Programme

The peak of the commodity price surge is behind us, but the risks of turbulence in global markets remain. In the oil market, this risk is manifested in extended delivery times due to the conflict in the Red Sea, while competition among suppliers is intensifying. In the gas market, several projects have been suspended due to sanctions and the green agenda. In the oil products market, the share of re-exports in the supply structure to European countries is increasing. What will be the dynamics of supply and demand for oil and gas in the global market in the medium term? How significantly will changes in the structure of global demand affect prices? What is the optimal strategy for oil and gas producers in these conditions? How severely has the conflict in the Red Sea complicated hydrocarbon trade? How do sanctions affect global LNG production? Does the increasing competition in the oil and gas market require greater fiscal flexibility from regulators? Which industries will be the leaders in demand growth for oil and gas in the coming years?

Moderator
Sergey Brilev, President, The Global Energy Association

Sergey Brilev

President, The Global Energy Association

Russian TV presenter, writer and public figure. Deputy Director of the Rossiya TV channel for special informational projects, President of the Bering-Bellingshausen Institute for Both Americas (Montevideo), member of the Praesidium of the Foreign and Defence Policy Council (Moscow), the only Russian journalist to have interviewed both the last two Presidents of the Russian Federation and the USA: Putin and Medvedev, Bush and Obama.
Born 24 July 1972 in Havana (Cuba).
Graduated from MGIMO MID RF (1995, Moscow), the Montevideo Institute of Foreign Languages (1991, Uruguay), and finished BBC courses (1995, London).
Career:
1990–1993: Komsomolskaya Pravda. Trainee, scholarship holder, correspondent-intern in the department of science and education.
1993–1995: Moscow News. International department special correspondent. In parallel, Moscow correspondent of the Uruguay El Observador Económico and the Argentinian La Razón, as well as Russian State Duma Latin America expert.
Since 1995: Rossiya (RTR) TV channel, including:
1995–1996: Vesti special correspondent (including during the First Chechen War).
1996–2001: Bureau Chief in London.
First broadcast as presenter on 11 September 2001 (day of the terrorist acts in the USA).
2001–2003: presenter of evening Vesti.
2003–2007: presenter of Vesti Nedeli, Deputy Director, Directorate of information programmes.
Since 2008: presenter of the Vesti on Saturday programme, Deputy Director of Rossiya TV channel.
Author of a multitude of documentary films: Secret of Three Oceans, Constitutional Practice, Duma Thinking, Right to Right, Heavy Oil, Another Coal, The Caribbean Crisis. An Incomprehensible Story, Nazarbayev’s Line, etc.
Author of the books: Forgotten Allies in World War II (2012) and Fidel. Football. Falklands (2008).
One of the main spheres of his professional activity is interviewing heads of state. In particular, in Latin America: Chavez (Venezuela), Ortega (Nicaragua), Correa (Ecuador), Morales (Bolivia), Sanguinetti (Uruguay), Bachelet (Chile) and so on.
By order of the Russian President, awarded the Order of Friendship, the medals 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg and 1000th Anniversary of Kazan (2005). Was the finalist and winner of the TEFI awards many times.
Speaks English and Spanish fluently.

Panellists
Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary General, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates
Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, Minister of Energy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kirill Dmitriev, Chief Executive Officer, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)
Alexander Dyukov, Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprom Neft
Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Jose Felix Rivas Alvarado, Sectoral Vice President of Economy, Minister of the People's Power for Industries and National Production of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Peter Szijjarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary

Haitham Al Ghais

Secretary General, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

His Excellency Mr. Haitham Al Ghais of the State
of Kuwait began his tenure as Secretary General
of OPEC on 1 August 2022.
With 30 years of experience in the global oil and
gas markets, HE Mr. Al Ghais managed
international and regional teams worldwide: in
Kuwait, Beijing and London.
In 1991, he was appointed Diplomatic Attaché in the Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
working closely with the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. In 1993, HE Mr.
Al Ghais joined the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), in the International
Marketing Sector, and has since held multiple managerial functions, including Crude
Oil Marketing Representative; International Marketing Sector; Head of KPC’s Regional
Office in Beijing, China; Manager of KPC’s European Regional Office based in London,
UK; Market Research Manager, Kuwait; and in 2021, HE Mr. Al Ghais was appointed as
KPC’s Deputy Managing Director for International Marketing, responsible for
overseeing the development of the market outlook for KPC’s international marketing
plans and participating in the drawing up of KPC and strategic long-term plans.
Throughout his career, HE Mr. Al Ghais has represented Kuwait in multiple governing
bodies of renowned international institutions, including the Board of Governors of the
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (2008-2014), and the Board of Governors and
subcommittees of OPEC (2016-2021).
HE Mr. Al Ghais has had a leading role in the historic Declaration of Cooperation
between OPEC and non-OPEC oil-producing Countries, facilitating the development of
the methodology of monitoring conformity to the production adjustments. In 2017,
he was appointed as the first Chairman of the Joint Technical Committee (JTC) and has
subsequently participated in over 53 JTC meetings and over 32 Joint Ministerial
Monitoring Committee (JMMC) meetings. Between 2018 and 2019, HE Mr. Al Ghais
was also the leader of Kuwait’s team involved in finalizing and signing the Charter of
Cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC producing countries.
HE Mr. Al Ghais is a proud father of three sons.

Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei

Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates

H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei has held the position of the Minister of Energy since March 2013 before the Ministry turning in the Ministerial Formation of 2017 into the Ministry of Energy and Industry. In July 2020, the Ministry grew even bigger when merging with the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, including the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme, and the Federal Transport Authority Land & Maritime to become The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure.

H.E. Al Mazrouei is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Etihad Water and Electricity, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Emirates General Petroleum Corporation, Member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC and Mubadala Investment Company.

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of: (Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, Nawah Energy Company, Barakah One Company), and Member of the Board of Directors of Dolphin Energy.

H.E. Al Mazrouei has considerable experience in corporate administration in different sectors, including ship building, defense systems, oil and gas services sector and real estate development.

H.E. Suhail Al Mazrouei graduated in 1996 from the University of Tulsa in the United States of America with a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering. He was born in Dubai on July 1st, 1973. His hobbies include poetry, literature, and history.

Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud

Minister of Energy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz was appointed Minister of Energy in September 2019. In his capacity as Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, Prince Abdulaziz is responsible for coordinating the Kingdom’s domestic and international energy policies in line with the goals of Vision 2030. This includes overseeing energy activities within the Kingdom; regulating the oil, gas, electricity, nuclear and renewables sectors in the interests of the Kingdom in the short and long term and directing Saudi international policy with regard to relations with producers (including through OPEC and OPEC+) and with consumers. He has been an active participant in shaping energy policy, both nationally and internationally for more than thirty years and he is the chairman of many energy related organizations.
Prior to his appointment as the Minister of Energy, Prince Abdulaziz served in numerous capacities in the Ministry over the past three decades, including as Minister of State for Energy Affairs, Vice Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Assistant Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Deputy Minister for Petroleum Affairs and Adviser to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
HRH holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) (1985) and a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Management (1982), both from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. After graduation, he served from 1985-87 as Director of the Economic and Industrial Research Division of the Research Institute at King Fahd University of Petroleum.

Kirill Dmitriev

Chief Executive Officer, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)

Prior to becoming CEO of RDIF in 2011, Kirill Dmitriev headed a number of large private equity funds and completed a series of landmark transactions, including the sale of Delta Bank to General Electric, Delta Credit Bank to Société Générale, STS Media to Fidelity Investments, etc. At the beginning of his career he worked at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Company. He is Deputy Chairman of the Investment Council under the Chairman of the State Duma of Russia, Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and was appointed by the President of Russia as a member of the BRICS and the APEC business councils; he also was selected as ‘Young Global Leader’ by the World Economic Forum. He serves as a member of the boards of directors of Rostelecom, Gazprombank, MDMG, Russian Railways and a member of the boards of trustees of the Mariinsky Theatre and Moscow State University.
In 2011 he was the only Russian representative in the list of ‘100 most influential private equity professionals of the decade’ (Private Equity International). He holds a BA in Economics with Honors and Distinction from Stanford University and an MBA with High Distinction (Baker Scholar) from the Harvard Business School.

Alexander Dyukov

Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprom Neft

Born on 13 December 1967 in Leningrad.
1991: graduated from the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute, specialising in aerohydromechanical engineering.
2001: awarded MBA degree.

Positions:
1996 — 1998: held consecutive positions of Financial Director and Director General at St Petersburg Oil Terminal.
1998 — 1999: Director for Economics and, during 1999, Acting Director General, the St Petersburg Sea Port.
2000 — 2003: Chairman of the Board of Directors of CJSC St Petersburg Oil Terminal.
2003 — 2006: President of SIBUR;
2006 — 2011: Chairman of the Board of Directors, SIBUR Holding.
Since 2011: Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, SIBUR Holding.
2006 — 2008: President, JSC Gazprom Neft;
Since January 2008: Chairman of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer, Gazprom Neft PJSC.
2019: elected President of the Football Union of Russia (FUR), re-elected for a further four-year term in 2021.
2021: elected a voting member of the UEFA Executive Committee for a four-year term.

Alexander Novak

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

Born August 23, 1971 in the town of Avdeyevka (Ukraine).
Education
1993: Graduated from the Norilsk Industrial Institute with a degree in the Economics and Management in the Steel Industry.
2009: Graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University with a degree in Management.
Experience
1988-1997: Hydrometallurgy machine operator, 1st grade; technician, assistant engineer for labour efficiency and wages, economic expert, finance office head of the accounts department, Zavenyagin Steel Combine, Norilsk.
1997-1999: Department head, board head, deputy director for economics, Zavenyagin Steel Combine, Norilsk.
1999-2000: Deputy director for economics/board head, deputy director for personnel/board head, Norilsk Mining Company Transpolar Branch.
2000-2002: Norilsk Deputy Mayor for economics and finance, Norilsk First Deputy Mayor.
2002-2007: Deputy Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in charge of the Central Finance Board of the territorial administration.
2007-2008: First Deputy Governor and Prime Minister of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
2008-May 2012: Deputy Minister of Finance.
May 21, 2012: Appointed Minister of Energy by Presidential Executive Order.
November 10, 2020: Appointed Deputy Prime Minister by presidential executive order

Jose Felix Rivas Alvarado

Sectoral Vice President of Economy, Minister of the People's Power for Industries and National Production of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Peter Szijjarto

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary

Born on 30th October, 1978 in Komárom.
Graduated from the Gergely Czuczor Benedictine High School of Győr in 1997, subsequently he conferred his degree in the faculty of Foreign Affairs at the University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration in 2002 in Budapest.
Has been Member of Parliament for Fidesz since 2002, having started his sixth term in 2022.
Communications Director of Fidesz between 2006 and 2010. Prime Minister’s Spokesperson between 2010 and 2012 and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations between 2012 and 2014.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade between June and September, 2014 then Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary since 23th September, 2014.
Is a practising Roman Catholic, married with two sons. He was a registered futsal player, having played two games in 1st league and eighty-five in 2nd league between 2011 and 2016.