The 5th CWC China LNG & Gas International Summit

Li Yalan

Chairperson of the Board of Directors

Beijing Gas Group Co., Ltd

Ms Li has nearly 30 years’ experience working in the natural gas industry. Her rich experiences encompass gas planning, technology, strategy, distribution and investment management. Ms Li has led the formulation and implementation of Development Strategy for Beijing Gas Group and a series of Natural Gas Development Plans for the city of Beijing. Ms Li has lots of engineering and managerial experiences which she has acquired from the leading roles she has played in both the Chinese government and enterprise. Ms Li is currently the Chairperson of the Board of Directors for Beijing Gas Group.

Wang Lei

GM, Natural Gas Department

PetroChina International

Dr Zheng Hongtao

President, Energy Trading & Marketing

ENN Group

Dr Hongtao has been responsible for CNOOC’s LNG procurement and trading efforts since 2008, and is one of the pioneers of spot LNG trading as well as short- and mid-term LNG procurement in China. During his over ten-year career in CNOOC, Hongtao has led approximately 10 mtpa of spot and term LNG procurements, and a series of LNG package transactions along the upstream and midstream.

Dr Hongtao has a PhD in Thermal Engineering from Tsinghua University.

Liu Jingbo

Deputy General Manager

Guangzhou Gas Group

Liu Jingbo, having over 30-years' experience in natural gas business such as technology, and management & trading, currently holds the post of Deputy General Manager of Guangzhou Gas Group Co., Ltd. and is responsible for procurement of gas resources, market development, investments abroad and the construction of Guangzhou Nansha Natural Gas Emergency Peak-Shaving Station. He took part in constructing the first LNG project in China, served as the Vice Director of the Executive Office of Chinese Party of Guangdong Liquefied Natural Gas Project and worked as on the board director of Guangdong Dapeng Liquefied Natural Gas Co., Ltd..

Andrew Walker

Vice President Strategy

Cheniere Marketing Ltd

Dr Andrew Walker is the Vice President for Strategy for Cheniere Marketing. He is located in London and is responsible for the Strategy and Market Outlook of the marketing arm of Cheniere, reporting into the President of Cheniere Marketing Ltd. Until recently (October 2015) he was Vice President for Global LNG, and prior to that Head of LNG Strategy, at BG Group, where he worked for over 20 years before joining Cheniere. During his career in LNG he has been located in Singapore, Egypt, USA and UK and has worked on numerous LNG projects including Atlantic LNG in Trinidad and Tobago, Egyptian LNG, and Dragon LNG in the UK. Dr Walker has a Doctorate in Geology from Imperial College, University of London.

Mabel Leung

President, China Gas Marketing

ExxonMobil (China)

Mabel Leung is currently located in Beijing and has responsibility for business development of ExxonMobil’s LNG activities in China.

Mabel joined Mobil Corporation (now ExxonMobil Corporation) in 1987 and has held various downstream executive positions with a primary focus on Global Strategic Planning and Retail Fuels Marketing for Asia Pacific.  She has taken on various international assignments in both Singapore and the United States, ExxonMobil’s regional headquarters and global headquarters respectively.  Apr 2016, Mabel joined the Gas & Power Marketing organization of ExxonMobil and relocated to Beijing after spending a few months in Houston, Texas.

Mabel holds a Masters in Information Technology from the City University of Hong Kong and a Postgraduate Diploma in E-commerce from Hong Kong University and is married with two children.

Fu Shaohua

Deputy General Manager

Shanghai Petroleum & Gas Exchange

Bernard Samuels

General Manager

Shell Energy (China)

Bernard Samuels leads Shell China Gas and LNG team, part of the global Shell Energy trading organisation. Bernard has worked in the Asia-Pacific Gas and LNG business for more than 20 years, with previous assignments in Russia (Sakhalin Energy), Singapore, Australia (Woodside) and Japan, in commercial roles in LNG marketing, New Business Development, Joint Venture governance and Acquisitions & Divestments.

Huang Yonggang

Vice President

China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation

Huang Yonggang has worked on Engineering Design & Management for 30 years. His previous positions includes Project Manager & Director ; General Manager of Design Institute and LNG Business Director.

Tom Earl

Chief Commercial Officer

Venture Global LNG

Tom Earl is the Chief Commercial Officer of VG LNG Marketing, LLC. Tom previously served as Vice President at the international oil company Total, focusing on the development of its global LNG business.

After graduating from City University in London with a degree in Engineering, Tom joined Total’s newly formed gas marketing and trading team in 1998. After various responsibilities within the trading division of the newly combined Total, Elf and Petrofina operations, he managed the natural gas option desk and gas trading desk. Tom successfully led significant commercial negotiations on long-term gas and LNG contracts in countries such as Russia, Norway and Qatar.

In 2006, Tom was appointed Head of Electricity Trading at Total where he led a significant expansion into newly opened power markets across Europe. In 2011, Tom moved to Houston, where he was appointed as head of Total’s North America commodity trading business, including its LNG, gas, power, coal, petcoke and LPG operations. Tom also represented Total in its US LNG liquefaction transactions from 2012 to 2015.

In 2015, Tom was appointed Vice President of Development for Total’s global LNG activities. Tom led Total’s most recent and highly regarded global expansion into new LNG markets. This work has included innovative new LNG terminal projects and new downstream asset transactions across the world.

Adnan Ezzarhouni

China General Manager

GTT

Adnan Ezzarhouni has contributed to the development of GTT since 2001 and currently serves as General Manager of GTT China.
Before assuming this position, he occupied various posts in GTT, including Designer, Project Engineer, Project Leader and Business Development Manager, in the Technical, Innovation and Commercial Divisions.
He spent 4 years as Project Leader in charge of the development of the new generation of Membrane Full Containment System for onshore tanks, and was published as Author or Co-Author of ensuing patents.
In 2014, Adnan also led the new Ethane shipping market with the development of the world’s first VLECs (Very Large Ethane Carrier) that began operation in 2017.
Adnan holds a Mechanical Engineering degree and a Master’s Degree in International Operation Management. He is also graduated with an Executive MBA at French Business School “HEC”. Adnan is also a Principal member of world leading LNG facility standard “NFPA 59a”.

Li Yao

CEO

SIA Energy

Yao is the founder and CEO of SIA Energy with 20 years of energy industry experience.  SIA Energy is a China-focused energy consulting firm offering insight and data on Chinese energy policy, politics, players and markets, covering the full oil, gas and power value chain. SIA Energy serves foreign entities looking to invest and growth in China, and Chinese entities looking for entry and expansion abroad. Prior to founding SIA, Yao served as Senior Director and Head of PFC Energy’s China office for over 7 years, lived and worked in the Middle East for 6 years, and served Chinese central government for 2 years. Yao holds a Master of Science degree from the Edmond A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington DC, and a Bachelor of Laws degree in International Politics from Renmin University of China.

Gavin Thompson

Head of Asia Pacific Research

Wood Mackenzie

Gavin joined Wood Mackenzie in 1997, managing the company's Asia Pacific Energy Markets team from 2000-2003. Between 2003 and 2014 Gavin was based in Beijing managing Wood Mackenzie’s China content. During this time he worked on a range of projects with domestic and international energy companies including the development of international growth strategies, upstream opportunity screening, LNG project evaluation, Chinese provincial gas price forecasting, analysis of the Chinese CBM market, and the influence of China on Pacific Basin gas markets and pricing. Gavin relocated to Wood Mackenzie’s Tokyo office in January 2014 to head Wood Mackenzie’s gas and power research across North East Asia.

In February 2016 Gavin returned to Wood Mackenzie’s Beijing office to lead the overall commodity coverage on China.