Speakers

Hazli Sham Kassim

President

Malaysian Gas Association

Gen Kunihiro

President / COO

Diamond Gas International Pte. Ltd

Keita Enjoji

Head of LNG - General Manager

Tokyo Gas Asia Pte. Ltd.

Keita Enjoji has assumed his current role in Singapore as of April 2016 and represents the LNG side of the business within Tokyo Gas Asia Pte. Ltd., to support the various mid-downstream business development activities in the South East Asian region.  Also acting as an extension arm of the LNG procurement and trading division within Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., to which he has belonged for the past 7 years following the Fukushima earthquake, he has taken an active role in the optimization of the company’s LNG portfolio.

Gavin Thompson

Vice Chairman - Energy

Wood Mackenzie

Gavin joined Wood Mackenzie in 1997. Between 2003-2014 Gavin was based in Beijing managing Wood Mackenzie’s China research.

Gavin then relocated to Tokyo to head Wood Mackenzie’s gas/power research across North East Asia before returning to Beijing in 2016 to lead Wood Mackenzie’s overall China business.

In 2017 he took up the position of Head of Asia Pacific Research and in 2019 was made Vice Chairman, Energy for Wood Mackenzie’s Asia Pacific business. He is currently based in Singapore.

Gavin graduated from Newcastle University with a first class degree in Politics, Economics and Chinese Language.

Adly Alias

Vice President, LNG Marketing & Trading

PETRONAS

Andrew Walker

VP Strategy

Cheniere Marketing Ltd.

Dr. Andrew Walker is the Vice President for Strategy and Communication for Cheniere. 

He is located in London and is responsible for the Strategy and Market Outlook of Cheniere, reporting into the Chief Commercial Officer.

Until October 2015 he was Vice President for Global LNG - and prior to that Head of LNG Strategy - at BG Group where he worked for over 20 years before joining Cheniere. 

During his career in LNG he has been located in Singapore, Egypt, the USA and UK and has worked on numerous LNG projects including Atlantic LNG in Trinidad and Tobago, Egyptian LNG, and Dragon LNG in the UK. 

Dr. Walker has a Doctorate in Geology from Imperial College, University of London. 

Rajnish Goswami

GM LNG – Marketing

Total LNG Mozambique

Richard Nelson

Partner

King & Spalding

Richard Nelson is an Energy Partner with King & Spalding, based in Singapore. Richard has worked previously in London, Hong Kong and Tokyo and advises on energy-related transactions and projects, particularly in the upstream oil and gas, LNG and power sectors. Richard regularly advises international oil and gas companies, host governments and project developers and sponsors in jurisdictions across South East Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. He is currently recognised as a leading energy and natural resources lawyer in Singapore and Asia Pacific by the leading legal directories, including Chambers and Legal 500.

Tom Earl

Chief Commercial Officer

Venture Global LNG

Tom Earl is the Chief Commercial Officer of Venture Global LNG. Tom previously served as Vice President at the international oil company Total, focusing on the development of its global LNG business. 

After graduating from City University in London with a degree in Engineering, Tom joined Total’s newly formed gas marketing and trading team in 1998. After various responsibilities within the trading division of the newly combined Total, Elf and Petrofina operations, he managed the natural gas option desk and gas trading desk. Tom successfully led significant commercial negotiations on long-term gas and LNG contracts in countries such as Russia, Norway and Qatar.

In 2006, Tom was appointed Head of Electricity Trading at Total where he led a significant expansion into newly opened power markets across Europe. In 2011, Tom moved to Houston, where he was appointed as the head of Totals North America commodity trading business, including its LNG, gas, power, coal, petcoke and LPG operations. Tom also represented Total in its US LNG liquefaction transactions from 2012 to 2015.

In 2015, Tom was appointed Vice President of Development for Totals global LNG activities and highly regarded global expansion into new LNG markets. This work has included innovative new LNG terminal projects and new downstream asset transactions across the world.

Christophe Malet

Senior Vice President - Upstream LNG

Hanas

Christophe Malet is Senior Vice President Upstream and Midstream LNG at Hanas, a Chinese independent energy company focusing on Renewables and LNG (Liquified Natural Gas), and Managing Director of Hanas LNG Pte. Ltd., Hanas’ Singapore-based LNG procurement, trading and marketing entity.

Christophe's experience in the LNG Industry over the last 14 years with Hanas, Yamal LNG, Excelerate Energy and Shell covers LNG business development, long-term LNG marketing and short-term trading.

With an engineering degree and a MBA as academic background, he has over 20 years of commercial experience.

Dan Butler

Head of Trading- Asia LNG

BP

Sid Bambawale

LNG Trading Manager (Asia)

Vitol

Sid Bambawale is LNG Trading Manager at Vitol based in Singapore focussed on the LNG trading in the Asia Pacific region.  Prior to joining Vitol, Sid worked in LNG trading and origination for over 10 years in roles at BP, Citi and Chevron.  Prior to that Sid, worked with Goldman Sachs in Singapore in risk management in oil trading.  Sid is an alumnus of St Stephen's College in Delhi, a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA in finance from London Business School.

Christopher Goncalves

Chair & Managing Director, Energy

BRG Energy

Mr. Christopher Goncalves, Chair and Managing Director of BRG’s Energy Practice, has over 25 years of experience in the energy and financial industries, spanning over 40 countries worldwide. He has advised energy sector clients on business strategies, transactions, and dispute resolution matters involving market, commercial, financial, and regulatory issues for natural gas and LNG, oil and petroleum products, conventional electricity generation, and renewable energy. He has broad experience with industry, economic, and damages analysis and testimony for commercial and investment disputes before international arbitration panels and federal courts.

Daniel Mallo

Managing Director – Head of Energy & Infrastructure - Asia Pacific

Société Générale

Daniel is responsible for Société Générale’s Energy, Infrastructure and Metals & Mining practice in Asia Pacific. The team’s activities include conventional and renewable power, oil & gas, LNG, base and precious metals, transportation and social infrastructure. He is based in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director in Société Générale’s New York-based Energy Project Finance Group, where he was responsible for originating and executing transactions in the conventional power, renewable energy, LNG and oil & gas sectors in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Daniel has over 18 years of experience in structured finance and has focused on the Energy and Natural Resources sectors for the past 15 years.
Daniel worked on the financing of several large-scale LNG projects in the world, including the Tangguh LNG train 3 expansion in Indonesia, the Peru LNG project, as well as the Sabine Pass LNG project and the Cameron LNG project, both in Louisiana, USA. 
Daniel graduated from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Paris. 

Adrian Sookhan

Gas Market Analyst

Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GEFC)

Pat Roberts

Managing Director

LNG-Worldwide Ltd

Since 2005 Pat has been the Managing Director of LNG Worldwide Ltd, a consulting company offering advice, support and training in all areas of the LNG commercial supply chain. Previous to that Pat has 24 years of experience with the Shell Group of companies both in oil and natural gas. Her direct experience in LNG is in the area of developing and implementing LNG strategies for new market entrants and companies seeking to strengthen partnerships with LNG producers. This includes working in all commercial areas across the LNG value chain. Her work has included working with governments, NOCs, IOCs and utilities and she has advised on structuring and optimising LNG supply portfolios. Coupled with her commercial experience is also a strong grounding in fundamental market analysis and strategic planning.