Speaker Panel A-Z

Assessing the Risks to Future Energy Supply
Richard Abel,
Director, Energy Markets Unit,
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & INDUSTRY

Richard Abel is Director of Domestic Energy Markets with the Department of Trade and Industry, with responsibility for policy on security of domestic energy supply, and the regulatory framework for gas and electricity markets. Prior to this he worked on strategic export licensing operations in DTI. His civil service career has also included time in the Ministry of Defence and in the Cabinet Office and he has also worked for an independent multi-stakeholder advisory body on GM crops.

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Geopolitics of European Natural Gas Supply
Kelvin Beer,
Director, European Gas & Energy Security,
ERNST & YOUNG

Kelvin Beer is a director in the Ernst & Young Energy practise. He leads the Oil & Gas Infrastructure Projects Group and is an expert in major gas project development, commercial risk and strategic support. He also specialises in energy security issues. Kevin is currently Secretary of the World Energy Council’s major project ‘Assessing Europe’s Vulnerability to Energy Crises’, leading a team of 30 top European energy experts in assessing energy security in Europe. He will report direct to Commissioner Andris Piebalgs during summer 2006.

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Peak Oil:The Impact of Oil Depletion
Colin J. Campbell,
INTERNATIONAL OIL CONSULTANT,
(Former Vice-President of Fina),

Colin J. Campbell has worked in exploration in many parts of the world, including Ireland. His last overseas assignment was as Executive Vice President of Fina. He is presently Chairman of ASPO, an international organisation dedicated to the study of the peak and decline of oil and its impact on society. ASPO IRELAND has been formed to represent the country in the organisation. He is author of several books, the latest being Oil Crisis.

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Energy Security of Supply: A European Union Perspective
Helen Donoghue,
Energy Policy & Security of Supply Unit,
DG TRANSPORT AND ENERGY,

Helen Donoghue is Principal Advisor in the Energy Policy and Security of Supply Unit within DG Tren at the European Commission. She was a member of the team within DG Tren which was responsible for the November 2000 Green Paper ‘Towards a European Strategy for the Security of Energy Supply’. She joined the Commission in 1983 and has worked in several Directorate-Generals, including research, information technology, environment and transport and energy.

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Nuclear Option: Providing Security of Energy Supply Through Nuclear Power
Paul Harding,
Managing Director,
URENCO (CAPENHURST) LTD,

Paul Harding became Managing Director of Urenco (Capenhurst) Limited in 2003, and is responsible for 400 employees operating one of Urenco’s three European Plants performing uranium enrichment using world leading ultra modern gas centrifuge technology. Graduating from Oxford University, Paul has 25 years experience in the industry and he has held a number of senior management posts.

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UK Natural Gas Reserves and Future Supply Options
Peter Hughes,
Executive Vice President, Group Strategy and Development
BG GROUP,

Peter Hughes joined BG Group plc in January 2005 when he was appointed to his current position. His primary responsibility is for developing BG Group’s long-term strategy. Prior to joining BG Group, he was Vice President, Strategy and Portfolio for BP Gas, Power & Renewables. Before this he worked in a range of other international roles, including working for the European Commission in Brussels and for Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) as Head of their European Energy and PanEurAsia Groups, based in Paris. He also held a number of different positions during a previous association with BP, including international assignments in Japan and Belgium.

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Political Stability and Future UK Oil Supply
Dr Valerie Marcel,
Energy Specialist,
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Dr Valerie Marcel specialises in energy security and middle east politics and has considerable expertise in gas and oil markets and in international energy issues generally. From 2001 she was adjunct Professor in International Relations and Geopolitics, Institut d’etudes politiques de Paris, and prior to that was a lecturer in international law, Cairo University.

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How Action on Climate Change Can Enhance Security of Supply
Michael Meacher MP,
Former Minster for the Environment

Michael Meacher MP has been Labour MP for Oldham West and Royton since 1970. He was Privy Counsellor and Minister for the Environment from 1997- 2003 and a Member of the Shadow Cabinet from 1983-1987. During Labour’s spell in opposition he held the position of Chief Opposition Spokesman on a number of issues including Environmental Protection. As Minister of the Environment he was responsible for climate change policy and was the United Kingdom’s Chief negotiator at the international negotiations leading to the Kyoto protocol.

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Gas Storage, LNG and Gas Security of Supply
Andy Morris,
Director,
ILEX ENERGY CONSULTING LTD

Andy Morris a Director with ILEX Energy Consulting Ltd, has worked in the gas industry since 1983. With British Gas in Cardiff and then London he gained experience in the competitive industrial, commercial and power generation sectors. He joined ILEX in 1997. In that time he has advised a large number of large consumers on their gas purchasing strategies and on gas transportation issues in Britain, Ireland and Italy, as well as providing market studies and gas price projections for project feasibility studies and market traders.

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Securing the Supply of Energy: A Policy Cost Benefit Analysis
Dr Machiel Mulder,
Leader, Industries Programme,
CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU

Dr Machiel Mulder is manager of the Network-Industries Programme of the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy. Within this governmental economic research institute he has conducted several studies on the economics of security of supply. He has analysed costs and benefits of a variety of policy measures directed at security of supply, such as investments in strategic oil stocks, subsidising alternative energy fuels, imposing restrictions on domestic gas production and creating incentives for private firms to invest in peak generation capacity. His latest report is directed at the welfare effects of the Dutch gas-depletion policy.

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Energy Resources & Scarcity:The Geo-Political Dimension
Paul Stevens,
Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law & Policy
UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE,

Paul Stevens is Professor of Petroleum Policy and Economics at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee. He formerly taught at the University of Surrey. He also works as a consultant for many companies and governments. From 1973-79 he taught at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon interspersed with two years as an oil consultant. He has published extensively on energy economics, the international petroleum industry, economic development issues and the political economy of the Gulf.

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Transforming the UK’s Security of Supply Position by Accelerated Development of Renewable Energy
Brian Wilson,
Chairman,
AIRTRICITY

Brian Wilson is a former British Energy Minister who is now chairman of the UK Operations Board of Airtricity. Brian served as an MP in the House of Commons between 1987 and 2005 when he retired from politics. He held five Ministerial positions in Tony Blair's governments and was latterly the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Overseas Trade.

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