David Fyfe
Group Chief Economist
Argus Media

David has over 30 years of oil, energy and commodity market experience. Prior to joining Argus in April 2019, he spent six years as Chief Economist for global commodity trader Gunvor in Geneva. This was preceded by ten years at the IEA in Paris, where David headed the IEA’s Oil Industry and Markets Division and edited the monthly Oil Market Report. He has also worked in oil and gas market fundamentals consulting and began his career with an engineering consortium supplying North Sea oil and gas operators. David has a degree in geological sciences and a Masters in Energy Policy & Economics from Imperial College in London.

Peter Beekhuis
Global Head of Trading
Maersk Oil Trading

Peter is the head of trading at Maersk leading a global team to source and supply over 10Mmt of mineral and renewable fuel to the Maersk fleet and other customers. He has been with Maersk since 2009 and was previously head of the European desk before his move to Singapore in 2007.

Matt Stanley
Director
StarFuels

Matt setup the StarFuels Middle East office in September 2018 after previously running the Dubai office for Freight Investor Services. StarFuels are one of the world’s biggest derivative and physical energy brokers with offices in New York, Houston, London, Rotterdam, Geneva and Singapore. Matt works closely with clients providing advice and support on managing their requirements for both physical and derivatives across the barrel. Matt was instrumental in supporting the launch of the AG fuel oil derivative contract in 2016 and is driving other products within the AG region working closely with traders, Exchanges and PRA's. Matt was previously a director in London for Nigerian energy company Oando PLC and in Switzerland and Singapore for energy trading house Trafigura. Matt is a regular published commentator on the oil markets, drawing on his background of 20 years’ experience in the oil industry.

Sean Burgin
Senior Purchaser
Glander International Bunkering

Sean Burgin has 15 years’ experience in the Shipping and Marine Fuel industry. The various roles across Europe include operations, trading and physical supply. The latter focusing on a new physical supply setup in ARA and expansion of the back to back trading desks. Sean has been instrumental in the early growth for one of the largest buyers in the UAE market where he is now based in the Dubai headquarters for Glander International Bunkering. The desk is covering all aspects of the sourcing, risk management, claims handling and preparation on the road to greener fuels.

Capt Farhad P Patel
Director
Sharaf Shipping Agency

Capt Farhad P Patel, joined Sharaf Shipping Agency (SSA www.sharafshipping.com) at Dubai in 1999 after an illustrious seafaring career spanning 12 years. Capt Farhad Patel is today one of the youngest dynamic Director in Sharaf group today, helping the organization to go to the next level despite challenging market conditions and made sure the company remains profitable and grows under his leadership. Sharaf Shipping Agency is the leading award-winning shipping house spanning across the Middle East & Indian Ocean region since 1976 serving more than 35 countries, with more than 4000 people worldwide. Farhad is an experienced Master Mariner with B.Sc. in Nautical Sciences, MBA in International Business & Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.

Madhan Srinivasan
Managing Director
Tullow Kenya BV

Madhan Srinivasan has been in Tullow Oil Plc since 2014 having previously served as the Chief Operating Officer at Essar Energy Plc, UK. Prior to that he worked long term with BP Plc in various Senior Management positions. Whilst at BP, Madhan was the Projects General Manager for the BP Operated Super Giant field - Rumaila Field Redevelopment project in Iraq; Global Appraisal Manager (Head of Discipline) for BP Upstream looking across the entire portfolio of upstream assets to project sanction and as General Manager for the Greater Clair Appraisal and Development in the North Sea, UK. Madhan has over 28 years of international oil & gas experience having worked in Asia, Southeast Asia, Far East, Middle East, Africa and Europe. In these positions, Madhan has been involved in delivering large capital projects delivering value to the joint venture partnerships and the host governments in which he operates.

Sarah Raffoul
Senior Market Analyst
Argus Media

Sarah Raffoul is a senior market analyst at Argus Media based in Dubai and specializes in oil refined products. She mainly focuses on the Middle East but also covers the west coast of India and east African markets. Sarah focused through graduate education and certification on Energy specialization.

Emanuele Gallone
Business Development Manager
Uniper Marine Fuels

Emanuele has 15 years of experience in the energy trading industry gathered across commodities (Oil, LNG, Coal, Power, Gas) and geographies (Italy, UK, Germany, UAE) in various roles, from Financial Risk Management, Project management, Planning and Operation and more recently into Business Development. In his current role, he’s responsible for the Commercial Optimization of Uniper’s Refinery in Fujairah and Storages. He’s also in charge of Business Development for Marine Fuels, including BioFuels, Green Ammonia and Green Methanol projects.

Alejandro Ríos G., Ph. D.
Director
Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium, Khalifa University

Alejandro Ríos is the Director of the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC) at Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KU). The SBRC was established in 2011 and has as its founding members The Boeing Company, Etihad Airways and UOP-Honeywell, that together with Safran, GE, ADNOC Refining and Bauer Resources, are spearheading research in the use of salt water and halophytes for the production of sustainable aviation fuels. He is also working to establish the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Initiative for the UAE that focuses on the locally viable pathways, including Power-to-Liquids and synthetic fuels. Dr. Rios was Director of ASA Fuel Services for 11 years, where he oversaw the operation and management of a network of 60 fuel farms and their 2,000+ intoplane operations. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and Masters and Ph. D. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering, from Cornell University, USA

Robin Mills
CEO
Qamar Energy

Robin Mills established Qamar Energy in Dubai in 2015 to meet the need for regionally based Middle East energy insight and project delivery. He is an expert on energy strategy and economics. He has led major consulting assignments for a variety of international energy companies and governments on energy policy, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, oil and gas upstream and LNG. Robin worked for a decade for Shell, concentrating on new business development in the Middle East. He subsequently worked for six years with Dubai Holding and the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), where he advanced business development efforts in the Middle East energy sector. He is non-resident fellow at the Columbia University SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy, the author of two books, The Myth of the Oil Crisis, and Capturing Carbon, and editor of Low Carbon Energy in the Middle East and North Africa. He holds a first-class degree in Geology from the University of Cambridge and speaks five languages including Arabic.

Dr. Patrick Allman-Ward
Group CEO
Dana Gas

Dr. Patrick Allman-Ward worked at Shell Exploration and Production from 1982-2012. He then joined Dana Gas and was appointed to take over as CEO of the Dana Gas Group in 2013. Dr. Allman-Ward earned his PhD from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, University of London in 1981.