Carlos
Ayon, Gnostica Carlos Ayon, founding partner of Gnostica
consulting firm, has been widely involved in the
development of the natural gas sector for the past
ten years, being a consultant for the CRE from 1995
to 1998 and for the private sector from 1998 to
the present.
Mr. Ayon was one of the driving forces of the reform
process that allow the private sector to build,
own and operate natural gas transport, storage and
distribution systems in Mexico. During this process
Carlos Ayon was the leading consultant of the working
teams that wrote main elements of the natural gas
regulatory framework, including the Natural Gas
Reglamento, the Prices and Tariffs Directive and
the First Hand Sales Directive.
Afterwards, Carlos Ayon was the head of the evaluation
teams that granted the first ten natural gas distribution
permits and the first three natural gas transport
permits, including Pemex's transportation permit.
During this phase, Carlos Ayon was in charge of
coordinating an interdisciplinary team formed by
engineers, lawyers, accountants and economists.
Stuart
Bodden,
McKinsey & Company Stuart is an Associate Principal
in McKinsey's Houston office, joining the firm
in 1998. Stuart is co-leader of McKinsey's Global
Natural Gas Sub-Sector and has worked extensively
within McKinsey's Electric Power and Natural Gas
(EPNG) and Petroleum sectors. Over the past year,
Stuart has been one of the leaders for an internal
knowledge development effort to determine LNG's
impact on North American natural gas prices, micro-markets
and regional pipeline utilization.
Prior to joining McKinsey, Stuart was a Kauffmann
intern at Sandefer Capital Partners, a private
equity group concentrating on upstream energy
deals. He has received his Bachelors of Science
degree in Applied Mathematics/Economics from Brown
University and an MBA from The University of Texas
at Austin.
Javier
Humberto Estrada, director general, Analítica
Energética SC Javier Estrada
is Director General of Analitica Energetica, a
consulting firm focusing on Energy and Environmental
issues and topics. He continues to work closely
with the Mexican Energy Ministry and Pemex on
the creation of an independent regulatory agency
for upstream activities in Mexico.
Other important projects include foreign
companies involvmed in the Mexican energy sector,
as well as Meta Desarrollo SA as well as large
municipalities intending to modernize their infrastructures.
In January 1996, Mr. Estrada was appointed by
the President of Mexico as Commissioner for Energy
Regulatory Commission, where he served until October
2002. As Commissioner, his responsibility was
to modernize and expand Mexico's natural gas transportation
and distribution systems and the regulations and
permits to build LNG reception facilities in Mexico.
He was also the official representative of the
CRE at the Inter-ministerial Group for Policy
on Energy Fuels, coordinated by the Energy Ministry.
Hua Fang, Lukens
Energy Group Dr. Fang is a Senior Economist and
Lead of the Market Analysis and Finance team with
Lukens Energy Group, a Black & Veatch Corporation.
Mrs. Fang has expertise in derivative asset pricing,
econometrics modeling and forecasting and stochastic
processes. Her role in Lukens is to apply the
most recent developments in economics and financial
theory to the real world energy context and to
provide better methods of market analysis, asset
evaluation and risk management for the energy
industry.
Dr. Hua Fang graduated from the People's University
of China, where she received her Master's degree
in International Finance. After moving to the
United States, she graduated from the University
of Virginia where she received a Master's and
PhD in Economics.
Carlos
I. Gonzalez-Magallon, consul general of Mexico,
Houston Mr. Carlos I. Gonzalez arrived in Houston
this summer to serve as Consul General of Mexico.
As a diplomat, Mr. Gonzalez has held several
positions at Mexican Consular and diplomatic offices
around the world.
In 1965, he served in Saint Louis, Mossouri and
later that year moved to the Embassy of Mexico
in Washington, D.C. For six years he also served
as Mexican Mission before the United Nations,
New York, Economics Department before moving into
Foreign Affairs Ministry, Executive Assistant
to the Undersecretary and later as Director General
for Protocol.
Mr. Gonzalez also served as Chief of Staff in
Columbia's Embassy as well as in Greece, New Zealand
and New Mexico. He also served as Ambassador to
the Former Republic of Yugosolavia and Consulate
General in Osaka Japan and Nogales, Arizona.
As a diplomat, he has received numerous awards
and recognition such as Medal for 25 years of
service at the Mexican Foreign Service, Medal
"Isabel La Catolica" granted by the
Government of Spain for his service in that Country's
interest during the NATO's intervention on Yugoslavian
territory and First Level Yugoslavian Star granted
by the President of the Former Republic of Yugoslavia,
which today is Serbia and Montenegro, for the
support to the development of the understanding
and cooperation between Mexico and the Former
Republic of Yugoslavia.
Tommy
Inglesby, McKinsey & Company Tommy Inglesby has worked with McKinsey
as a natural gas, power and petroleum expert since
January 2000. He is a leader in the Firm's North
American natural gas practice leading client engagements
across all segments of the value chain. He has
been extensively involved in developing McKinsey
long-term perspective on both North American natural
gas supply and pricing dynamics - in addition
to the role of LNG in the Atlantic and Pacific
basins. In addition, he has been extensively involved
in energy public policy debates in the state of
California, working with the State and utilities
to ensure long-term stable access to gas and power.
Mike
Juden, McKinsey & Company Mr. Mike Juden is a Senior Practice Expert
- Natural Gas in McKinsey's Houston Office. He joined
McKinsey in January 1990 and is a major participant
in McKinsey's worldwide natural gas practice.
Mr. Juden received his B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from
the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining
McKinsey, Mr. Juden's most recent position was as
General Manager of Market Planning and Research
with United Gas Pipeline Company. During his 10
years with United Gas and its affiliates, he held
a number of positions in Sales, Transportation and
Exchange, Supply, Financial, and Accounting areas.
Additionally, Mr. Juden established a computer software
and consulting firm, and held positions in the areas
of Banking and Mergers and Acquisitions. His experience
in Mergers and Acquisitions covered 4 years at two
major corporations, including 2 years of department
leadership at a major U.S. energy company/natural
gas pipeline.
Bob
Nimocks, president, Zeus Development Corporation Zeus Development Corporation is an energy
research firm that focuses on world gas development.
The company commonly serves manufacturing and oilfield
service clients evaluating markets for their products
and services in the LNG, GTL, methanol, DME, IGCC
and gas-export-related markets. Zeus publishes a
number of market-related periodicals, including
the www.LNGExpress.com,
www.SyngasRefiner.com
and www.GasMonetizer.com
and organizes workshops, conferences and training
programs.
Prior to founding Zeus in 1991, Nimocks was vice
president of corporate development for Elders
Resources North America, the North American division
of an international energy and natural resources
company with substantial natural gas production.
He earned an MBA from Harvard University (1987),
served in the management consulting division of
Accenture (1981-84) and obtained BS and BBA degrees
from Mississippi State University (1981).
Glen
Sweetnam, vice president, Lukens Energy Group Glen Sweetnam is a Vice President with
Lukens Energy Group, a part of the Enterprise Management
Solutions Division of Black & Veatch Corporation.
Mr. Sweetnam has 25 years of leadership experience
in the energy industry, primarily in the areas of
strategy development, market analysis, and trading.
He is currently assisting clients improve their
capabilities in the areas of forecasting power and
natural gas prices, managing weather risk, and developing
strategies for competitive advantage.
Prior to joining LEG, Mr. Sweetnam worked at senior
levels for both energy merchants and E&P companies,
including ARCO, Koch and Fina. He has a proven track
record of leading business units through start-ups
and strategy changes in increasingly competitive
markets. Earlier in his career he was a consultant
with McKinsey & Company. Most recently, he established
and led the weather risk management group at Reliant
Energy.
Mr. Sweetnam was also the Director of Economic Analysis
in the U.S. Department of Energy, where he played
a significant role in the deregulation of the natural
gas industry in the 1980's.
John
Wolff, director, LNG, Zeus Development Corporation John Wolff joined Zeus Development in
2004. He has over 30 years of experience in the
energy business.
Prior to joining Zeus Development, he was a partner
in Brett & Wolff LLC. He prepared various
studies on CNG, LNG and biogas. He prepared an
economic assessment and design evaluation for
transporting natural gas as either CNG or LNG
on the Amazon River for American Commercial Barge
Lines and Petrobras. He contributed to Zeus' CNG
Ocean Transport Study 2004.
Mr. Wolff had also been the Manager of Business
Development for Panhandle Eastern's and then Duke
Energy's LNG marketing and sales business that
imported LNG at the Trunkline LNG terminal. He
prepared models to improve business decisions
in the business units that included the affiliated
LNG shipping business, the LNG importing/marketing
business and the Trunkline LNG terminal. He prepared
joint venture agreements and technology assessments
to increase the profitability of the Trunkline
LNG terminal, including gas processing and cold
recovery projects. He helped structure short-term
LNG purchase contracts and assessed aspects of
the long-term LNG contract between Duke Energy
and Sonatrach.
Tom
Woods, senior consultant, Platts Analytics and Forecasting
Dr. Woods is an expert on North American oil,
gas, NGL, and electricity supply, transportation,
and market issues, having directed or participated
in numerous studies in these areas. He recently
joined Platts Research and Consulting, where he
is a Senior Consultant for Gas.
Dr. Woods worked for Ziff Energy Group for 6
years prior to joining Platts in 2003. At Ziff
Energy Group, he directed or participated in numerous
studies on North American gas and electricity
supply, transportation, and markets. Ziff Energy
was one of the first consultants to indicate that
LNG would be a major source of North American
gas supply within a decade and that rumors of
the imminent "death of nuclear power"
were greatly exaggerated.
Dr. Woods worked for Gas Research Institute (GRI)
for 16 years prior to joining Ziff Energy Group
in 1997. While at GRI, he developed the initial
GRI Baseline Projection, which became the basis
for the GRI R&D planning. Following that,
he directed the development of the GRI Hydrocarbon
Model, which was the first publicly available
analytic framework to capture the co-product nature
of oil, gas, and NGL production in North America
and its implications for prices and industry profitability.
The model is used by many North American oil and
gas companies.
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