Industry Advisory Council Meeting: Stabilizing Energy Markets in a Disrupted World

The International Energy Forum's Industry Advisory Council (IAC), convening in person on 29-30 June 2026 in Bucharest, Romania, in conjunction with the IEF Executive Board Meeting serves as a pivotal platform for candid dialogue among senior executives from across the energy value chain to help prioritize the focus of the government led IEF energy dialogue.

The IAC is hosted in Romania, a key European Energy Hub bridging a rapid transition toward decarbonization, by replacing coal with gas, renewables, and nuclear. Romania also leverages the EU internal markets and Black Sea LNG for energy market security. The IAC's Bucharest meeting is timely and relevant against the backdrop of Europe's vulnerability to supply disruptions and its global leadership on multilateral non-discriminatory trade, climate change mitigation measures, push for clean industrial competitiveness, and green transition partnerships world-wide.

Building on the findings of the February 2026 IAC in Riyadh held in conjunction with the 16^th IEA-IEF-OPEC Symposium on Energy Outlooks chaired by HRH Prince Bin Salman Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, this Bucharest meeting will prioritize collective strategies to mitigate the Hormuz shock's cascading effects, foster stable markets, and ensure equitable transitions that prioritize energy security without unduly compromising affordability or sustainability while recognizing regional complementarities and policy trade-offs.

In the wake of Hormuz's closure, IAC deliberations will review investment, trade, and technology choices for global energy security, connectivity, and resilience to stabilize markets in a disrupted world. Convening under the Chatham House Rule, the meetings will be structured in four key sessions to discuss impacts and short-term crises response and reinforce global market functioning and stability through options to stimulate investment, diversify infrastructure, improve fiscal predictability and regulatory clarity and cohesion.

Session structure

• Opening by IEF Secretary General: Host Country Keynote by Ministry of Energy of Romania
• Session 1: Stabilizing Post-Hormuz Markets: Impacts and Responses to Meet Energy Demand in a New High-Risk Environment
• Session 2: Energy Security, Connectivity, and Resilience: Improve Global Market Functioning or Find Energy Solutions Closer to Home?
• Session 3: Access to Electrons, Molecules, and Minerals: Trade-Offs to Keep Shared Goals within Reach
• Session 4: Fuel Security, Decarbonization, and Affordability: Policy and Sustainable Financing Impact on Energy Investment and Trade
• Closing Plenary: Meeting the Moment in a Disrupted World: IAC Recommendations to IEF17 Ministerial on Dialogue and Data

Held ahead of the IEF17 Ministerial hosted by Saudi Arabia on 11 October in Riyadh, the IAC will take stock and integrate industry insights to shape a forward-looking Ministerial agenda, generating actionable recommendations to navigate market fragmentation, derisk investments, and deliver reliable, clean energy for all stakeholders in a post-Hormuz world (please see the draft agenda including session introductions and IEF scene setter).

Setting the Scene

The global energy landscape has been profoundly disrupted by the unprecedented and sustained closure of the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a severe supply shock that has sent oil prices soaring, constrained crude oil, products, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) flows, exposing vulnerabilities in hydrocarbon (especially jet fuel and other middle distillates) and further essential commodity markets such as fertilizer, aluminum, and helium. This crisis underscores the world’s economic reliance on interconnected markets and the degree to which elevated risk and uncertainty is now the norm. The importance of producer-consumer dialogue cannot be overstated. Inclusive, engagement and data sharing safeguard global energy security, market stability, and transitions to reach shared goals in an era of increased geopolitical adversity, market volatility, and more diverse energy and climate policies.

Beyond Hormuz, population growth, urbanization, industrialization, technology advancements and the compelling need to share energy prosperity more fairly, while reducing greenhouse gas and other harmful emissions, will continue to drive energy demand and innovation forward. These call for equally unprecedented energy investment, trade, and technology decisions in both emerging and developing economies. Having suffered three successive shocks, the global energy system will not return to yesterday's new normal. Though many lessons have been learned from earlier crises not all have been fully addressed. This supply shock challenges producers and consumers to recalibrate investment, trade, and technology choices relating to energy security, connectivity, and resilience and stabilize markets in a disrupted world.

Global industry leaders are confronted by the daunting challenge of safeguarding reliable energy access for billions while navigating skyrocketing trade and investment costs. In addition to escalating input prices, industry must deal with disrupted and lengthened shipping routes, as well as ever more distinct and diverse compliance requirements ranging from environmental and social governance to sustainable financing criteria and sanctions due to rising energy, climate, and security demands. Energy and climate policy post Hormuz are taking on added foreign policy and security considerations too. This includes a reinvigorated dash for home-sourced renewables and nuclear, rightly making the reinforcement of networks, and diversification of infrastructure, supply chains and sources (including bioenergy hydrogen and sustainable fuels and critical minerals) key priorities in advanced economies.

Developing economies are more severely affected, priced out of LNG and oil markets for the second time by the buying power of developed economies now that LNG and oil market abundance has turned to scarcity overnight. Reducing exposure to international energy and commodity markets by doubling down on developing local energy resources and resilience is the first risk management response in the global south as well. Increased investment in local oil, gas, renewables and critical minerals in the developing economies of Africa, and beyond, will benefit global energy security through the added diversity it offers. However, responses will also favor greater reliance on domestic coal and delay decarbonization in exactly those world regions that drive global energy demand growth.

With developing and advanced economies prioritizing opposing energy policy and technology pathways; a dash for cutting-edge clean technologies versus reliance on resource and affordable technology availability, the fall-out from the current crisis risks creating a division in global energy markets and a loss of technology neutrality. Without IEF dialogue deepening understanding, future energy policy settings will further erode global energy market efficiencies and policy predictability halting much needed energy trade, investment, and innovation to meet future energy demand.

To stabilize markets in a disrupted world, deeper and more inclusive dialogue engagement and data sharing is needed. Policy makers should acknowledge that energy security remains a shared responsibility in which the transparent and predictable functioning of global energy markets is central for cost effective crises responses, energy trade, investment and innovation to deploy at scale and speed.

Rather than an untimely and costly retreat to regional market solutions and technology preferences, producers and consumers should enhance dialogue on energy security sustainability and affordability, reducing unnecessary hurdles and reestablishing policy clarity. To overcome persistent cost of living and energy access/poverty crises, structural underinvestment in an aging resource base and public infrastructure due to public financing and regulatory constraints, industry and private sector financing should be empowered to follow through more decisively with energy investments, trade opportunities, infrastructure expansions and the innovative solutions that the world needs today.

Speakers

Welcome and opening

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  Jassim Alshirawi
  Secretary General, IEF

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  Jassim Alshirawi

  Secretary General, IEF

  Jassim Alshirawi is the sixth Secretary General of the International Energy Forum (IEF), the largest international organization of energy ministers, headquartered in the Diplomatic Quarter of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His term officially began on January 1, 2025.

  The first Secretary General of the IEF from the Middle East, Mr. Alshirawi is seasoned veteran of the energy industry with over 40 years of energy experience and leadership in both the public and private sectors.

  Mr. Alshirawi contributed to the advancement of Bahrain's energy sector in various roles, including as advisory to the Minister of Oil & Gas, and in multiple leadership roles at the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), the National Oil & Gas Authority, the Ministry of Oil. He has contributed towards the development of the Sustainable Energy Centre, that oversaw the implementation of National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Plans under Bahrain's Minister of Electricity and Water.

  He has coordinated Bahrain's participation in a number of energy organizations, including WPC (now WPC Energy), the International Gas Union (IGU), the IEF, and OPEC.
  With seven years of experience as Bahrain's representative on the Executive Board and nine years on the International Support Group of the International Energy Forum, Mr. Alshirawi brings in-depth knowledge of the organization he now leads.

  Mr. Alshirawi's lifelong contributions to Bahrain's energy and engineering sectors were honored in 2019 when His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa awarded him the prestigious the Order of National Action medal.

Session 1: Stabilizing Post-Hormuz Markets: Impacts and Responses to Meet Energy Demand in a New High-Risk Environment

Moderator

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  Joseph McMonigle
  Managing Director, MIP Real Assets

Speakers

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  Harith Al Suleimany
  Executive Director, Seven Seas Petroleum

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  Harith Al Suleimany

  Executive Director, Seven Seas Petroleum

  Harith Al Suleimany is the Executive Director of Seven Seas Petroleum (SSP), a leading Omani energy enterprise with over two decades of contribution to the Gulf’s oil, gas, and petrochemical landscape. In his capacity as Executive Director, Harith oversees the company’s strategic direction, major partnerships, government relations, and regional growth initiatives—roles that place him at the center of high-level engagement across the energy sector.

  Backed by a formal academic foundation in Energy Studies with a focus on Sustainable Energy Systems, Harith brings a forward-looking perspective to SSP’s growth. His educational background has shaped his approach to integrating modern energy technologies, environmental best practices, and long-term sustainability considerations into the company’s strategic operations and partnerships.

  Harith’s leadership spans the full value chain of SSP’s operations, including oilfield and petrochemical chemicals, drilling and production solutions for large-scale national projects, industrial technologies, and digital transformation initiatives. He has been instrumental in expanding the company’s portfolio to support national oil companies, downstream operators, and international EPC contractors with highvalue technical solutions and mission-critical supply capabilities.

  A key driver of international collaboration, Harith manages relationships with global technology 
  providers, specialty chemical manufacturers, advanced equipment suppliers, and engineering partners across Asia, Europe, and North America. His efforts have strengthened SSP’s role as a regional gateway for advanced industrial and chemical solutions entering the GCC markets—supporting major clients and national operators with enhanced operational reliability and innovation.

  Harith is also an active proponent of energy efficiency, sustainability, and digital modernization within the sector. Under his direction, SSP has championed the integration of next-generation technologies and environmentally aligned, environmentally friendly solutions that support Oman’s, the GCC’s, and COP’s long-term energy transition priorities. Throughout his career, he has monetized over 18 flare gas sites and played a significant role in supporting clients to reduce thousands of tons of CO₂ annually. In addition, he has set the foundation for integrating world-class electrolyzer technologies for green hydrogen—advancing the downstream and petrochemical sectors in their transition toward achieving top-quartile performance.

  Recognized for his ability to engage effectively with senior government stakeholders, C-suite executives, and international decision makers, Harith plays a prominent role in shaping strategic dialogues around supply resilience, industrial development, and cross-border energy cooperation.

  With a leadership philosophy grounded in excellence, partnership, and forward-thinking industry 
  development, Harith Al Suleimany represents a high-level executive figure whose contributions continue to advance the region’s energy and petrochemical ecosystem

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  Richard Bronze
  Head of Geopolitics, Energy Aspects

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  Richard Bronze

  Head of Geopolitics, Energy Aspects

  Richard Bronze is Head of Geopolitics and a co-founder of Energy Aspects, a market intelligence and data provider covering global energy markets. The company has almost seven hundred clients spanning the energy industry and financial markets. Richard focuses on analysing the ways in which geopolitics affects oil and natural gas markets, including political instability, economic sanctions and the role of OPEC+. Richard is frequently featured in leading media outlets and has given evidence to the UK parliament on the impact of sanctions on energy markets. Prior to establishing Energy Aspects in 2012, he worked in central government functions in both the UK and New Zealand.

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  Helima Croft
  Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets

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  Paul Horsnell
  Oxford Institute for Energy Economics (OIES), Chairperson of the Board

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  Paul Horsnell

  Oxford Institute for Energy Economics (OIES), Chairperson of the Board

  Dr. Paul Horsnell is an independent energy analyst and Chair of the Board of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Previously he was Head of Commodities Research at Standard Chartered Bank, Head of Commodities Research at Barclays and Head of Energy Research at JPMorgan. 

  Before entering the finance industry he was Praelector in Economics at Lincoln College, Oxford, and Assistant Director for Research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. He is a former Chair of the British Institute of Energy Economics.

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  Osama Mobarez
  Secretary General, EMGF

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  Musaab Almulla
  Vice President, Energy & Economic Insights in Strategy & Marketing Analysis, Saudi Aramco

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  Carole Nakhle
  Founder & CEO, Crystol Energy

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  Arthur Richier
  Head of Strategic Partnerships, Vortexa

Session 2: Energy Security, Connectivity, and Resilience: Improve Global Market Functioning or Find Energy Solutions Closer to Home?

Moderator

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  Cornelia Meyer
  CEO, Meyer Resources

Speakers

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  Jun Arima
  Chief Sustainability Officer, Japan Organization of Metal and Energy Security (JOGMEC)

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  Jun Arima

  Chief Sustainability Officer, Japan Organization of Metal and Energy Security (JOGMEC)

  Jun Arima is Chief Sustainability Officer, Japan Organization of Metal and Energy Security (JOGMEC) and Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo. He also serves as, Consulting Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Distinguished Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Institute of Research (APIR), and Senior Policy Fellow for Energy and Environment at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). He was a Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report.

  His publication includes "Energy Policies of the IEA Countries" (2003-2006 editions), "Memoir of the Kyoto Protocol" (2014), "Truth of Global Warming Negotiation – Economic War on National Interests-"(2015), "Global Warming Countermeasures with Pragmatism – Paris Agreement and Thereafter" (2016), "Trump Risk – America First and Global Warming" (2017), "Policy Recommendations by the Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security" (Chapter 2) (2017), "Japan’s Energy Conundrum" (Chapter 11) (2018), "Finding a Viable Path for Reducing GHG Emissions2 (2019 King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), "Eco-fundamentalism as a Grist to China’s Mill" (2021), "Eco-fundamentalism will ruin our country" (2021), and "Eco-Fascism –Diseases calling for Decarbonization, Renewables and Nuclear Phase-out" (2022 Joint Authorship).

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  NJ Ayuk
  Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber

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  NJ Ayuk

  Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber

  A leading authority in the African Energy sector and a strong advocate for African entrepreneurship and development, NJ Ayuk is recognised as the foremost figure in African business. He is the Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, an organisation at the forefront of the African Energy industry and championing industry development, investments and local economic empowerment through the elimination of continent-wide energy poverty. As a renowned dealmaker, NJ is also the founder of the pan-African full suite law conglomerate – CLG (formerly Centurion Law Group).

  NJ graduated from the University of Maryland College Park and earned a Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law and an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology. NJ cut his teeth practising across multiple jurisdictions and advising major companies and governments on energy related issues, investment strategies and epoch- making deals for over 2 decades.

  Beyond his impeccable advisory and deal closing roles, NJ is also a prolific speaker and bestselling author. He is the author of “Big Barrels”, Amazon and Wall Street Journal’s bestseller “Billions at Play: The Future of African Energy and Doing Deals” and Amazon bestseller – A Just Transition: Making Energy Poverty History with an Energy Mix. His consistency and impartial challenge against unjust global energy trends which could negatively impact Africa and her people have seen him addressing world leaders and executives at prestigious events around the world.

  Drawing from experience working with the United Nations, he advises governments on judicial modernization, rule of law issues, and the training of African judges, prosecutors and lawyers on a pro bono basis. Mr. Ayuk regularly participates in industry-specific conferences and seminars as a speaker and moderator. Since 2018, he is also the executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber where he leads continent-wide efforts to build domestic capacity and advocate for a stronger and more united African energy industry.
  He continues to play a significant role in developing policies and strategies to create and maintain a thriving investment environment on the continent while advancing regulations, attracting investments and enhancing local content participation across the energy sector value chain.

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  Hari Dattatreya
  Senior Vice President Energy Markets & Asset Transition, Vopak

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  Cosmin Ghita
  CEO, Nuclearelectrica

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  Cosmin Ghita

  CEO, Nuclearelectrica

  Cosmin Ghita is a graduate of Bates College of the United States, with specialization in international political economics. He started his career in the USA, with Chevron, Washington, contributing then to the company’s efforts in Romania. During the period 2015-2017, he was a partner in the private investment fund in energy Amerocap, headquartered in New York, supporting transactions and efforts for attracting capital in the field of energy and mineral resources, in Romania, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. He then held the position of advisers of the Prime Minister of Romania on issues of energy security and energy policy. Since September 2017, he has been occupying the position of Chief Executive Officer of Nuclearelectrica.

  Mr. Cosmin Ghita is the first Romanian elected within the Main Governing Board of World Association of Nuclear Operators (“WANO”), contributing to the fulfilment of the objectives of this international associations of strengthening nuclear safety and the culture of nuclear safety, with impact on all nuclear power plants in the world. Mr. Ghita is fluent in Romanian, English, Russian and French.

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  Ximena Vasquez-Maignan
  Counsel, White and Case

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  Ximena Vasquez-Maignan

  Counsel, White and Case

  Ximena is a project finance lawyer who has been working in the nuclear sector for more than twenty years. She worked for EDF, at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency as Head of the Office of Legal Counsel and in private practice. She specializes in nuclear law, with a particular expertise in nuclear liability. She advises governments and public organizations, investors, operators, equipment and service providers, as well as insurers, in the development and monitoring of nuclear projects worldwide. She chairs several groups addressing financing of nuclear projects and the liability regime applicable to fission and fusion projects.

Session 3: Access to Electrons, Molecules, and Minerals: Trade-Offs to Keep Shared Goals within Reach

Moderator

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  Manoj Narender Madnani
  President, GasEntec

Speakers

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  Adnan Shihab-Eldin
  Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute of Energy Studies

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  Carmen Elena Cirnu
  Scientific Director, The National Institute for Research & Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest

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  Carmen Elena Cirnu

  Scientific Director, The National Institute for Research & Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest

  Dr. Carmen Elena Cirnu is a strategic leader in digital transformation, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure resilience, with over two decades of experience at the intersection of technology, policy, and international cooperation. She serves as Scientific Director and Senior Scientific Researcher at National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest, where she leads initiatives in cybersecurity, emerging technologies, digital governance, and innovation.

  Her expertise spans critical infrastructure protection, cyber diplomacy, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, blockchain, and closely follows emerging quantum technologies. Dr. Cirnu has coordinated numerous European and international research programs and is the founder of the International Conference on Cyber Diplomacy and the Cyber Diplomacy Center.

  Recognized among leading voices in technology governance and digital resilience, she actively contributes to international dialogue on the secure, ethical, and sustainable adoption of emerging technologies. Her work focuses on strengthening resilience across energy, digital, and strategic infrastructures while fostering cross-sector collaboration between governments, industry, academia, and international organizations.

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  Ayla Majid
  Founder and CEO, Planetive

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  Raquel Heredia Silva
  Senior Programme Lead, Strategic Partnerships, World Nuclear Association

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  Raquel Heredia Silva

  Senior Programme Lead, Strategic Partnerships, World Nuclear Association

  Raquel Heredia is Senior Programme Lead for Strategic Partnerships at the World Nuclear Association, where she leads engagement across end energy users, the nuclear industry, and multilateral organisations to translate energy demand into nuclear deployment strategies and inform policy development.

  Her work sits at the intersection of policy, strategy, and stakeholder engagement, focusing on how nuclear technologies can enable equitable and practical low-carbon transitions across the global economy.

  Raquel holds a degree in Sustainable Development Engineering with a specialisation in Nuclear Energy from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, and a Master's in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, where she focused on the socio-political dimensions of energy transitions.

  She is also an active advocate for diversity in the energy sector and for encouraging women and girls into STEAM careers.

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  Astrid Poupart-Lafarge
  Global VP Industries, Aveva/Schneider Electric

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  Astrid Poupart-Lafarge

  Global VP Industries, Aveva/Schneider Electric

  Astrid Poupart-Lafarge is AVEVA VP Industries, she heads all the industrial practices of AVEVA spanning across Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Chemical, MMM, Life Science, and Consumer products. Leveraging deep industry expertise, the division helps industries to better leverage AVEVA industrial intelligence software in their digital transformation journey. 

  Prior to this, Astrid served as Schneider Electric Global Segment President for Energies and Chemicals Industries leading strategy, marketing, domain expert and global strategic account team.

  She has also experience in Strategic Account Management, as well as Oil & Gas segment leader in west Africa. She used to head Strategy and Marketing with Schneider Electric in Nigeria.

  Prior to Schneider Electric, Astrid was head of business development and M&A in a renewable energy company headquartered in Paris, France. 

  Astrid has a tracked record of more than 20 years of experience in strategy, marketing, sales, M&A, in Oil & Gas, utilities and renewable power plants fields. She holds a master’s degree in Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris. 

  She lives in France with her family.

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  Alex Rosu
  Chief Executive Officer, Verde Magnesium

Session 4: Fuel Security, Decarbonization, and Affordability: Policy and Sustainable Financing Impact on Energy Investment and Trade

Moderator

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  Christof van Agt Ross
  Director of Dialogue, IEF

Speakers

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  Jun Arima
  Chief Sustainability Officer, Japan Organization of Metal and Energy Security (JOGMEC)

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  Jun Arima

  Chief Sustainability Officer, Japan Organization of Metal and Energy Security (JOGMEC)

  Jun Arima is Chief Sustainability Officer, Japan Organization of Metal and Energy Security (JOGMEC) and Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo. He also serves as, Consulting Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Distinguished Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Institute of Research (APIR), and Senior Policy Fellow for Energy and Environment at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). He was a Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report.

  His publication includes "Energy Policies of the IEA Countries" (2003-2006 editions), "Memoir of the Kyoto Protocol" (2014), "Truth of Global Warming Negotiation – Economic War on National Interests-"(2015), "Global Warming Countermeasures with Pragmatism – Paris Agreement and Thereafter" (2016), "Trump Risk – America First and Global Warming" (2017), "Policy Recommendations by the Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security" (Chapter 2) (2017), "Japan’s Energy Conundrum" (Chapter 11) (2018), "Finding a Viable Path for Reducing GHG Emissions2 (2019 King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), "Eco-fundamentalism as a Grist to China’s Mill" (2021), "Eco-fundamentalism will ruin our country" (2021), and "Eco-Fascism –Diseases calling for Decarbonization, Renewables and Nuclear Phase-out" (2022 Joint Authorship).

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  Jennifer Coolidge
  CEO, CMX Caspian Gulf

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  Christina Deligianni
  Verimpact, CEO & Co-Founder; Policy & Programs Director at the Institute for Sustainable Development, ISD, EPLO

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  Christina Deligianni

  Verimpact, CEO & Co-Founder; Policy & Programs Director at the Institute for Sustainable Development, ISD, EPLO

  Ms. Christina Deligianni, an EU Climate Pact Ambassador, is the CEO of Verimpact, which delivers AI-based ESG and non-financial risk management solutions, and the Policy & Programs Director, Institute for Sustainable Development – EPLO, a joint initiative with the University of Cambridge CISL. With 25+ years of experience in public policy, sustainability, and business development, she has led European and international projects in new technologies, the blue economy, and sustainable development. She has advised major institutions, including the National Fund of Greece, the European Commission, and FAO, and holds degrees from the University of Chicago (Fulbright Scholar) and the University of Athens.

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  Anwar Gasim
  Principal Fellow, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)

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  Anwar Gasim

  Principal Fellow, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)

  Anwar Gasim is an energy economist with a strong engineering foundation and 15+ years of research, advisory, and leadership experience focused on energy policy and climate change mitigation. His expertise cuts across multiple domains, from energy and environmental economics to energy and climate policy analysis to greenhouse gas emissions measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV).

  Dr Gasim is currently a Principal Fellow in KAPSARC's Climate & Sustainability Division, leading flagship projects on methane measurement and mitigation, energy price reform, and air pollution. He is recognized for translating complex technical issues into actionable recommendations for policymakers. He also has a proven track record of publishing high-impact papers, which have been cited by regional and international media. He is a Lead Author for the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7).

  Dr Gasim holds a PhD in Energy Economics from University College London (UCL), an MSc in Electrical Engineering from KAUST, and a BEng in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Liverpool.

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  Antoine Halff
  Co-founder and Chief Analyst, Kayrros; Non-Resident Fellow, Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy

Closing Plenary: Meeting the Moment in a Disrupted World IAC Recommendations to IEF17 Ministerial on Dialogue and Data

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  Jassim Alshirawi
  Secretary General, IEF

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  Jassim Alshirawi

  Secretary General, IEF

  Jassim Alshirawi is the sixth Secretary General of the International Energy Forum (IEF), the largest international organization of energy ministers, headquartered in the Diplomatic Quarter of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His term officially began on January 1, 2025.

  The first Secretary General of the IEF from the Middle East, Mr. Alshirawi is seasoned veteran of the energy industry with over 40 years of energy experience and leadership in both the public and private sectors.

  Mr. Alshirawi contributed to the advancement of Bahrain's energy sector in various roles, including as advisory to the Minister of Oil & Gas, and in multiple leadership roles at the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), the National Oil & Gas Authority, the Ministry of Oil. He has contributed towards the development of the Sustainable Energy Centre, that oversaw the implementation of National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Plans under Bahrain's Minister of Electricity and Water.

  He has coordinated Bahrain's participation in a number of energy organizations, including WPC (now WPC Energy), the International Gas Union (IGU), the IEF, and OPEC.
  With seven years of experience as Bahrain's representative on the Executive Board and nine years on the International Support Group of the International Energy Forum, Mr. Alshirawi brings in-depth knowledge of the organization he now leads.

  Mr. Alshirawi's lifelong contributions to Bahrain's energy and engineering sectors were honored in 2019 when His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa awarded him the prestigious the Order of National Action medal.

Key Documents

• Draft Agenda