Confirmed Speakers:

Family name: Bahedh
First name: Abdul-Kareem Luaibi
Date of birth: 1959
Place of birth: Baghdad, Iraq
Marital status: Married, six children
Education: BSc in Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering, Baghdad University, Iraq, 1982
Posts held: Assistant Engineer, South Oil Company, 1982–89
 Engineer, South Oil Company, 1989–93
 Senior Engineer, South Oil Company, 1993–98
 Chief Engineer, Technical Department, Ministry of Oil, 1998–2004
 Director of Chemical Materials, Technical Department, Ministry of Oil, 2004–06
 Assistant Director General, Technical Department, Ministry of Oil, 2006–07
 Inspector General, Ministry of Oil, 2007–09
 Deputy Minister of Oil for Upstream Operations, 2009–10
 Minister of Oil, December 2010 to date

Family name: Naimi
First name: Ali Ibrahim
Date of birth: 2 August 1935
Place of birth: Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Education: International College, Beirut and American University, Beirut, Lebanon, 1956–63
BSc, Geology, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania (USA), 1962
MSc, Geology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California (USA), 1963
Posts held: Worked with Aramco from 1947 onward as Foreman, Assistant Superintendent, Superintendent and Manager
Assistant Geologist, Aramco Exploration Department, 1953
Hydrologist, Geologist, Aramco, 1963–67
Economics and Public Relations Department and Abqaiq Producing Division, Aramco, 1967–69
Vice President, Aramco, 1975
Senior Vice President, Aramco, 1978
Elected Aramco Director in 1980
Executive Vice President, Operations, Aramco, 1982
Company President, 1984
Chief Executive Officer, Aramco, 1988
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, August 1995 to date

Family name: Ramirez
First name: Rafael D
Date of birth: 4 August 1963
Place of birth: Caracas, Venezuela
Marital status: Married, two children
Education: Graduated as Mechanical Engineer at Los Andes University, Mérida, Venezuela, 1989
Master’s Degree in Energy Studies, Central University of Venezuela, 1996
Posts held: Worked in INTEVEP, 1989–90
Project Engineer, OTEPI, 1990–93
Technical Co-ordinator, DIT Harris, 1993–96
Technical Manager, INELECTRA, 1996
President, national gas entity, Enagas, 2000–02
External Director, PDVSA, Februay 2002
Minister of Energy and Mines, July 2002–January 2005
President, PDVSA, November 2004 to date
Minister of Energy and Petroleum, January 2005 to date
Languages: Spanish and English

Family name: Al Hamli
First name: Mohamed bin Dhaen
Date of birth: 31 December 1952
Marital status: Married, seven children
Education: Higher National Diploma in Business Studies, 1976
Association of Certified Accountants, 1979
Advanced Management Programme, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) 1988
Posts held: Internal Auditor, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company, August 1980–July 1981
Controller, Internal Audit, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company, August 1981–July 1982
Manager, Management Research, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company, July 1982–January 1984
Manager, General Services, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company, January 1984–May 1988
Assistant General Manager (Administration), Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company, June 1988–February 1989
Director, Finance, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, February 1989–February 1990
Director, Marketing, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, February 1990–May 1992
Director, Personnel, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, May 1992–March 1997
General Manager, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for Distribution, March 1997–October 1998
UAE Governor for OPEC, 1994–2002
Director, Marketing & Refining, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, October 1998–present
Minister of Energy, November 2004 to dateCurrent Company
Board Member of:
– ADNOC Distribution
– Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company
– International Petroleum Investment Company
– Abu Dhabi Retirement Pensions & Benefits Fund
– Higher Corporation for Specialised Economic Zones
– Hyundai Oilbank Co. Ltd., South Korea
Committee Member, Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC), UAE

Family name: Botelho de Vasconcelos
First name: José Maria
Country of birth: Technical Electrical Engineer, Industrial Technology Institute of Luanda, 1974
Posts held: Engineer Maintenance Technician, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company, 1974–76
Marketing of Derivatives of Petroleum, Belgium, 1976
Deputy Inspector of the Directorate of Technical Fina Petroleum, National Directorate of Petroleum
Marketing, 1977–79
Lubrication and Application of Lubricants, Shell France, 1981
Strategic Planning for Executives in the Oil Industry, London, England, 1998
Chairman of the Committee of SADC Ministers of Energy, SADC National Committee, 1999–2000
Minister of Petroleum, 1999–2002
Minister of Energy and Water, 2002–08
Minister of Petroleum, October 2008 to date

Family name: Alison-Madueke
First names: Diezani Kogbeni
Date of birth: 6 December 1960
Place of birth: Port-Harcourt, Rivers State
Marital status: Married with children
Education: BArch, Howard University, Washington, DC (USA)
MBA, Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge, England, 2003
Posts held: Worked for Charles Szoradi Architects, Washington, DC
Project Engineer, American Interior Builders, Inc., Washington, DC
Design Coordinator, Furman Construction Management, Inc., Rockville, Maryland
Project Manager, Howard University, Washington, DC
Member of the Planning and Development Team, Howard University, Washington, DC
Head of Project Unit, Estate Development Division, Shell Petroleum Company, Lagos, Nigeria
Head of Corporate Issues Identification & Management Department, External Affairs Directorate, Shell
Petroleum Company, Lagos, Nigeria
Senior JV Relations Adviser for Strategy and Planning, Shell Petroleum Company, Lagos, Nigeria
Lead Ventures Relation Adviser, Shell Petroleum Company, Lagos, Nigeria
External Affairs Director, Board of Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Limited, 2006
Appointed Minister of Transportation, July 2007
Minister of Mines and Steel Development, December 2008
Minister of Petroleum Resources, April 2010
Chevening Scholarship, British and Foreign Commonwealth Office, England

Family name: Pástor-Morris
First name: Wilson
Date of birth: 23 January 1946
Marital status: Married, four children
Educations: Master in Energy Economics, University Pierre Mendes France, Grenoble, France, 1970–71
Graduate School of Engineering Geology, Mines and Petroleum, Central University of Ecuador, 1964–68 and 1969–70
Posts held: Technical Director of the National Energy Institute, 1978
Planning Manager Assistant of CEPE, 1979–80
Advisor to the Chairman of the National Congress, Petroleum and Mining, 1981–83
Advisor to the Comptroller General of the State in Oil Contracts and external Merchandising, 1983–84
General Coordinator of the Oil Contract Unit, 1984–87
Consultant to the World Bank, 1987–88
Chief Financial Officer of Texaco, operator ECE-Texaco Consortium, 1988–90
General Manager of Petroamazonas, operator of the ECE-Texaco Consortium, 1990–92
General Coordinator of the petroleum procurement unit of the seventh round of bidding, 1993–95
General Manager of Ecuador Triton Energy, Inc. LLC, 1995–99
Executive President of Petroecuador, 1999–2000
Operations Manager of CPEB, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), 2001–07
General Manager of Block 15 and Petroamazonas Ecuador SA, 2007–10

“The Economic Implications of the Oil Contracts Between the State and Private Enterprise”, November 2005
“Oil Policy Proposals to Revive Production in Ecuador”, June 2003
“Cost-Benefit Study: Centre East Pipeline”, January 1995
“The Ecuadorian Energy Sector”, co-author, World Bank, 1990
“Servicing Agreements”, 1987
“Decision and Control in Times of Uncertainty, the Ecuadorian Oil Opening”, 1986
“Update Costs and Prices of Petroleum Products”, 1984
“External Marketing Agreement Between ECE and Coastal Oil”, 1984
“Limitations of the Oil Reserves of Ecuador”, 1984
“The Ecuadorian Oil Contracts: A Commitment of Interest Based on the Seriousness of Mutual Respect”, 1983
“For a Thorough Review of the Common External Marketing of Oil”, 1983
“There are Favourable Conditions for Foreign Oil Investment”, 1983
“Reforms to the Law of ECE, 1983
“The Reforms to the Hydrocarbons Law: Criticisms and Solutions”, 1981
Book: “ECE and Openness to External Capital”, co-author, 1979
“The Grant of Petroleum in Ecuador: Methodology and Calculation”, 1979

Honours: Graduate of the Radioactive Mineral Prospectors programme, Commissariat for Atomic Energy, France, 1969
Ranked second in class in Master of Energy Economics programme, University of Grenoble, France, 1971
Languages: Spanish, French, English

Family name: Yousfi
First name: Youcef
Date of birth: 1941
Education: PhD in Physics, University of Nancy, France
Chemical Engineer, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques, Nancy, France
Diploma in Economics
Posts held: Lecturer and then professor of chemical engineering, University of Algiers (USTHB), Algeria, 1973–78
Advisor, Ministry of Energy and Industry, 1973–78
Vice President in Charge of Marketing, National Oil Company, Sonatrach, Algeria, 1979
Director General (CEO), Sonatrach, 1985
President of the Board, State Holding for “Mines, Hydrocarbons et Hydraulics”, 1988
Director, Office of the President of the Republic, Republic of Algeria, 1996
Elected as Member of the National Popular Assembly (Parliament), 1997
Minister of Energy and Mines, 1997–99
President of the OPEC Conference, 1998–99
Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1999–2000
Minister Delegate, Office of the Prime Minister, 2000–01
Ambassador to Ottawa, Canada, 2001–05
Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations, New York (USA), 2006–08
Ambassador to Tunis, Tunisia, 2008–10
Minister of Energy and Mines, June 2010 to date

Family name: Al-Sada
First name: Mohammed Bin Saleh
Marital status: Married, two daughters and three sons
Education: BSc in Marine Science and Geology, Qatar University
PhD, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), UK
Posts held: Vice-Chairman of the Board, Qatar Steel Company
Chairman of the Board of Qatar Chemicals Company, QatarGas, Qatar International Petroleum
Marketing Company Ltd., Qatar Petroleum International and ASTAD Project Management
Technical Director, Qatar Petroleum
Managing Director, RasGas Company Limited
Minister of State for Energy & Industry Affairs, April 2007–10
Minister of Energy & Industry, January 2011 to present
Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Qatar Petroleum, February 2011 to present
Chairman of the Board of Directors, RasGas Company Limited, February 2011 to present
Other activities: Member, Permanent Constitution Preparation Committee
Member, Supreme Education Council
Member, National Committee for Human Rights
Chairman of the Joint Advisory Board, Texas A & M University in Qatar

Family name: Ghasemi
First name: Rostam
Date of birth: 22 May 1964
Education: Civil engineering
Posts held: Member, Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries & Mines
Member, Board of Directors, Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of IRAN (IDRO)
Chairman, Board of Directors, Iranian Marine Industrial Company (SADRA)
Chairman, Board of Directors, Khalij Fars Ship-building Complex (ISOICO)
Manager, Iran Sepah Marine Engineering Division
Managing Director, Khatam-Ul-Anbia Construction HQR (upstream and downstream oil, gas and petrochemical projects), 2006–2001
Minister of Petroleum, August 2011 to date

First name: Abdurahman
Date of birth: 3 June 1956
Place of birth: Tripoli, Libya
Marital status: Married, 4 children
Education: BSc, Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas, (US), 1979
Posts held: Production Engineer & Production Supervisor, Waha Oil Co., 1979–81
Drilling / Production Supervisor & Waha Field Superintendent, Waha Oil Co., 1982–88
Deputy Operations Manager, Waha Oil Co., 1988
Operations Manager, Waha Oil Co., 1989
Member of People’s Management Committee, Waha Oil Co., 1990–95
Supervision of Engineering Department & Planning & Reservoir Department, Waha Oil Co., 1995–2000
Member of Negotiating Committee for Mature Field Development, Libyan National Oil Corporation, 2000–01
Manager of Production & Reservoir Engineering Department, Libyan National Oil Corporation, 2001–03
Member of the Management Committee & General Manager of Joint Venture Department, Libyan National Oil Corporation, 2003–06
Chairman of the Management Committee & Executive Officer for Operations & Production, Eni Spa., October 2006–June 2007
Regional Vice President for Algeria, Tunis, Mali & Morocco, Eni Spa., 2008–11
Minister of Oil and Gas, November 2011 to date

First name: Abdalla
Family name: El-Badri
Date of birth: 25 May 1940
Place of birth: Ghamminis, Libya
Marital status: married, five children
Education: BS degree in Accounting and Business
Administration, Florida Southern, US
Advanced courses in Finance and Management, US and Libya
Posts held:
1965–77 Worked with Esso Standard
(now ExxonMobil)
• Assistant Accountant
• Coordinator Management Information
Systems (MIS)
• Assistant Controller
1977–80 Member of the Board of Directors, Umm Al-Jawabi Oil Company
(ex American Amoseas)
1980–83 Chairman, Waha Oil Company, a joint venture company between National Oil Corporation, Conoco (now ConocoPhilips), Amerada Hess and Marathon Oil
1983–90 Chairman, National Oil Corporation (NOC)
1990–92 Secretary of the People’s Committee for Petroleum — (Minister of Petroleum)
1993–2000 Secretary of the General People’s Committee for Energy —
(Minister of Oil & Electricity)
2000–04 Deputy Secretary of the General People’s Committee
(Deputy Prime Minister)
2004–06 Chairman, NOC
2007 – present Secretary General of OPEC
Additional positions held:
1987–90 Chairman (part-time), Board of Directors, Arab Petroleum Services (affiliate company of OAPEC)
1994 President of the OPEC Conference and Secretary General of OPEC
1996–97 President of the OPEC Conference
2005–06 Chairman of the Board of Libya Oil Invest
Other activities: Joined and headed some committees established by OPEC
Joined and headed various committees related to the re-organization of the Libyan oil industry
Undertook several studies concerning oil, gas and electricity in Libya
Attended international conferences as participant and/or speaker

Born on September 26, 1966, in Stavropol. 
1983-1990: student at the Mechanics and Mathematics Department, and then at the Department of Political Economy at Urals State University, Sverdlovsk.
1990-1992: student at the Department of Economics at Marburg University, Germany.
2004: graduated from the Higher Academic Courses of the Military Academy of the Russian General Staff, specialising in Defence and Homeland Security of the Russian Federation.
1985-1988: served in the nuclear submarine corps with the Northern Fleet.
1992: auditor at BDO Binder, Frankfurt am Main.
1994: Director of RFI GmbH, Council on Consulting on Investing in Russia, and was the official representative of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the EU.
1995-1997: researcher at the Institute for Investment Issues, Head of the External Relations Department at the All-Russia Bank for Regional Development.
1997-1999: Head of the Analytic Centre for Economic Strategy at Rosenergoatom.
1999-2001: Advisor on economic strategy to the Director General of the Russian Research Institute on the Operation of Nuclear Power Plants.
2002-2005: Chairman of the State Military Conversion Foundation.
February - June 2005: Advisor to Gazprombank Chairman of the Board, Vice President of Atomstroiexport.
June 2005: President of Atomstroiexport.
2008: appointed Deputy Director of Atomenergoprom while remaining Head of Atomstroiexport.
May 12, 2008: appointed Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
Married, with a son and daughter.

Christophe de Margerie was born in 1951.
He joined the Group in 1974 after graduating from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris, a French business school. He served in several positions in the Group’s Finance Department and Exploration & Production division.
He became President of Total Middle East in 1995 before joining the Group’s Executive Committee as the President of the Exploration & Production division in May 1999.
In 2000, he was appointed Senior Executive Vice President of the Exploration & Production division of the newly created TotalFinaElf group.
In January 2002, he became President of the Exploration & Production division of TotalFinaElf which became Total in 2003. Following the May 12, 2006, Shareholders’ Meeting, he was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of Total. On February 14, 2007, Christophe de Margerie became Chief Executive Officer of Total, chairing its Executive Committee.
Following the May 21, 2010, Shareholders’ Meeting, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Directors of Total.
Christophe de Margerie is Knight of the Legion of Honour (Légion d’Honneur) and Officer of the National Order of Merit (Ordre National du Mérite), two French National Orders.

Christiana Figueres was appointed as the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 17 May 2010.  The appointment was endorsed by the Bureau of the Convention.

Ms. Figueres has been involved in climate change negotiations since 1995.  She was a member of the Costa Rican negotiating team and represented Latin America and the Caribbean on the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism in 2007, before being elected Vice President of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties 2008-2009.

In 1995 she founded the Center for Sustainable Development of the Americas (CSDA), a non-profit think tank for climate change policy and capacity-building. which she directed until 2003.  From 1994-1996, she served as Director of the Technical Secretariat, Renewable Energy in the Americas (REIA).

Ms. Figueres began her life of public service as Minister Counsellor at the Embassy of Costa Rica in Bonn, Germany in 1982.  She served as Director of International Cooperation in the Ministry of Planning in Costa Rica (1987-1988), and was then named Chief of Staff to the Minister of Agriculture (1988-90).

Ms. Figueres has served on several boards of non-governmental organizations involved in climate change issues, including the Voluntary Carbon Standard.  She is also a widely published author on the design of climate solutions, and has been a frequent adviser to the private sector on how to play a leadership role in mitigation.

Ms. Figueres holds a Masters Degree in Anthropology from the London School of Economics, and a certificate in Organizational Development from Georgetown University.  She was born in San José, Costa Rica in 1956 and is married with two children.

He served in the Mexican government as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the Ministry of Energy (2007-2011), and as Assistant Secretary for Bilateral Economic Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2001-2005). He also worked as an independent consultant on trade and industrial policy to the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the governments of Mexico and the Dominican Republic (2005-2006).
Before joining the Mexican government he was Assistant Professor at the School of Politics and Economics of the Claremont Graduate University in California, where he taught courses in international political economy, economics, public policy, and economic development (1996-2001).
Dr. Flores-Quiroga studied Economics at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, in Mexico (1989) and a Ph.D. in Political Science-International Political Economy, with majors in economic theory and international political economy, at the University of California, Los Angeles (1997).
He has published in English and Spanish on trade and exchange rate policy.

Michael C. Lynch is President of Strategic Energy and Economic Research and a lecturer at Vienna University.  He has combined S.B.-S.M. degrees in Political Science from M.I.T., and has performed a variety of studies related to international energy matters, including forecasting of the world oil market, energy and security and corporate strategy in the energy industries, as well as analysis of oil and gas supply. 

He is best known for his work in two areas:  analyzing the forecasting of oil and gas markets, and studying the economics of  petroleum supply.  As part of that, he has demonstrated the source of the errors in the 1970s oil forecasts and the shortcomings in oil supply models.  Most recently, he has been noted for his analysis of peak oil ‘modeling’ which demonstrated that it is based on flawed methods and is essentially unscientific.

He is a former Chief Energy Economist at DRI-WEFA, Inc. a leading economic consulting firm, and a past-President of the United States Association for Energy Economics.  He was a Senior Fellow for the USAEE.  His publications have appeared in seven languages, as well as English, and he serves on several editorial boards, including for the journal Energy Policy and Geopolitics of Energy.

Michael W. Masters is the founder and managing member of Masters Capital Management, an investment management firm. He is also a Partner, with Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., in Masters Capital Nanotechnology, a venture capital fund. Mr. Masters was profiled in the book “Stock Market Wizards” (Copyright 2001, 2003 by Jack D. Schwager, HarperCollins, Inc.). Mr. Masters, an expert on the topic of commodities speculation and financial reform, has testified before many Congressional committees and government agencies, including the Senate Homeland Security Committee, the House Energy Subcommittee, the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Recently, he participated in joint SEC-CFTC roundtable discussions on a variety of security-based swaps issues. He has detailed his views in a series of white papers (co-authored with Adam K. White), including “The Accidental Hunt Brothers,” “The Accidental Hunt Brothers – Act 2,” and “The 2008 Commodities Bubble.”

Speaking out about the far-reaching harmful effects of unregulated commodities speculation and the need for financial reform, Mr. Masters has made numerous appearances in media outlets around the world, including 60 Minutes, CBS News, CNBC, BBC, BBC Korea, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Der Spiegel, and The Nikkei Veritas. He has addressed consumer and corporate groups, and has served as an expert panelist before international and investor groups. He was selected to participate in the 2009 Energy Information Administration (EIA) Energy and Financial Markets Workshop, and recently spoke at the 12th Annual Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) Food & Agriculture Conference.

Mr. Masters is the founder of Better Markets, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, nonpartisan organization established to promote transparency and accountability in the financial markets for the public interest. The initial primary focus of Better Markets is the implementation of the recently-enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and related global financial regulation. www.bettermarkets.com . Better Markets board members and staff have consulted and advised regulators in the US,
the UK and Asia on financial reform issues, and have authored two papers, Anthropic Finance: How Markets Function, and Balanced Markets: The Social Role of Markets.

Mr. Masters currently serves on the boards of several charitable and private organizations. The 2004 winner of the “Open Your Heart” award from Hedge Funds Care, Mr. Masters has founded several foundations, including the St. Croix (US Virgin Islands) Mission Outreach and The Atlanta Men’s Enterprise Network. Mr. Masters is a 1989 graduate of the University of Tennessee, where he was an All-American Swimmer. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Suzanne, and their three children.

As CEO of the Global CCS Institute, Brad brings extensive knowledge and experience on Australian and international climate and energy issues.
Prior to the Institute, Brad served as CEO of the Energy Supply Association of Australia (esaa), the peak representative organisation of the electricity and downstream gas industry in Australia, for over seven years. During this time he acted as national spokesperson for these industries, and was also an active member of the Australian Government Business Roundtable on Climate Change, the CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship Advisory Committee, and the Australian Government Energy White Paper High-Level Consultative Committee.

During 2001 and 2002, Brad headed the secretariat for the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Energy Market Review, recommending significant changes to the governance, regulation and policy development arrangements for electricity and gas markets. Brad also served as Chair of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s (CSIRO) Energy and Transport Sector Advisory Council between November 2004 and January 2009.

Before joining esaa, Brad enjoyed a long career in the Australian Public Service, departing at senior executive level. He was heavily involved with government-led microeconomic reform initiatives, including the implementation of Australia's National Electricity Market and enabling third party access to natural gas transmission pipelines. He also spent two years in the Australian Capital Territory Government implementing choice of gas and electricity retailer for smaller customers.

Brad holds a BA (Administration) and in 2009 studied the economics of climate change at Cambridge University as a British Council Chevening Fellow.

He has been Chief Executive Officer of Eni since June 2005.
He is currently Non-Executive Director of Assicurazioni Generali, Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of London Stock Exchange Group, Non-Executive Director of Veolia Environnement. Besides he is in the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School and Fondazione Teatro alla Scala.

After graduating in economics at the Università Luigi Bocconi, Milan in 1969, he worked for three years at Chevron, before obtaining an MBA from Columbia University, New York, and continuing his career at McKinsey. In 1973 he joined Saint Gobain, where he held a series of managerial positions in Italy and abroad, until his appointment as head of the Glass Division in Paris in 1984. From 1985 to 1996 he was Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Techint. In 1996 he moved to the UK and was Chief Executive Officer of Pilkington until May 2002.
From May 2002 to May 2005 he was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Enel.
From 2005 to July 2006 he was Chairman of Alliance Unichem.
In May 2004 he was appointed Cavaliere del Lavoro of the Italian Republic.
In November 2007 he was decorated as an Officier of the Légion d'honneur.

Peter Voser became Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on July 1, 2009.
Before his appointment as CEO, Peter had been Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and an Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell since 2004. He was CFO of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies from October 2004 to July 2005.
Peter 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.
Peter joined Shell in 1982 after graduating in business administration from the University of Applied Sciences, Zürich. He went on to work in a number of finance and business roles in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Argentina and Chile.
After moving back to London from Chile in early 1997, Peter became the Group Chief Internal Auditor. 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.
From 2004 until April 2006, Peter was a member of the Supervisory Board of Aegon N.V. He served on the Board of Directors of UBS AG from April 2005 to April 2010. He was a member of the Swiss Federal Auditor Oversight Authority from 2006 until December 2010.
Since April 2010 he has been a director of Catalyst, a non-profit organisation which works to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women and business. In March 2011 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Roche. In July 2011, His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei awarded him the title of Dato Seri Laila Jasa in recognition of his services to the state of Brunei.
Peter is also active in a number of international and bilateral organisations, including the European Round Table of Industrialists and The Business Council.

Personal
A Swiss citizen, Peter was born in 1958. He is married to Daniela and they have three children.