The CWC World LNG Summit & Awards Evening will be returning to Rome in 2019 to celebrate it’s 20th year. Taking place 3 – 6 December 2019, the Summit will once again gather the movers and shakers of the global LNG and gas market for a high-end networking experience and intensive discussions on the topics that matter.
“We are particularly pleased to be hosting this conference in Rome this year. It will be a unique opportunity to meet all key LNG industry participants in a decisive moment for the evolution of the LNG market.” Cristian Signoretto, Chief Gas & LNG Marketing and Power Officer, Eni S.p.A.
Chief Commercial & Shipping Officer Qatargas Member of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Executive of Global Business Division Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd Mr. Nohata has been assigned as Member of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Executive of Global Business Division of Tokyo Gas Co.Ltd. in 2018. He has been working for Tokyo Gas for more than 30 years since joining in 1984. Through his career with the company, he has engaged in various fields such as overseas business development, infrastructure development, energy sales & service planning, energy solution business, LNG procurement and power business, as well as experiencing as President & CEO of Tokyo Gas Engineering Solution, subsidiary of Tokyo Gas Co.Ltd. specializing in engineering business. He also contributed to the start-up and the growth of Gas Malaysia, the first natural gas distribution company throughout Peninsular Malaysia, as a Technical Specialist on the experience of energy sales and technical service for Industrial customers. He holds a Bachelor and Master of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology. Senior Operating Officer, Business Development Department JERA Co. Inc. Mr. Hiroki Sato is one of the foundation members of JERA from Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. now is Chief Fuel Transactions Officer, Senior Executive Vice President of JERA Co., Inc. and Special Advisor of Chubu. He has over 25 years of experience in LNG business. He made several innovative deals such as first MSPA in Asia, joint purchasing, time swap, tripartite SPA, liquefaction tolling agreements in Freeport LNG Project, capacity agreement with European players etc. while in Chubu and JERA. Senior VP, Gas Division Total Laurent Vivier is President for the Gas division of Total, currently located in Paris. He started his career within this company in 1996, holding successive positions in Total’s trading offices in Paris, Geneva, London and Houston. He was responsible for the trading activities in LPG and then in natural gas for the European Continent and North America. He then moved to his current position in 2011, originally combining the Group activities in New Energies. He graduated in France at the EDHEC School of Business, and then obtained an MSc of International Relations at the London School of Economics. Global Head of LNG BP Jonty joined BP Oil in 1992, where he performed several roles in operations, trading and refining. In 1998 he took over the business development team looking after the Former Soviet Union, Mediterranean and Africa. During this period, he took on the role of BP nominated director in the setup of a new internet company the Intercontinental Exchange, which is now the world’s second largest energy exchange. In 2001 Jonty moved to Vietnam to be the marketing manager for upstream. In this role, he was responsible for negotiating gas sales agreements with the State Oil and Power companies and working with the World Bank to finance new Power stations. Following this, he moved to Angola where he was the commercial manager for BP’s first deep water oil development. Prior to his current role, Jonty was the executive assistant for the head of Integrated Supply & Trading, then Group Strategy, in the corporate centre. Since 2006 Jonty has been the global head of LNG for BP with a responsibility for the management of upstream contracts in Trinidad, Egypt and North West Shelf, merchant supply from Freeport in the USA and Coral LNG in Mozambique, a fleet of 16 LNG carriers, regas facilities in the USA, UK, Spain and Italy, the development of the Acu integrated regas and power project in Brazil as well as long term customer contracts globally. Chief Financial Officer & Deputy Chairman of the Management Board NOVATEK Managing Director, Commercial Operations & Asset Optimisation Cheniere Marketing Mr. Bensaude has more than 25 years of experience in the energy, oil and natural gas trading and marketing business. Prior to joining Cheniere, Mr. Bensaude served as Head of Global LNG at EDF Trading where he set up and ran the LNG trading and marketing department. Prior to EDF Trading, Mr. Bensaude was an Associate at Booz Allen & Hamilton in the Energy Practice, working on a variety of gas & power assignments. Mr. Bensaude started his career in energy as a trader of middle distillates for Total and previously served as the representative for the French bank, Société Générale, in Canton, PR of China. He held the position of Vice-Chairman of the European Federation of Energy Traders Gas Committee while at EDF Trading. He holds an MBA from ESSEC, business school in France, and studied Mandarin at Paris 7 Jussieu.
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2019 Speakers Include:
Alaa AbujbaraChief Commercial & Shipping OfficerQatargas
Alaa Abujbara
Kunio NohataMember of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Executive of Global Business DivisionTokyo Gas Co., Ltd
Kunio Nohata
Hiroki SatoSenior Operating Officer, Business Development DepartmentJERA Co. Inc.
Hiroki Sato
He graduated from Keio University, specializing in Marketing Management and has previously worked as a diplomat in Middle East.
Laurent VivierSenior VP, Gas DivisionTotal
Laurent Vivier
Jonty ShepardGlobal Head of LNGBP
Jonty Shepard
Mark GyetvayChief Financial Officer & Deputy Chairman of the Management BoardNOVATEK
Mark Gyetvay
Eric BensaudeManaging Director, Commercial Operations & Asset OptimisationCheniere Marketing
Eric Bensaude
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