Brad Crabtree is Global Head of Commercial Policy for ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions with responsibility for carbon capture and storage, low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia, low-carbon power, and critical minerals. He brings three decades of experience working with industry, governments and stakeholders to advance technology and policy solutions for reducing carbon emissions in the U.S. and globally.

Brad recently served as Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management at the U.S. Department of Energy. He led over 2,000 federal employees and contractors and oversaw a domestic and international portfolio spanning oil and gas, methane mitigation, natural gas exports, carbon management, hydrogen, and critical minerals.

Prior to DOE, Brad was Vice President for Carbon Management at the Great Plains Institute. There, he co-founded and directed the Carbon Capture Coalition, bringing together over 80 companies, labor unions, and environmental organizations in a successful decade-long campaign to reform and expand the U.S. federal 45Q tax credit for carbon capture and storage.

Brad has lived, studied and worked in Europe, Southeast Asia and Latin America and holds a bachelor’s degree from the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and a master’s in history from Johns Hopkins University.