The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) will be hosting the GECF Gas Lecture Series on July 1, 2.30pm Doha time, featuring World Energy Council secretary general Angela Wilkinson, who will speak on ‘Humanising Energy’.
This will be the 54th lecture of the series and the sixth for this year, the GECF announced in a statement.
Wilkinson’s keynote speech will be coming on the heels of the latest World Energy Congress, held a day earlier in Estonia (June 30), as well as the recent launch of the organisation’s flagship World Energy Issues Monitor 2021, which provides a snapshot of what keeps CEOs, ministers, and experts awake at night in over 100 countries.
The World Energy Council is the world’s principal independent and impartial network of energy leaders and practitioners promoting an affordable, stable, and environmentally sensitive energy system for the greatest benefit of all.
Formed in 1923, the council is the premier global energy body, representing the entire energy spectrum, with over 3,000 member organisations in over 90 countries, drawn from governments, private and state corporations, academia, NGOs, and energy stakeholders.
Wilkinson is the council’s sixth secretary general, being at the helm since 2019. An experienced energy executive, a distinguished Oxford scholar, and a published author, she has 30 years of experience in leading national, international, and global multi-stakeholder transformation initiatives on a wide range of economic, energy, climate, and sustainable development-related challenges.
Prior to joining the council in 2017 to create a practical energy transition leaders toolkit and direct a new strategic insights programme, Wilkinson led an upgrade in strategic foresight at the Paris-based OECD. Her previous corporate experience includes decades in Royal Dutch Shell and British Gas plc. She holds a PhD in Physics.
Since 2014, the GECF Gas Lecture Series has developed from a small and modest attempt to foster dialogue into a reputable platform of excellence – committed to the pursuit of high-quality debate, insights, and service to the gas industry.
