. Mr Brownstein was active in numerous environmental legislative and regulatory proceedings including efforts to develop federal legislation limiting emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, mercury, and carbon dioxide from power plants, and the Environmental Council of States’ (ECOS) 37-state Ozone Transport Assessment Group (OTAG) process, which developed specific recommendations to address the persistent problem of ozone transport in the eastern United States. Mr Brownstein was also an active member of the US EPA’s Clean Air Act Advisory Committee and New Jersey’s Renewable Energy Task Force. Aside from PSEG, Mr Brownstein’s career includes time as an attorney in private environmental practice, a regulator with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and an aide to then-Congressman Robert G. Torricelli (D–NJ). Mr Brownstein graduated with his JD from the University of Michigan Law School. He has a BA from Vassar College and was awarded the Truman Scholarship in 1985.
	Ed Crooks US Energy & Industry Editor Financial Times Ed Crooks is US Industry and Energy Editor for the Financial Times, based in New York. Since joining the FT in 1999, Mr Crooks has served as Energy Editor, UK News Editor and Economics Editor based in London. Prior to this, he was an Economics Correspondent for the BBC, reporting both on television and radio. Mr Crooks has also served as a reporter and editor for Investors Chronicle, as well as an economic analyst for the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He is a graduate of Oxford University with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE).
	Timothy Dove President, Chief Operating Officer and Board Member Pioneer Natural Resources In November 2004, Tim Dove was appointed the President and Chief Operating Officer of Pioneer Natural Resources. As President and COO, Mr Dove is responsible for Pioneer’s oil and gas assets and operations, including drilling and HS&E, and for the Company’s engineering and oil and natural gas marketing activities. He is a member of Pioneer’s Management Committee and also serves on Pioneer’s Board of Directors. Mr Dove previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from February 2000 through November 2004, as well as Executive Vice President-Business Development from August 1997 to January 2000. In 1994, Mr Dove joined Pioneer's predecessor, Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company, and served as Vice President of International Operations. He was promoted to Senior Vice President, Business Development in October 1996 and served through August 1997. Earlier in his career, Mr Dove worked for Diamond Shamrock Corporation and its successor, Maxus Energy Corporation, in various capacities in international exploration and production, marketing, refining, planning and development. He earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago, with concentrations in finance and marketing, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr Dove currently serves on the Corporate Development Committee of MIT and the Board of Trustees for KidLinks Foundation. He is also a member of the Dream Dallas Advisory Council for Habitat for Humanity. He has previously served as Chairman of the Board and as executive committee member for the Dallas Wildcat Committee and is a past President of the Dallas Petroleum Club Board of Directors.
	Anatol Feygin Senior Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development Cheniere Energy, Inc. Anatol Feygin has been Senior Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development at Cheniere Energy since March 2014. Prior to joining Cheniere Mr Feygin worked with Loews Corporation where he spent six years, most recently as their Vice President, Energy Strategist and Senior Portfolio Manager. In these roles, he developed forecasts for Loews' three energy platforms (upstream, midstream and services), identifying risks and making capital allocation decisions. Prior to joining Loews, Mr Fegin spent three years at Bank of America as Head of Global Commodity Strategy and as Senior Analyst covering natural gas pipelines and distributors. Mr Feygin began his career at J.P. Morgan Securities where he covered natural gas pipelines, distributors and electric utilities as a senior analyst. Mr Feygin earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and his MBA in Finance from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at NYU.
	Herman Franssen Executive Director Energy Intelligence Herman Franssen is Executive Director of Energy Intelligence. He is also President of International Energy Associates, a Distinguished Associate with Fesharaki & Associates, a Senior Associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Visiting Fellow of the Centre for Global Energy Studies and a Senior Fellow of Middle East Consultants. Dr Franssen is a member of several advisory boards of companies and publications and a member of the board of a US refinery. Between 1985 and 1996, Dr Franssen was Senior Economic Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum and Minerals of the Sultanate of Oman, From 1980 to 1985, he was Chief Economist at the International Energy Agency, having previously been Director of the Office of International Market Analysis at the US Department of Energy and an energy specialist at the US Congressional Research Service. Dr Franssen was educated in the Netherlands and the US. He holds a BA from Macalester College, and an MA, MALD and PhD from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
	Russ Girling Chief Executive Officer TransCanada Russ Girling assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of TransCanada Corporation on July 1, 2010. Prior to this, he was Chief Operating Officer, responsible for overseeing TransCanada Corporation’s pipeline and energy businesses, corporate development activities and strategies, operations and major projects, and corporate services. Mr Girling has served in a number of prominent positions over his long carear at TransCanada Corporation. Prior to serving as COO, he was President of the company’s pipeline business where he had overall responsibility for regulated businesses, including gas and oil pipelines in Canada, the US and Mexico. He was also previously Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer, and through 2001, he was President of TransCanada Gas Services, responsible for its ultimate disposition. In 1995 Mr Girling was appointed Executive Vice-President, Power where he had overall responsibility for the creation and management of the TransCanada subsidiary, TransCanada Power, including the creation of TransCanada Power, LP. Prior to joining TransCanada in 1994, Mr Girling held several marketing and management positions at Suncor Inc, Northridge Petroleum Marketing and Dome Petroleum. Mr Girling is currently a director of Agrium Inc. He is also a member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, the US National Petroleum Council and US Business Roundtable. He is the former Chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) and the Natural Gas Council (NGC), and also a former director of the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA). He is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TC PipeLines GP, Inc. (general partner of TC PipeLines, LP). Additionally, Mr Girling is the former Chairman of TransCanada Power, LP and a former director of Bruce Power Inc. Mr Girling was a 1998/1999 recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Award for leadership excellence. In 2008 he was the recipient of the Haskayne School of Business Management Alumni Excellence (MAX) Award. Mr Girling holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Calgary.
	Andrew Gould Chairman BG Group Andrew Gould is Non-Executive Chairman of BG Group, a British multinational natural gas company. He has held this position since May 2012. Prior this, Mr Gould was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Schlumberger Limited and had previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer, and in many other positions across his 37 year career. Mr Gould also serves on the board of Saudi Aramco. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and of the Board of Trustees of The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; He served on the United Kingdom Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology from 2004 to 2007. He was Vice Chairman of Technology for the United States National Petroleum Council's recent report Facing Hard Truths about Energy. He sat on the boards of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited from 2002 to 2012. Mr Gould received his degree in Economic History from the University of Wales at Cardiff and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
	Trevor Houser Partner Rhodium Group Trevor Houser is a Partner at Rhodium Group (RHG) and leads the firm's energy and natural resources work. He is also a visiting fellow at the Petersen Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C., where he writes on energy, commodity and environmental market and policy issues. Mr Houser is an adjunct lecturer at the City College of New York, and a visiting fellow at the school's Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies. He is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Committee on US-China Relations and serves on the Advisory Board of Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations. He speaks regularly on international market and policy trends and has testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, the U.S. Helsinki Commission and the US-China Economic and Security Review Commissions. During 2009, Mr Houser left RHG temporarily to serve as senior advisor to the US State Department, where he worked on a broad range of international energy, natural resource and environmental policy issues. While in government, Mr Houser negotiated seven bilateral US-China energy agreements, including the US-China Shale Gas Initiative and the establishment of the US-China Clean Energy Research Center. Mr Houser also served as a US climate change negotiator through the Copenhagen conference in 2009.
	James Kinnear Founder, Chairman and CEO Kinnear Financial As Founder of Kinnear Financial Limited and its related companies, Pengrowth Management Limited and Caledonian Royalty Corporation, Jim Kinnear has provided vision and leadership to one of North America’s oldest, largest and most successful energy royalty trusts for over 20 years. Formed in 1988 with a Cdn$12.5 million offering, Pengrowth Energy Trust had an enterprise value of approximately $4.3 billion and more than 600 team members when he retired in September 2009. Revenues in 2008 totaled approximately $1.9 billion and cash flow totalled approximately $900 million Pengrowth completed more than 50 acquisitions with the total value of over $5 billion and evolved into a major oil and natural gas producer. In addition, Pengrowth Energy Trust raised over $3.5 billion in equity and $1.0 billion of investment grade private placement debt over its 20-year history and has provided an average compound rate of return of over 14 percent annually to investors. Mr Kinnear graduated from the University of Toronto in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science degree and received his CFA designation in 1979. Prior to moving to Calgary in 1980 and founding Pengrowth Management Limited in 1982, Mr Kinnear worked in the securities industry in Toronto and Montreal as well as London, England. He currently serves on a number of charitable boards and committees and has received numerous awards for his business and community accomplishments. Mr Kinnear was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Commerce from St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

	Michael Leger President Turner, Mason & Company Michael Leger is President of Turner, Mason & Company (TM&C) and leads the firm's international downstream consulting practice. Over the past several years, TM&C has prepared extensive analysis of the transformational impacts of the explosive growth in North American energy production on the refining sector and on other segments of the industry regionally and internationally. Mr Leger has advised clients in strategic engagements related to investment planning, crude supply / optimization and transactions involving refining and other downstream assets for three decades. Prior to joining TM&C, he served in various engineering, operating and managing positions with Texaco, CITGO Petroleum Corporation and its predecessor Cities Service Company. He also served as President and CEO of Landmark Petroleum, a small independent US refining company, and has served on the boards of various refining and engineering companies. Mr Leger holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University and is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas.
	David Leuschen Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director Riverstone Holdings LLC David Leuschen is a Founder and Senior Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings LLC, an energy and power-focused private investment firm founded in 2000 with approximately $27 billion of equity capital raised. To date, firm has committed approximately $25.6 billion to 107 investments in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Mr Leuschen has extensive M&A, financing, and investing experience in the energy and power sector. Prior to founding Riverstone, Mr Leuschen was a Partner and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and founder and head of the Goldman Sachs Global Energy & Power Group. Mr Leuschen joined Goldman Sachs in 1977, became head of the Global Energy & Power Group in 1985, became a Partner of the firm in 1986, and remained with the firm until leaving to found Riverstone. Mr Leuschen was responsible for building the Goldman Sachs energy and power investment banking practice into one of the leading franchises in the global energy and power industry. During this period, Mr. Leuschen and his team participated in a large number of the major energy and power M&A transactions worldwide. Mr Leuschen also was a Founder of Goldman Sachs’ leading Master Limited Partnership franchise. Mr Leuschen also served as Chairman of the Goldman Sachs Energy Investment Committee, where he was responsible for screening potential private equity capital commitments by Goldman Sachs in the energy and power industry. Mr Leuschen has served as a Director of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Cross Timbers Oil Company (XTO), J. Aron Resources, Mega Energy, Inc. and Natural Meats Montana. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Dynamic Industries, Enduro, Enduro II, EP Energy, Fieldwood, Legend, and Venado. He is also President of Switchback Ranch LLC and has served on a number of nonprofit boards of directors, including as a Trustee of United States Olympic Committee and the Board of the Montana Land Reliance. Mr Leuschen received his A.B. degree from Dartmouth and his MBA. from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business.
	Derek Mathieson Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development Baker Hughes Derek Mathieson is Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development for Baker Hughes where he leads the strategic planning, global sales, enterprise marketing, and mergers and acquisitions functions for the Company. Prior to his current role, Dr Mathieson served as President, Western Hemisphere for Baker Hughes, where he was responsible for all of the businesses in North America, Latin America, and the Industrial segment. As part of his tenure in this role, Dr Mathieson was heavily involved in transforming the Company’s unconventional business in the United States. This included starting a water management business and relaunching a joint venture in microseismic technology. He has also held positions as President of Products and Technology and Chief Technology and Marketing Officer for the company. In 2008, Dr Mathieson joined Baker Hughes from WellDynamics where he served as Chief Executive Officer. His oil and gas career also includes leadership roles for Shell Exploration & Production and Wood Group in the United Kingdom. Dr Mathieson earned a PhD in micro electromechanical systems, a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering, and was recently awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering all from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a chartered engineer with the United Kingdom Engineering Council, a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, and an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), currently sitting on the executive committee for the SPE’s Annual Technical Conference. Dr Mathieson is on the advisory council for the Greater Houston Partnership regional Workforce Development Task Force and for the University of Houston’s Energy program.
	Al Monaco President and Chief Executive Officer Enbridge Al Monaco is President and Chief Executive Officer of Enbridge Inc and a member of the Enbridge Inc Board of Directors. Mr Monaco has more than 30 years’ experience in the energy business, including the upstream oil and gas exploration, development and pipelines businesses. Prior to becoming President and CEO in October 2012, he served as President, Gas Pipelines, Green Energy and International with responsibility for the growth and operations of Enbridge’s gas pipelines, including the gas gathering and processing operations in the United States, Enbridge’s Gulf coast offshore assets and the Company’s investments in Alliance, Vector and Aux Sable, as well as Enbridge’s international business development and investment activities and Green Energy. Since joining Enbridge in 1995, he has held positions of increasing responsibility across Enbridge’s energy delivery businesses including Executive Vice President, Major Projects & Green Energy; President, Enbridge Gas Distribution; Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning and Development; Vice President, Financial Services and Treasurer for Enbridge’s US-based master limited partnership. Mr Monaco earned a Masters of Business Administration (Finance) from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary. He holds a Certified Management Accountant designation and is a member of the Society of Management Accountants of Alberta. He has also completed the Harvard Advanced Management Program. Mr Monaco is a member of the University of Calgary Board of Governors’ Investment Committee, the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine Dean’s Advisory Board, a Director of the C.D. Howe Institute, and a Director of API.
	David Pike Editor EI New Energy, Energy Intelligence
	Andrew Place President Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD) Andrew Place serves as President of the Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD). Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Center is an independent 501(c)(3)organization whose mission is to support continuous improvement and innovative practices through performance standards and third-party certification in the Appalachian Basin. Funded by philanthropic foundations and participating energy companies, CSSD promotes collaborative efforts by a diverse and comprehensive group of stakeholders to address the imperatives for prudent development of shale gas resources as called for by the Shale Gas Production Subcommittee of the US Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board; the National Petroleum Council; and the International Energy Agency. Mr Place is also the Corporate Director of Energy & Environmental Policy for EQT Corporation. Mr Place’s work at EQT covers a broad spectrum of energy and environmental policy issues with particular emphases on natural gas demand as well as sectoral environmental practices. Mr Place served for eighteen months in Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection, first as Special Assistant to the Secretary for Energy and Climate Change and second as Acting Deputy Secretary of the Office of Energy and Technology Deployment. Before working at the Department of Environmental Protection, Mr Place served as a Research Fellow in Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Engineering and Public Policy with a primary focus on carbon capture and sequestration among other technical, economic, and policy issues related to energy and the environment. Mr Place holds a BS in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and an MS in Public Policy and Management from the H. John Heinz III College at Carnegie Mellon.
	Jesus Reyes-Heroles Former CEO, Pemex Executive President, Structura Dr Jesús F. Reyes-Heroles is currently Executive President of StructurA, an organization that groups a number of consulting firms to include GEA, PROA, MBD, and EnergeA. He is also member of the Board of Directors of Santander Mexico, OHL Mexico and Water Capital Mexico, as well as member of the Advisory Board of Energy Intelligence Group (EIG), Mitsui Mexico and the Centro Mario Molina para Estudios Estratégicos sobre Energía y Medio Ambiente AC. Dr Reyes-Heroles’ most recent position was Director General/Chief Executive Officer of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), a position he held from December 2006 until September 2009. This followed a period from 2001 to November 2006, when Dr Reyes-Heroles held a variety of positions in the private sector to include Executive President of GEA\|StructurA. During those years, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart Mexico, and Banamex Citigroup. Dr Reyes-Heroles’ was Ambassador of Mexico to the United States of America from October 1997 to November 2000, and from 1995 to 1997, he served as Secretary of Energy in President Ernesto Zedillo's cabinet. In that capacity he was Chairman of the Board of diverse state owned enterprises, such as Petróleos Mexicanos and Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE). He began his career in 1975 as Research Assistant for the President of Banco de México, Mexico’s central bank. Dr Reyes-Heroles has combined his professional activities with academia. He has been Professor of Economics at ITAM. He lectured both graduate and undergraduate courses and is currently teaching a key seminar. Dr Reyes-Heroles holds a BA in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (1976). He also carried out law studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). In 1980, he obtained a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Fulbright scholar.
	Cristina Roberts Managing Director – Head of Energy & Commodity Finance Americas Corporate Banking Americas, BNP Paribas Cristina Roberts is a Managing Director and the Head of Energy & Commodity Finance in the Americas for BNP Paribas. She is responsible for the bank’s business in providing financing solutions to the various players of the commodity chain, financing the production, transformation and marketing of various commodities in the Energy, Soft Commodities and Metals & Mining sectors. She manages teams based in New York, Dallas and Sao Paulo. In addition, she is also the Global Head of Soft Commodities within E&CF. Ms Roberts joined BNP Paribas in June 2010 with the acquisition of Fortis Bank where she was the Global Head of Commodities. She held various positions within the Fortis Commodities Group during her 17 years with the bank, working in New York, Johannesburg, London and Amsterdam. She became the Global Head for the Commodities Group in 2007, based in Europe. From 2000-2007 she was based in the US with responsibility for developing a commodities business in the Americas, taking on additional responsibility in 2006 for the bank’s global energy commodities lending activities. Prior to this, she ran the bank’s global Metals and Steel business in London, a position she assumed following a period as the bank’s representative for a joint venture with Rand Merchant Bank focused on trade and commodity finance for Sub-Saharan Africa. She began her career at the Fortis Group in 1993 an account manager in the New York office. Prior to Fortis, Ms Roberts was employed at the Chase Manhattan Bank where she received her credit training and worked in various offices around the world in both the Credit Audit Division and the Commodity Financing Division. Ms Roberts received her degrees in International Relations and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986.
	Matt Rogers Director McKinsey & Co. Matt Rogers is a Director in McKinsey & Company’s San Francisco location. He focuses on the role technology and innovation play in restructuring markets, especially in oil, gas, power, aerospace, and other energy and industrial companies. Mr Rogers has spent 25 years serving energy and clients globally. Over time, he has led the Americas Petroleum and Electric Power and Natural Gas practices and helped establish the Firm’s Resource Productivity and Clean Technology practices. He has written extensively on oil, gas, power, and resource markets. During 2009-10, Mr Rogers served as the Senior Advisor to the US Secretary of Energy, leading the Recovery Act Implementation. In this role, he had responsibility for managing the Department of Energy’s $35.2B in Recovery Act appropriations. The Department of Energy reviewed more than 30,000 applications and funded more than 5,000 projects through the Recovery Act, accelerating US innovation in energy efficiency, advanced transportation, renewable energy, transmission and distribution infrastructure, carbon capture and sequestration, environmental clean-up, and basic and applied science. He holds a US Department of Defense Q clearance to address national security issues.Mr Rogers graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University. After graduation he joined Credit Suisse First Boston as an energy investment banking analyst. He earned an MBA from Yale University’s School of Management.
	Antoine Rostand President Schlumberger Business Consulting Antoine Rostand is President of Schlumberger Business Consulting (SBC), a business unit of the world's leading oilfield services company. Operating from 15 principal offices worldwide and comprising over 220 consultants, SBC has established its leadership position as the largest and most specialized management consultancy in the upstream sector -- working with energy companies, governments and other leading organizations, on strategy, human resources, and operations related matters. Mr Rostand is a proponent of thought leadership and of promoting a platform for the sharing of innovative ideas. SBC has produced extensive studies around some of the most crucial challenges in the oil and gas industry, and the SBC Energy Institute, a non-profit organization, generates scientific research to provide a deeper understanding of the technology and economics of new sources of energy supply, such as wind, concentrated solar power and hydrogen-based storage -- with the ultimate vision of solving the energy challenges of the 21st century. With some 30 years of energy experience, Mr Rostand joined Schlumberger as a field engineer and spent the initial years of his career working in Europe and Africa. He also spent six years with ICME, a strategy consulting firm in Switzerland, after which he joined A.T. Kearny as a partner in 1996. Following the acquisition of A.T. Kearny by EDS, Mr Rostand was appointed President for EDS France, where he remained until 2002. He then rejoined Schlumberger to head the Consulting and System Integration Unit for Europe. Mr Rostand holds a diploma from Ecole Polytechnique and also graduated from INSEAD's MBA program in 1989.
	Stephen Senterfit Vice President Booz Allen Hamilton Stephen Senterfit, Booz Allen Hamilton Vice President, is based in Houston and leads the firm’s commercial energy business. He has over 20 years of experience building management consulting and information technology service businesses in the oil and gas, utility and financial services markets. Mr Senterfit’s energy experience encompasses strategy and operational transformation for the digital oilfield, smart grid, information management, advanced analytics, and information technology rationalization initiatives. He has helped national and international energy companies transform their performance through strategic planning, improved processes and use of data, technologies, and operational excellence. Prior to joining Booz Allen, Mr Senterfit was Managing Director of Landmark Services, where he led the consulting and technology service line. He worked with oil and gas clients in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East. The organization was focused on upstream oil and gas solutions around digital oilfield, exploration and reservoir analysis, petrotechnical information management, analytics and managed services, real-time drilling operations, and collaborative environments.He has also previously held executive positions at SAIC, including Vice President of Middle East Energy, Vice President of Oil & Gas, and Vice President of Business Integration Solutions. In this capacity, he worked with energy clients and led organizations spanning North America, Europe and the Middle East. Mr Senterfit holds a Board position with the Digital Oilfield Development Council. The Council brings together digitalized oilfield technology innovators to discuss the most pressing issues facing today's oil and gas professionals. He holds a BS degree in Computer Science from Lander University and graduated from SAIC’s Executive Leadership Program through the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
	Barbara Shook Senior Reporter and Analyst Energy Intelligence
	The Honorable Adam Sieminski Administrator US Energy Information Administration The Honorable Adam Sieminski was sworn in on June 4, 2012, as the eighth Administrator of the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). From March 2012 to May 2012, while awaiting confirmation as EIA Administrator, Mr Sieminski served as a Senior Director on the staff of the National Security Council. From 2005 until March 2012. he was the Chief Energy Economist for Deutsche Bank, working with the bank's global commodities research and trading units. Mr Sieminski forecasted energy market trends and wrote on a variety of topics involving energy economics, climate change, geopolitics and commodity prices. From 1998 to 2005, he served as the Director and Energy Strategist for Deutsche Bank's global oil and gas equity team. Prior to that, from 1988 to 1997, Mr Sieminski was the Senior Energy Analyst for NatWest Securities in the United States, covering the major US international integrated oil companies. Mr Sieminski has also acted as a Senior Advisor to the Energy and National Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is a Senior Fellow and ex-President of the US Association for Energy Economics. In 2006, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman appointed Mr Sieminski to the US National Petroleum Council (NPC), where he helped author the NPC's global oil and gas study Hard Truths. Mr Sieminski was also an advisory board member of the Global Energy and Environment Initiative at Johns Hopkins Unverisity / SAIS. He received both an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering and a Master's degree in Public Administration from Cornell University.
	Katherine Spector Head of Commodities Strategy CIBC World Markets Katherine Spector joined CIBC World Markets in 2010 to initiate Commodities Strategy for the bank’s sales and trading desk based in New York. She is responsible for the bank’s energy price forecasts and market views, and her analysis includes global energy supply/demand fundamentals, money flows and geopolitics. Ms Spector is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of the New York Energy Forum, an educational organization dedicated to increasing public knowledge about energy issues. She appears regularly in print and television media and was acknowledged by Bloomberg in 2013 as the most accurate forecaster of benchmark WTI prices over a two-year span. Prior to joining CIBC, Ms Spector headed the Global Energy Strategy group as part of J P Morgan’s Global Commodities Sales & Trading team. Previously, she was an Energy Strategist on the Deutsche Bank Commodity Sales & Trading desk and worked as the Editor of Oil Market Intelligence at Energy Intelligence. She also worked as a consultant with Industrial Economics, Inc., in Cambridge, Mass. where her work included litigation support for the deregulation of natural gas utilities. Ms Spector holds a degree in Political Science from Yale University where her research focused on patterns of rent distribution in petrostates and implications for democratization.
	Frank Verrastro Senior Vice President Center for Strategic and International Studies Frank Verrastro is Senior Vice President and the James R. Schlesinger Chair for Energy & Geopolitics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). From 2003 to 2012, he served as Director of the Energy and National Security Program at CSIC. Mr Verrastro has extensive energy experience, having spent over 30 years in energy policy and project management positions in the US Government and the private sector. His government service included staff positions in the White House and the Departments of Interior and Energy, including service as Deputy Assistant Secretary for international energy resources. In the private sector, Mr Verrastro has served as Director of refinery policy and crude oil planning for TOSCO (formerly the nation's largest independent refiner) and more recently as Senior Vice President for Pennzoil. Responsibilities at Pennzoil included government affairs activity, both domestic and international, corporate planning, risk assessment and international negotiations. In addition, Mr Verrastro served on the company's Executive Management and Operating Committees, as well as the Environmental, Safety and Health Leadership Council. Mr Verrastro holds a BS in Biology / Chemistry from Fairfield University, a Master's degree from Harvard University and he completed the Executive Management program at the Yale University Graduate School of Business and Management. He has been an adjunct professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University and has lectured at Harvard's Kennedy School. Mr Verrastro has authored a variety of papers on energy and security topics.
	Thomas Wallin Editor-in-Chief Energy Intelligence

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