Senior ECONOMIST
Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP)
Total des années d'expérience :12 years, 11 Mois
• Advisor to the CEO and member of the Executive Management Committee
• Part of the Credit and Investment approvals Committee for debt and equity
• Responsible for the implementation of the new strategy for the Energy and Economics Unit
• Editor of the Energy Research economic commentaries
• Lead on the company’s flagship product: MENA Annual Energy Investment Outlook
• Produce an annual Renewables Outlook
• Conduct assessments on development impacts and wider benefits of all transactions
• Compile country strategies to drive investment decisions
• Provide country risk and sectoral analysis to inform business units
Key Projects / Achievements
• Produced over 20 reports on the energy sector- including energy policy reform, renewable energy, electricity demand and the role of independent power producers
• Developed the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility programme
• Undertook a secondment at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, completed the Oxford Energy Seminar and authored a research paper for the Oxford Energy Forum
• Nominated as a judge for the 2017 Oil & Gas Middle East Awards
• Part of the peer review panel for the IEA World energy Outlook 2018
Presentations and speeches at global forums, conferences and seminars
• MENA climate change policy: Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences: Kuwait 2016
• The role of refining in MENA: Middle East Petroleum and Gas Conference - Abu Dhabi 2016
• Energy Reform Policies: Arab Development Organisation - Cairo 2016
• Integrating the supply chain: Organisation for Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries - Bahrain 2016
• Power energy mix and the role of renewables: DMCC Energy Club - Dubai 2017
• Energy Price Reform: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies - London 2017
• Global Energy Outlook: Petroleum Economist - Kuwait 2017
• MENA Oil and Gas Summit: Platts - Dubai 2017
• Iraq Petroleum Conference: CWC - Berlin 2018
Completed the rotational development programme; working in finance and evaluation, heat strategy and policy, economic analysis and International & Domestic Oil
2014 - 2015: International & Domestic Oil
• Personally responsible for the preparation of regular briefings, advice and counsel to senior personnel on all aspects of global oil market fundamentals
• Conducting analysis and evaluation of the outlook for oil markets, including cost / benefit analysis, then producing clear and concise analytical reports to time critical deadlines
• Working closely with key stakeholders, including energy institutions, international oil companies and global Governments, on the development of forecasts and assumptions
• Representing the organisation at key events, including global and national conferences / seminars; developing networks, sharing information and delivering presentations to major institutions and Governments
Key Projects / Achievements
• Drafting impact assessments and business cases on the future of UK refineries as well as compiling analysis on the impact of geopolitical risks on oil markets in the Middle East
• Dealing with commissioning work with values of up to £100k, large-scale global funding projects with values of £2m per annum and major UK projects, such as the £1bn carbon capture / storage project
• Identifying implications for importers and exporters of oil, production cycles and breakeven costs in non-OPEC countries and implications for global supply
• Gaining vast experience of the UK refining sector and challenges faced; drafting impact assessments / analytical notes on the resilience of the UK and European economy with regards to energy security
2013 - 2014: High Speed 2 Limited (Secondment)
• Completing a secondment on the economic case for High Speed 2 (HS2), via the application of MS Excel based modeling, CBA, risk analysis and sensitivity testing
• Collaborating with consultancy teams on the identification of wider economic benefits of HS2, including direct contribution to the drafting of the environmental statement and hybrid bill
• Conducting quality assurance across all models and documents; maintaining a strong attention to detail
Key Projects / Achievements
• Effectively assessing the resilience of the network, with a particular focus on infrastructure, rolling stock and commercial standing as a long-term network for the next generation
2013: Heat Strategy & Policy
• Playing a key role within the Heat Strategy and Policy team, tasked with the creation of the analytical annex for the Heat Strategy document
• Acting as Economic Lead, collaborating with consultants in order to identify potential solutions for industrial waste heat recovery, including advice on research criteria, modeling and economic appraisal
• Undertaking business planning; conducting scoping projects for research, budget and analytical resource requirements
Key Projects / Achievements
• Creating an invitation to tender for consultants to create roadmaps for decarbonising heat intensive industries in the UK by 2050, in partnership with stakeholders, consultants and academics
• Establishing the economic benefit of Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage via collaboration with BIS, involving the production of a business case for funding techno-economic studies
2012 - 2013: Finance & Evaluation
• Accountable for the modelling of NPV for Green Deal loans under varying market interest rates as well as establishing the business case for the Green Deal Financing Company
• Liaising extensively with the EU Commission on the acquisition of state aid approval
Key Projects / Achievements
• Applying strong research skills to produce a baseline, working with academics and facilitating workshops to construct and refine the Green Deal counterfactual
• Creating various economic papers, focused on establishing the counterfactual, value for money and evaluating employment and health impacts
• Conducting analysis of the economy and the utilisation of macroeconomic lever, including regression analysis, then compiling research / data and preparing monthly economic reports
• Organising events and conferences in collaboration with external organisations and governing bodies