Datuk Anuar Ahmad
Executive Vice President, Gas & Power Business
PETRONAS

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Datuk Anuar Ahmad is the Chairman of the National Organising Committee for the 25th World Gas Conference and Executive Vice President of Gas & Power Business, PETRONAS. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree, Economics from the London School of Economics & Political Science and attended the Advanced Management Programme at the Harvard Business School. He joined PETRONAS in 1977 and has held several senior management positions in the PETRONAS Group including Vice President of Human Resource Management Division and earlier, as Vice President of Oil Business. He is a member of the PETRONAS Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Management Committee and sits on the Board of several companies within the PETRONAS Group.

Peter Voser
CEO
Royal Dutch Shell

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Peter Voser became CEO of Royal Dutch Shell on 1 July 2009. Before his appointment as CEO, Mr Voser had been CFO and an Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell since 2004. Prior to this, he was CFO and an Executive Committee Member of the Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Group of Companies, based in Switzerland, from March 2002 until September 2004. Mr Voser joined Shell in 1982, and worked in a number of finance and business roles in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Argentina and Chile. In 1999 he was appointed CFO of Shell Europe Oil Products. He became CFO of the Global Oil Products business in early 2001 and a member of the Oil Products Executive Committee.

Rex W Tillerson
Chairman & CEO
Exxon Mobil Corporation

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As Chairman and CEO, Rex W Tillerson leads Exxon Mobil Corporation’s oil, natural gas and petrochemical businesses spanning six continents. He joined Exxon Company, USA in 1975 as a production engineer and went on to manage operations throughout the US, Yemen, and Russia. In 2001, Mr Tillerson was named Senior Vice President of Exxon Mobil Corporation, and he became Chairman and CEO in 2006. He currently serves as the National President of the Boy Scouts of America. Additionally, he has taken leadership roles in several organisations, including the American Petroleum Institute, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Business Roundtable.

Jerôme Ferrier
Vice President
International Gas Union

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Jerôme Ferrier (TOTAL, France), a graduate in petroleum engineering, has more than 30 years experience in natural gas activities ranging from production to marketing in Africa and Europe. Since 1995 he has been successively Managing Director of Gaz du Sud-Ouest, the southwestern gas branch in France, Director of Total Gas and Power for the Americas, President of Gas and Power for the Southern Cone in South America and Group Representative in Argentina, Special Adviser to the President of Total Gas and Power and since 2008 Senior Vice-President Corporate Security.

Alexey Miller
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors &
Chairman of the Management Committee
OAO Gazprom

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Alexey Miller graduated from Voznesensky Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute and holds a PhD in economics. From 1991 until 1996, Mr Miller served with the Committee for External Relations of the Saint Petersburg Mayor’s Office. After this he held leading positions at a variety of companies before being appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation in 2000. Since 2001 he has served as Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom, and since 2002 as Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors.

Paul van Gelder
Chairman of the Executive Board & CEO
Gasunie

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Paul van Gelder took up the position of Chairman and CEO of NV Nederlandse Gasunie on 1 September 2010. Prior to taking on his new role at Gasunie, he was Managing Director of TAQA Europa and TAQA Energy, responsible for TAQA’s European operations. His previous positions in TAQA included Project Director of Bergermeer Gas Storage developing an underground gas storage facility. Mr van Gelder joined TAQA at a very early stage of the development of the company as he was working for BP in the Netherlands when BP Nederland Energie was acquired by TAQA at the end of 2006. Before his career with BP he worked as Director of Logistics for Driessen Aerospace Systems in the Netherlands and in the Czech Republic. This followed a career in the Royal Netherlands Air Force and Royal Netherlands Navy where he rose to Commanding Officer after having fulfilled several operational positions both in the Netherlands and abroad. Mr van Gelder is a graduate of the Royal Netherlands Naval Academy and has a Masters degree from the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. He is a member of the Supervisory Board at the Energy Delta Institute and a member of the Advisory Board of Clingendael.

Dato' Wee Yiaw Hin
Executive Vice President, Exploration & Production Business,
PETRONAS

George Kirkland
Vice Chairman & Executive Vice President,
Upstream & Gas
Chevron Corporation

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George Kirkland has been Vice Chairman of Chevron Corporation since 2010, and Executive Vice President of Upstream & Gas since 2005. In addition to board of directors’ responsibilities, he is responsible for Chevron’s global exploration, production and gas activities. Mr. Kirkland joined Chevron in 1974 and held assignments of increasing responsibility across the globe from Nigeria to North America and Indonesia. Mr Kirkland has a degree in civil engineering, and retains either director, board or chairman responsibilities for the Africa-America Institute, the Corporate Council on Africa, the US-Kazakhstan Business Association, and US-ASEAN Business Council.

Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi
Managing Director 
RasGas Company Limited

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Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi is Managing Director and Board Member of Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (RasGas). In addition, he is Chairman of the Board for several high profile Qatari companies including QAPCO, Qatar Fuel Additives Company Limited (QAFAC), Qatofin Company Limited, and Qatar Gas Transport Company (NAKILAT). He is also an active Board Member of Qatar Petroleum (QP), Qatar Vinyl Company (QVC), Industries of Qatar (IQ), Qatar Petroleum International Limited, and is an Advisory Board Member of the Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce. Mr Al Mohannadi was appointed in January 2009 as one of the Board of Trustees of Qatar University chaired by Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani.

Khalid Al Thani
CEO
Qatargas Operating Company Ltd.

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Mr Al Thani graduated with a Masters degree in Business Administration from Pacific Luthran University, Tacoma, Washington, USA in 1990. He joined Qatar Petroleum in 1991 and progressed through various positions including Business Development Manager, Mesaieed Industrial City. He then became Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Real Estate and Investment Company (Al Aqaria) before being appointed in 2007 as Director Laffan, Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLCI). Mr Al Thani is currently Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Laffan Refinery Company Limited and Director and Chief Executive Officer of Qatargas Operating Company Limited, and Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited 1, 2, 3 and 4.

R Priyono
Chairman
BPMIGAS

Eldar Sætre
Executive Vice President Marketing, Processing & Renewable Energy
Statoil ASA

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Eldar Sætre has been Executive Vice President of Marketing, Processing and Renewable Energy at Statoil ASA since January 2011. Mr Sætre joined Statoil in 1980 and has since held several management positions in the group, mainly in the fields of accounting and finance, including the position of CFO from October 2003 until 31 December 2010. He is also a member of the board of Strømberg Gruppen AS and Trucknor AS. Mr Sætre has a MA in business economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) in Bergen.

Kangsoo Choo
President & CEO
Korea Gas Corporation

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Kangsoo Choo, the President and CEO of Korea Gas Corporation, also serves as the Chairman of the Korea Gas Union. In 1978, he joined Hyundai Heavy Industries. Holding various positions in Hyundai Group, Mr Choo took a leading role in introducing overseas business of energy and natural resources to Hyundai Business Group. In 2008, he began his leadership in Korea Gas Corporation by expanding the activities of the company in the natural gas industry around the world, making Korea Gas Corporation the 4th most admired energy company in the world by Fortune in 2011.

Mitsunori Torihara
Chairman
The Japan Gas Association

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Mitsunori Torihara was elected Chairman of The Japan Gas Association in June 2010, having previously served as Vice Chairman. Since April 2010, he has also been Chairman of Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd, within which he held the position of President from 2006 until 2010. He holds a number of positions within the economic and business community in Japan, including Special Advisor to the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Vice Chairman of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He was born in 1943 and was educated at the University of Tokyo, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics.

B C Tripathi
Chairman & Managing Director
GAIL (India) Limited

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B C Tripathi is Chairman and Managing Director of GAIL (India) Ltd, which is the flagship natural gas company of the government of India and the market leader in India’s gas market. It is an integrated gas utility having presence across the businesses of gas transmission, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, gas processing (LPG and liquid hydrocarbons), LPG pipeline transportation, re-gassified-LNG, City Gas/CNG ventures, and E&P etc. GAIL recorded a turnover of $5.6 billion and PAT of $0.68 billion during 2009 - 10. Mr Tripathi is also the Chairman of Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Limited, Indraprastha Gas Ltd, and GAIL Gas Ltd. In addition, he is Director on the Board of Petronet LNG Ltd, a joint venture of GAIL. Prior to taking over as Chairman of GAIL, Mr Tripathi was Director (marketing) of the company. He has over 29 years of experience in the domain of project planning, management and execution, operations and maintenance and marketing. Mr Tripathi is a mechanical engineer by qualification.

Jean-François Cirelli
President
EUROGAS

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Jean-François Cirelli is a graduate of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (1983-1985). He also has a degree in law. In 1985 he worked for the Treasury division of the French Ministry of the Economy and Finances. In 1995, he became economic counselor to the President of the French Republic. In 2002 Mr Cirelli was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff to the French Prime Minister in charge of economic, industrial and labor issues. In 2004, he was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gaz de France. Since 2008, Jean-François Cirelli is Vice Chairman and President of GDF SUEZ. In 2010 Mr Cirelli was elected President of Eurogas. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Electrabel, Board Member of SUEZ Environnement and Supervisory Board Member of Vallourec. Jean-François Cirelli is a “Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur”

Zhou Jiping
President, CNPC &
Vice Chairman & President, PetroChina

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Zhou Jiping is the President of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Vice Chairman and President of PetroChina. Mr Zhou holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in geophysics from China Petroleum University and Chinese Academy of Science. From 1985 to 1986, he enjoyed a one year advanced learning program in Statoil. He worked in Exxon, USA as a visiting scholar from 1991 to 1992. In October to November 1997 he participated as a senior visiting scholar in the Eisenhower Fellowship Program in USA. Mr Zhou has nearly 40 years’ experience in both onshore and offshore petroleum exploration and development, particularly on international cooperation with foreign partners. He had held various positions in his oil career including Exploration Manager, E&P Department of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Manager of Overseas Department of International Cooperation Bureau of CNPC, General Manager of Vanuatu Company and Papua New Guinea Company of China National Oil & Gas E&D Corporation (CNODC), Vice President of CNODC, President of Greater Nile International Petroleum Operating Company, President of CNODC, Assistant President of CNPC, Senior Vice President, President of CNPC and Vice Chairman and President of PetroChina.

Lawrence Borgard
Chairman, American Gas Association &
President & COO, Utilities, Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

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Lawrence Borgard is President and COO – Utilities of Integrys Energy Group, Inc., and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Integrys’ six electric and natural gas utilities. He is responsible for the day to day operations of the natural gas and electric subsidiaries of the Integrys Energy Group, Inc., which serve 1.6 million natural gas customers and 500 thousand electric customers in four Midwestern states. Mr Borgard has spent 26 years in the energy industry. He is involved in a number of civic organisations, and is the first Vice Chairman of the American Gas Association. He will be appointed as Chairman in January 2012.

Umberto Vergine
COO Gas & Power Division
ENI SpA

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Umberto Vergine, born in Milan in 1957, is a Chartered Civil Engineer from Politecnico di Milano and joined Eni in 1984. Having started his career in Agip as a Petroleum Engineer, he worked between 1985 and 1991 in Norway on the Ekofisk field, in Angola in Cabinda and in Libya in Tripoli. He then took the responsibility of production manager of the Crema District in the north of Italy. Between 1993 and 2001, Mr Vergine covered various leading positions overseas, managing different Eni E&P companies; District Manager of Agip UK in Aberdeen, District General Manager of Nigerian Agip Oil Co (NAOC) in Port Harcourt and General Manager of Petrobel Company in Egypt. In 2001 he was Managing Director of Lasmo Venezuela in Caracas. At the end of 2002 he was appointed Managing Director of Ieoc in Cairo. Mr Vergine returned to Italy in 2004 where he held in the Eni E&P Division the following responsibilities; Regional Vice President West Africa and Egypt, Senior Vice President for North Sea, Americas, Russia, Far East and Pacific, Senior Vice President Technologies & Services. Executive Vice President for South Europe, Central Asia, Far East and Pacific. In 2010 he was appointed Eni SpA Senior Executive Vice President for Studies and Research. Since January 2012 he has been Chief Operating Officer of the Gas & Power Division. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of Saipem SpA.

Christophe de Margerie
Chairman & CEO
TOTAL

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Christophe de Margerie joined the Group after graduating from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Paris in 1974. Born in 1951, he served in several positions in the Group’s Financial department and Exploration and Production division. He became President of Total Middle East in 1995 before joining the group’s Executive Committee as the President of the Exploration and Production division in May 1999. He then became Senior Executive Vice President of Exploration and Production of the new TotalFinaElf group in 2000. In January 2002, he became President of the Exploration and Production division of TOTAL. He was appointed a Member of the Board of Directors by the shareholders’ meeting held on 12 May 2006. He became Chief Executive Officer of TOTAL and Chairman of the Executive Committee on 14 February 2007. He was appointed Chairman and CEO of TOTAL on 21 May 2010.

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David Carroll
President & CEO
Gas Technology Institute

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David Carroll is the President and CEO of Gas Technology Institute (GTI). Since 2006, he has overseen the company’s operations and directs its programmes for developing technologies, products, and services that create exceptional value for customers in the natural gas and related industries. Prior to joining GTI, he held various technical and management positions with Praxair, Inc., Liquid Carbonic Industries, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. He is the Steering Committee Chairman for the 17th International Conference and Exhibition on LNG. In June 2012, Mr Carroll will become Vice President of the International Gas Union.

Kandeh K Yumkella
Director-General,
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)