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Jean-Marc Guyot Chairman and CEO, ENGIE China
I have spent my whole career in the gas and energy services industry, my first job position being in the gas transmission sector.
David Hahm Vice President and Head of E&P Strategy & Planning, SK Innovation
Prior to my position at SK Innovation as VP of E&P Strategy & Planning, I have been involved in the oil and gas industry as an attorney in a major US law firm and as an investment banker and asset manager at Wall Street.
Thavakumar Kandiahpillai, Group Head, Legal and General Counsel, SapuraKencana Petroleum
I was looking to move in-house just after the 1998 Asian economic crisis. A ex classmate offered me a role at Shell where they had an urgent opening to fill, and my experience was a good fit.
Vickneswran Veloo, Vice President, Technology, Fluids & Chemical Systems, Scomi Group
I was scholar of an oil and gas company that assigned me into oil and gas division during my practical training.
Karo Lelai, General Counsel, Petromin PNG Holdings
I joined a law firm that was involved with oil and gas, as soon as I became admitted to the PNG Bar.
Timothy Goh, Vice President (Strategy & Legal), Singapore LNG Corporation
I started downstream with a 200MW barge-mounted power-plant in 1995 in a country that no one else wanted to go to. Since then the energy industry, downstream & upstream, has been a passion of mine.
Marc den Hartog, President, Upstream Indonesia, Shell
While I was studying in the US, Shell offered a summer internship at a refinery in Missouri. I never looked back after that.
Alex Pourbaix, COO, TransCanada PipeLines Ltd
In the early 1990s, I was a young attorney at an energy commodity trading company in Calgary, and in 1994 we sold that company to TransCanada, where I have been employed since.
Frederik Smits van Oyen, VP Marketing & Origination, Cheniere
After graduating from university I got the opportunity to do an international traineeship with Shell. I spent three months in Africa and was exposed to the many interesting aspects of this exciting industry.
Bob Orr, Senior Partner, Oliver Wyman
As a business consultant growing up, I spent time in several different industries before landing in oil – or at least landing in fuels as was the case for me.
Expert Insight: White & Case
A report earlier this year by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (often called the ‘JFTC’) has set tongues wagging in the Asian LNG industry.
Five Things We Learned About South America
It shouldn’t be a surprise anymore, but energy development is only truly meaningful for local economy and communities when small -and mid-caps are present and striving.