Flame 2025 Speakers

Hamead Ahrary

Chief Sales Officer

SEFE Securing Energy for Europe

Christian Baer

Secretary General

Europex

Ralph Bahke

Hydrogen Area and European Hydrogen Backbone Sponsor at Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE); Managing Director

ONTRAS

Prof Catherine Banet

Chair of the Board, Norwegian Energy Law Association

Academic Co-Director, Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE)

Ladislav Barkoci

Chief Commercial Officer

NAFTA

Alex Barnes

Director

Alex Barnes & Associates

Olivia Barnes

Head of Energy Transition

EnBW Trading

Patrick Barouki

Managing Director

Morgan Stanley

Csilla Bartók

Head of Department

Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)

Victor Bernabeu

Director

Eurogas

Jeppe Bjerg

Lead Development Manager

Energinet

Tim Bjerkelund

Partner, Advisory

Rystad Energy

Peder Bjorland

VP Gas Trading and Optimization

Equinor

Gillian Boccara

Director of LNG & Gas

Kpler

Svetlana Bochkova

Senior Policy Advisor

Eurogas

Lucie Boost

Secretary General

GIE

Dr Niko Bosnjak

Head of Policy & Communication

OGE

Julian Bowden

Senior Visiting Research Fellow - OIES

Former bp

Torben Brabo

Honorary President

GIE

Manuel Breva

Secretary General

ANFFECC

Arno Büx

President

GIE

Roxana Caliminte

Strategic Advisor

Speaker on Energy and Transport

David Callanan

Founder

Global LNG Hub

Vivek Chandra

CEO and Founder

Gulftream LNG

Dr Carole Chapelotte

Head of EU Affairs

Storengy

Gina Cohen

Independent Consultant

Gina Energy

Tudor Constantinescu

Principal Adviser to the Director General for Energy

European Commission

Dr Jennifer Coolidge

CEO

CMX Caspian Gulf

Anne-Sophie Corbeau

Global Research Scholar

Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

Pierre Cotin

Senior Vice President, Sales

NaTran

Dr Melinda Crane

Moderator & Independent Journalist

Jeppe Danø

Vice President, Energinet System Operator

Energinet

Laurent David

General Delegate

GIIGNL

Paul Dawson

Head of Regulatory Affairs

RWE Supply & Trading

Caterina De Matteis

Senior Policy Manager

IOGP Europe

Harmen Dekker

CEO

European Biogas Association

Honey Duan

Director of Commodity Origination

Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH

Nicola Duffin

Head of LNG

INEOS Energy Trading

Patrick Dugas

Vice President - LNG Trading

TotalEnergies

Charles Ellinas

CEO

e-CNHC (E-C Cyprus Natural Hydrocarbons Company Ltd)

Axel Elmelid

Senior Manager Portfolio Management

Equinor

Bill Farren-Price

Head of the Gas Research Programme

Oxford Institute of Energy Studies

Jason Feer

Head of Business Intelligence

Poten & Partners

Szabolcs Ferencz

Chairman-CEO

FGSZ Natural Gas Transmission

Natasha Fielding

Editorial Manager for Gas, LNG and Biomass

Argus Media

Hannah Foo

Senior Legal Counsel – LNG

Engie

Gennaro Formisano

LNG Business Development Manager

SIAD Macchine Impianti

László FRITSCH

CEO

MVM CEEnergy Zrt

Mike Fulwood

Senior Research Fellow

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Arturo Gallego

Executive Vice President and Global Head of LNG

Centrica

Dr Christoph Gatzen

Director

Frontier Economics

Teodora Georgieva

Executive Officer and Board Member

ICGB AD, Interconnector Greece Bulgaria

Bruno Gerrits

Business Development Manager Europe

Global CCS Institute

Sven Goethals

Commercial Director, Hydrogen and Decarbonisation

Tractebel

Lijs Groenendaal

Director Hydrogen NL

RWE Generation

Andrew Hagan

Director, Chief Development Officer

Element 2

Dr Jan Haizmann

Secretary General

Zero Emissions Traders Alliance

Tim Hamers

Secretary General

ERGaR

Laurent Hamou

Head of European and Institutional Affairs

Elengy

Cyril Harry

Head of Gas Asset Regulation & Analysis

ENGIE

Sir Dieter Helm

Professor of Economic Policy, University of Oxford

Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford

Dione Hernández Galvis

Regulatory Affairs Manager

RWE Supply & Trading

Dennis Hesseling

Head of the Gas, Coal and Power Markets Division - Directorate of Energy Markets and Security

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Ulrike Hinz

Senior Policy Advisor Climate and Energy

WWF Germany

Andrew Howard

Chief Strategy and Policy Officer

VERRA

Lars Hummel

Head of EU Affairs

eFuel Alliance e.V.

Geoffroy Hureau

Secretary General

CEDIGAZ

Dr Thomas Huwener

Chief Executive Officer

Open Grid Europe

Luis Ignacio Parada

EU Energy Policy & Regulation Director

Enagás

Barbara Jinks

Director

Ready4H2

Jemima Jowett-Ive

Head of Renewable Gas Trading Origination

Shell

Dr Sohbet Karbuz

Director, Natural Resources and Energy Security

Mediterranean Organisation for Energy and Climate (OMEC)

Dr Timm Kehler

President

Gas- und Wasserstoffwirtschaft e. V.

Dr Sebastian Kemper

CEO

Trading Hub Europe

Melanie A. Kenderdine

Cabinet Secretary Designate

The New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department

Kashif Khan

Director, Private Infrastructure & Project Finance

MetLife Investments Management Limited

Dr Reinhard Klimeck

Managing Director and Founder

EvoVerde Consulting

Marcello Kolax

Managing Director

Clever Markets

Peter Kotek

Senior Research Associate

Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research

Taia Kronborg

Partner, Chief Business Officer

Lhyfe

Markus Krug

Deputy Head of Gas Department

E-Control

Piotr Kuś

General Director

ENTSOG

Brent Lakeman

Executive Director

Edmonton Region Hydrogen Hub

Haakon Larsen

Acting Vice President, Gas & Power - Marketing, Midstream and Processing

Equinor

Jouni Liimatta

Head of Trading & Optimizing

Gasum

Dr Ning Lin

Chief Economist, Bureau of Economic Geology

University of Texas

Roman Maliutin

CEO

Ukrtransgaz

Mark McCrory

Director, Strategy and Advocacy

International Gas Union

Philippa McCue

Head of European Gas Security

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (UK)

Akhil Mehrotra

Managing Director

Pipeline Infrastructure Limited, India

Jacob Meins

Chief Commercial Officer (Origination)

RWE Supply & Trading

Felix Müller

Vice President Trading Regulatory Affairs

SEFE (Securing Energy for Europe GmbH)

Cornelia Müller-Pagel

Head of Green Gases

VNG

Jane Nakano

Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Alejandro Navarro Paustian

Senior Legal Counsel

Uniper

Erwin Nederkoorn

Managing Director, Global Lead Energy - Hydrocarbons & New Energies

ING Wholesale Banking

Nelly Nicoli

CEO

Elengy

Dr Maria Olczak

Research Fellow

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Naiara Ortiz de Mendíbil

Secretary General

Sedigas (Spanish Gas Association)

Laura Page

Head of LNG and Natural Gas Research

Kpler

Gregor Pett

Executive Vice President Market Analytics

Uniper Energy

Ronald Pinto

Principal Insight Analyst

Kpler

Jennifer Pomerantz

Chairperson

Ellipsis Holdings

Carsten Poppinga

Chief Commercial Officer

Uniper

Jennifer Porto

Event Host

Olivia Powis

CEO

Carbon Capture Storage Association

Andrii Prokofiev

Head of Cooperation with Clients Division

Gas TSO of Ukraine

Erik Rakhou

Managing Director and Founder

Rakhou Associates

Marwa Rashad

Senior Energy Correspondent

Reuters

Elena Reshetova

Lead Energy Commodities Analyst

Fortum

Art Robinson

Managing Director

Longbow Capital

Gulmira Rzayeva

Founder and MD

Eurasia Analytics

Dr Peter Röttgen

Managing Director

Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH

Marco Saalfrank

Head of Continental Europe Merchant Trading

Axpo Solutions

Gideon Saunders

Senior Energy Policy Expert

ONTRAS Gastransport

Michael Schach

Co-founder and CEO

Calypso Commodities

Axel Scheuer

Director

Energy & Climate Policy Advisory Europe

Florence Schmit

Energy Strategist

Rabobank London

Dr Thomas Schroder

Head of Environmental Products

EDF Trading

Iryna Sereda

Head of European Gas

BloombergNEF

Stefan Siegemund

Business Development Manager

VTG

Cristian Signoretto

President of Eurogas

Director Global Gas and LNG Portfolio, Eni

Trevor Sikorski

Head of Natural Gas and Carbon

Energy Aspects

Mark Simons

Head of Gas & Power Trading Origination Gas Division

TotalEnergies

Anna Slavkovská

Senior Expert

NAFTA

Guy Smith

Head of Gas Trading & LNG

Vattenfall

Costis Stambolis

Chairman & Executive Director

Institute of Energy for SE Europe (IENE)

Ana Stanic

Founder

E&A Law

Marcel Steinbach

Senior Vice President - Group Regulatory Affairs

SEFE (SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH)

Gottfried Steiner

CEO

Central European Gas Hub

Peter Stevenson

East Mediterranean Editor

MEES (Middle East Economic Survey)

Torgeir Stordal

Director General

Norwegian Offshore Directorate

Georges Tijbosch

CEO

MiQ

Marcel Tijhuis

Senior Project Manager Business Development LNG

German LNG Terminal

Grete Tveit

Marketing, Midstream and Processing - Low Carbon Solutions

Equinor

Pat van de Loosdrecht

ENERGY LEADER I BOARD ADVISOR & MEMBER I STRATEGIST I CREATOR I CONNECTOR I MENTOR & COACH

ENERGY LEADER I BOARD ADVISOR & MEMBER I STRATEGIST I CREATOR I CONNECTOR I MENTOR & COACH

Anton van Heesewijk

Head of Trading Strategy

JERA Global Markets

Lászlo Varró

Vice President Strategy Insights & Scenarios

Shell International

Nicole Vermeulen

Chief Industrial Officer

Hy24

Andrew Walker

VP - LNG Strategy and Communication

Cheniere

Sara Wihlborg

Country Manager

Lhyfe

Johannes Willheim

Partner

Jones Day

Doug Wood

Chair of Gas Committee

Energy Traders Europe

Masataka Yarita

Director - LNG and Methane Management Division

Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC)

Peter Zeniewski

Lead Gas Analyst

IEA

William Zimmern

Executive Director and Head of Products

MSCI

Dr Vladimír Čermák

Senior Manager, Energy Transition - Strategy

NET4GAS

Jurgita Šilinskaitė-Venslovienė

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

KN Energies