ADIPEC 2023 remains committed to being an industry-led force for transformation and leadership, sparking innovative solutions, tangible action and game-changing partnerships to decarbonise quicker and create the energy system of the future, faster.
The ADIPEC 2023 Executive Committee gathers some of the best minds from across the energy ecosystem. Through continued engagement, we seek to address the key priorities of the energy sector and establish how ADIPEC can accelerate responsible action and achieve transformational progress to future-proof the energy system.
ADIPEC Chairpersons
Executive Committee Members

Maged Mabrook
Manager, Reservoir & Petroleum, Engineering Department Thamama Subsurface Excellence Division
ADNOC Group

Anca Westley
Head Event Strategy & Sponsorship
COP28 UAE

Christopher Hudson
President – Energy
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His Excellency Ahmed Mohamed AlKaabi
Undersecretary Assistant for
Electricity, Water and Future Energy
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Mele Kolo Kyari
Group CEO
NNPC Limited

Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi
CEO
Masdar

Montri Rawanchaikul
CEO
PTTEP

John Roper
CEO - Middle East
Uniper Global Commodities SE

Elie Lahoud
Chief Operating Officer, Engineering & Construction
Petrofac

Taher Hamid
President of ExxonMobil Iraq and President ExxonMobil Abu Dhabi Offshore Petroleum Company Limited
ExxonMobil

Gareth Wynn
Chief Communications Officer
TAQA Group

Julie Atkinson
Director MEASA Events
SPE

Salem Bin Ashoor
General Manager & Chief Representative
bp

Khalid Bin Hadi
Managing Director & Head of Government Affairs
Siemens Energy

Piero Ercoli
SVP Decarbonisation Projects
Snam

Jonathan Newbery
President & General Manager Abu Dhabi
Oxy

Peter Zeilinger
SVP Middle East & Africa
OMV

Mark Brownstein
SVP
Energy Transition
Environmental Defense Fund

Brandon Spencer
Division President , Energy Industries
ABB

Jamil Al Naser
Area VP
TAQA Saudi Arabia

Zaher Ibrahim
VP Europe Middle East & Africa
Baker Hughes

Guy Tennant
Area VP - Southern Gulf
Halliburton

Jan Himmerkus
Managing Director
Wintershall Dea Middle East GmbH

Muhammad Nadeem
VP
Yokogawa

Ali Janabi
Country Chairman Iraq & UAE
Shell

Gerry Traynor
SVP - Projects - Middle East
Wood

Dr. Isao Takahashi
Director & General Manager Abu Dhabi Office
INPEX/JODCO - Japan Oil Development Co. Ltd.

Mohamed Hasan
Industry Director - Energy & Sustainability
Microsoft Middle East & Africa

Kevin Lee
Managing Director, Head of MEA Region
Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.

Hichem Bouhlel
Managing Director - UAE
SLB

Takayuki Asanuma
General Manager
JOGMEC

Mohammed Hamdan
Manager Reservoir Management
Saudi Aramco

M. Belgacem Merad
VP MENA
Weatherford

Atif Arikat
Managing Director
Al Gaith Energy

René Matthies
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director Corporate Operations
Emirates Water and Electricity Company

Luc Koechlin
CEO Middle East
EDF

Bård Krokan
Manager EPI Early Access Countries
Equinor

Charlotte Wolff-Bye
Chief Sustainability Officer
PETRONAS

Martin Houston
Vice Chairman
Tellurian

Julien Perez
VP Strategy & Policy
OGCI Climate Investments

Margaux Moore
Head of the Energy Transition Group
Trafigura

Astrid Poupart-Lafarge
Segment President, Energies & Chemicals
Schneider Electric

Bill Elrick
Executive Director
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Partnership (H2FCP)

Bob Maguire
Managing Director & Head of Carlyle International Energy Partners
Carlyle

Jennifer Holmgren
CEO
LanzaTech

Denise Mannix
President
Lean in Network, Energy

Greg Bertlesen
CEO
Climate Leadership Council

Xiaojing Tian
CEO
China ZhenHua Oil

Mohammed Mohaisen
President & CEO, MENA
Honeywell

Hesham Awda
Chief Operation Officer
Energy Business Unit
NMDC (NPCC)

Mohammed Ashraf
VP Strategy & Key Accounts ME
TechnipFMC

Renwar Berzinji
VP, Middle East
Tenaris

Iskander Nasyrov
General Manager, Abu Dhabi Branch
LUKOIL Upstream Abu Dhabi GmbH

Mohamed Nayem Quraishi
CEO
BEEAH Energy

Samantha Gross
Director - Energy Security and Climate Initiative, Fellow - Foreign Policy
Brookings Institution

Elias Kassis
UAE Country Chair
TotalEnergies

Björn Ewers
Managing Director and Senior Partner
BCG

Abdul-Amir Al Ajmi
External Affairs and
Value Creation Director
Petroleum Development Oman

Thomas Löffler
SVP – ADIPEC
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Sofia McGinn
Conference Director – ADIPEC
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