Ben has over 35 years’ experience including periods spent in senior management roles as well as in consulting, focused especially on Europe and Africa but including most other regions of the world. His expertise spans oil markets and trading, commercial, refining, tanker shipping and infrastructure.

His career has included seven years as Head of Oil Marketing at Africa-focused Tullow Oil and previously fifteen years at Enterprise Oil, as well as earlier roles in oil trading and refinery supply co-ordination at BP. He also spent a decade in consulting, including as Vice President, Downstream Consulting and SME for oil infrastructure at Wood Mackenzie.

Ben has managed and executed downstream consulting projects on transaction support, market reviews, government policy support and oil marketing strategy and business process reviews, as well as providing expert witness and training and development services.

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David has over 35 years’ experience of trading crude oil and derivative instruments for oil and trading companies including Amerada Hess, Rhein Oel, Enterprise Oil, Addax, BP, Statoil, EnQuest and latterly in Occidental Houston, where he was VP of International Oil Trading until the corona virus hit.

Although David’s first degree was in geology he has an MBA from the London Business School and is highly numerate. He is particularly skilled in the valuation of traded options and the real option modelling of assets including embedded options that are frequently over-looked by asset owners. His knowledge of derivatives and complex strategies is formidable. Bu,t David also has hands on physical trading experience in the Atlantic Basin as a “relationship” trader.

His US Gulf Coast experience puts him in the ongoing debate of the further evolution of the Brent benchmark pricing basket following the inclusion of WTI Midland.

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Anju began her legal career in the City of London with Linklaters and Ashurst, before being appointed Partner at DLA Piper. In that role, she led a successful natural resources and regulatory law practice, combining legal advisory and transactional work with senior management responsibilities. Her practice centred on climate change regulation, renewable energy, and sustainable development, advising an international client base across government, industry, and finance.

She also served as Regulatory Counsel for the European assets of American Electric Power (AEP), overseeing coal fired power stations and electricity supply operations. During her tenure, she played a pivotal role in positioning AEP as the first generator to produce renewable energy certificates through co firing.

In recent years, Anju has acted as a senior consultant to MGT Teesside Limited, supporting the development, financing, and commissioning of the world’s largest biomass power plant. As regulatory lead, she engaged with UK government departments on electricity sector policy, providing industry insights on support mechanisms including feed in tariffs, renewable and carbon certificates, and Contracts for Difference.

Her international work includes advising the South African government on renewable energy development across sub Saharan Africa. This encompassed the strategic design of a technical training hub to promote sustainable careers, analysis of private equity investment models for clean energy portfolios, and assessment of funding opportunities from European Development Finance Institutions. She also advised on the transition of World Bank CDM and development agency projects.

Anju has further supported the Qatari government on climate change policy and international negotiations. She has advised the Carbon War Room, the charity founded by Richard Branson, on procurement strategies to accelerate renewable energy transitions in Caribbean Island economies, and contributed to the Blue Horizons feasibility study on low carbon marine cargo transport in Fiji using biodiesel and solar battery technologies.

Throughout her career, Anju has provided strategic counsel on renewable energy and climate policy, serving on multiple legal and industry committees focused on renewable energy generation and environmental regulation. Her expertise spans regulatory frameworks, policy design, and stakeholder engagement. She brings extensive experience managing multi disciplinary, multi jurisdictional teams in both professional and voluntary capacities.

Her public service includes appointments as an Independent Person on the Standards Committee of the City of London Corporation and as a Lay Member of the Research Ethics Committee at the University of London.

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Pauline has built an international career spanning more than three decades across the energy sector, with extensive expertise in crude trading operations, terminal coordination, shipping logistics, and operational risk management. Her career has been defined by senior leadership roles within major international energy companies, where she has managed the critical interface between exploration and production, physical trading, and marine logistics across multiple global markets.

She spent over twenty years with TotalEnergies, including senior appointments with TOTSA TotalEnergies Trading SA in Geneva, where she held responsibility for global crude trading operations and terminal coordination. In these roles, Pauline oversaw complex international offtake programmes for operated assets in West Africa, Brazil, the Mediterranean, and the North Sea, ensuring safe, efficient, and commercially optimised crude movements.

Her leadership covered the full operational chain, from terminal management and shipping schedules to refining interfaces and equity partner coordination. She played a central role in issuing formal lifting programmes on behalf of equity holders, forecasting production volumes, and maintaining alignment between joint venture partners, national oil companies, and trading teams. Her expertise in field lifting agreements included supporting the framework for TotalEnergies’ first operated terminal development in Uganda.

Pauline has extensive experience in managing high-value global trading desks and leading multi-location operational teams. As General Manager for Crude Trading Operations and Terminal Coordination, she directed teams across international hubs, overseeing the execution of crude, LPG, and condensate transactions. Her remit included trade contract governance, letters of credit, strategic storage negotiations, marine vetting, and high-risk ship-to-ship transfer operations, with particular expertise in challenging jurisdictions such as Brazil and West Africa.

A recognised specialist in crisis management, Pauline is known for her ability to navigate high-pressure operational environments while maintaining supply continuity and safeguarding commercial interests. She has consistently delivered solutions to complex logistics challenges, including mitigating production shutdown risks, resolving terminal bottlenecks, and protecting supply chains during market disruptions. Her approach combines operational precision with commercial awareness, ensuring business objectives are achieved without compromising health, safety, or environmental standards.

Earlier in her career, Pauline held operational roles with ExxonMobil, where she managed offshore tanker scheduling and shipping coordination for North Sea production, and with Enterprise Oil, where she worked across crude and LPG trading operations. She began her professional career in the Royal Navy, serving in a variety of positions in the UK and internationally.

Alongside her operational leadership, Pauline has been deeply committed to developing high-performing teams. She has led recruitment, mentoring, and technical training initiatives throughout her career, building resilient operational teams capable of managing sophisticated international trading activities. Her focus on leadership development has included establishing performance frameworks, drafting operational procedures, and implementing emergency response protocols to strengthen organisational readiness.

Pauline brings a rare combination of commercial insight, operational leadership, and strategic coordination experience. Her expertise spans global trading operations, terminal infrastructure, shipping logistics, stakeholder engagement, and risk governance, making her a trusted adviser on complex international energy supply chains and physical trading operations.

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