European Gas Conference 2018

Dr. Thierry Bros is a senior research fellow of The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Prior to that he was, from 2010 to 2016, Senior European Gas and LNG Analyst for Société Générale. He joined Société Générale in 2007 as a Senior Financial Analyst to provide recommendations on listed pan-European gas stocks. From 2002 to 2007, Thierry was a Senior Oil & Gas expert at the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, where he represented France on oil markets and advised on emergency issues at the International Energy Agency, the European Commission and the Energy Charter. His responsibilities included providing global oil and gas industry reviews to senior French officials and negotiating European directives. As a gas specialist, he reviewed the regulations governing the liberalisation of the French gas market and supervised the Contingency Gas Plan.

Thierry is the author of the book “After the US Shale Gas revolution” (2012) and a co-author of the books “The European Gas Markets: Challenges and Opportunities” (2017), “Géopolitique du gaz russe” (2017) and “The Oxford Handbook of International Security” (2018). He is an advisory board member to Natural Gas World an independent specialized website dedicated to global gas matter.

Coby van der Linde is currently director of the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP) in The Hague, The Netherlands, a non-executive director in three energy companies, a member of the KAPSARC International Advisory Council and, since 2004, an IGU wise person.

Coby van der Linde started working as an assistant professor on International Economic Relations at the University of Leiden in 1984. After finishing her PhD-thesis – Dynamic International Oil markets, Oil market development and structure 1860-1990 (Kluwer, 1991) – she became associate professor. From 2000-2005 she was professor International Political Economy and International Oil Markets at the University of Leiden and from 2004 until 2015, she was part-time professor of Geopolitics and Energy Management at the University of Groningen.

Since September 2001 she is director of the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP). She is managing various studies on European and international energy markets, security of oil and gas supply and energy system transition. From 2004-2014 she was a member of the Dutch Energy Council (AER). She is a columnist on energy. Her publications can be found on www.clingendaelenergy.com

Hans Stinis joined Shell Energy Europe as General Manager in October 2013 and has more than 20 years experience in the gas industry. He is also a Director of Shell Energy Europe Ltd.

Hans responsibilities as General Managar include the leadership of Shell Energy Europe’s pan European marketing, regulatory, strategy and analytics teams. Hans developed a wide and deep commercial experience in the natural gas business, including pipeline & LNG based on a mix of management, operational, commercial, strategy and sales roles. This experienced was built up in a variety of roles and working on projects in different parts of the world, in gas & power markets with various degrees of maturity. He started working for Shell in 1997, taking on various international commercial gas roles, working in South America and West Africa, as well as in Europe.

Hans is a board member of EFET (European Federation of Energy Traders). Hans has a degree in econometrics from the University of Amsterdam, specialising in Operations Research.