EA Conference previous speakers
A look back at our exceptional speakers from 2024 and 2025
The EA Conference hosts industry leaders from across the globe to participate in engaging panels, insightful fireside chats, and impactful keynote presentations.
Explore the list of these energy commodity titans below.
2025 Speakers
His Excellency Haitham Al Ghais
Secretary General
OPEC
Anders Opedal
President and Chief Executive Officer
Equinor
Andrew Lo
Co-Founder
Rutherford Energy Ventures LLC
Ben Luckock
Global Head of Oil
Trafigura
Dave Hochberg
Global Head and CIO of Commodities
Jain Global
David Barclay
Head of Institutional Trading
Optiver
Dennis Whyte
Co-Founder
Rutherford Energy Ventures LLC
Dimitri Papalexopoulos
Chair
TITAN Group
Ezra Yacob
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
EOG Resources
Hussein Allidina
Managing Director and Head of Commodities
TD Asset Management
Deputy Secretary of Energy James Danly
US Department of Energy
Jeff Currie
Chief Strategy Officer
Carlyle
Jim Teague
Chief Executive Officer
Enterprise Products Partners
Sir Jon Symonds
Chair
GSK
Lorenzo Simonelli
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Baker Hughes Energy Services
Mike Wirth
Chief Executive Officer
Chevron
Nameer Siddiqui
SVP, Business Transformation, Corporate Strategy and Development
Phillips 66
Peter Taylor
Division Director
Macquarie
Rahim Azouni
President of Trading and Shipping
TOTSA TotalEnergies Trading SA
Rob Thomson
Managing Director, Head of DB Investor Solutions Trading
Deutsche Bank
Sir Robin Niblett
Former Director and Chief Executive
Chatham House
2024 Speakers
Abhishek Deshpande
MD and Head of Commodities Strategy
NextEra Energy Inc
Sir Alex Younger
Former Chief
UK Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
Ben Luckock
Global Head, Oil Division
Trafigura
Charif Souki
Co-founder and former CEO
Tellurian
Chen Hongbing
Vice President
Rongsheng
David D'Alessandro
Founder and Chief Investment Officer
CMDTY
Frederick W Smith
Founder and Executive Chairman
FedEx
HE Haitham al-Ghais
Secretary General
OPEC
Harold Hamm
Executive Chairman
Continental Resources
Helge Lund
Chair
BP
Hussein Allidina
Head of Commodities
TD Asset Management
Jeff Currie
Chief Strategy Officer
Energy Pathways, Carlyle
Rahim Azouni
SVP of Crude, Fuel and Derivatives Trading
TotalEnergies
Mohamed Kurdi
General Director of Oil Markets Analysis, International Oil Markets and OPEC Affairs Deputyship, Ministry of Energy, Saudi Arabia
Russell Hardy
Chief Executive Officer
Vitol
Salman Ahmed
Global Head of Macro
Fidelity International
Scott D. Sheffield
Founder
Pioneer Natural Resources
Sugandhi Iyer
Global Book Lead, Derivatives
Reliance Industries
Thomas O'Connor
Senior Vice President, Commodity Risk and Strategy
PBF Energy











































