Reinhard Florey

Reinhard Florey graduated in mechanical engineering and economics from Graz University of Technology while also completing his music studies at the University of Fine Arts. He started his career in corporate consulting and strategy consulting. From 2002 to 2012 he worked in different position worldwide for Thyssen Krupp Steel. His most recent post was as CFO and deputy CEO of Outokumpu. Since July 1, 2016 Reinhard Florey has been the CFO of OMV Aktiengesellschaft.

Session Overview

Monday, 3 November

12:00

Finance & Investment Conference Room A 12:00 - 12:40

Trends and shifts in mergers and acquisitions: how to create sustained value

The total mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal value reached $255 billion in 2024, largely driven by energy security concerns, decarbonisation efforts and demand for critical minerals. A significant proportion of these upstream deals focused on the consolidation of the US’ Permian Basin, with IOCs driving much of the activity. As high-quality acquisition targets become increasingly scarce, are we likely to see other basins and other industries – such as chemicals and renewables – follow suit? Having fallen short in the past, the energy sector needs a solution-focused approach to creating sustained value with M&A activity. A shift in energy-related M&A activity seems likely as joint ventures and other partnership types become more favourable, and NOCs continue to enter the space through new initiatives. But how will the landscape evolve?

Attendee insights:

Explore the M&A landscape with energy leaders and financial experts as our industry looks to rewrite the playbook on sustained value.

Monday, 4 November

13:30

Finance & Investment Conference Conference Room A 13:30 - 14:30

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Bridging the gap: energy and financial cross-sector collaboration to advance new projects

A successful global energy transition will naturally be advanced in large part by the acceleration of renewables project deployment, advances in clean technology and scalability, and more. Large scale capital investment is critical to advancing the development of clean and lower carbon energy projects including hydrogen and LNG. Investment and finance confidence will be built across a combination of mechanisms, from policy incentives to transition knowledge building across the finance community a tolerance for the risk profile required to deliver the global transition. How can the energy and finance sectors work better together to unlock the needed finance? What are investors and banks looking for in energy projects to prove their bankability? How can the energy sector inspire investor confidence to create the risk tolerance required to deliver innovative energy projects?

Attendee insights:

Hear how leading investors and banks can collaborate with the energy industry to deliver the required investment to ensure the energy transition progresses at the pace and scale needed.