I am an Associate Fellow at Chatham House. My research focuses on national oil companies (NOCs) and governance issues, as well as transition challenges for petroleum producers. I am also the project leader for the New Producers Group, which is a network and community of practice bringing together 30 countries. I advise governments and NOCs, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Caribbean, on petroleum sector policy, transition and governance.
I also have a keen interest in renewables development in emerging countries and chaired the board of REEEP, the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnerships, which advances market readiness for clean energy in low- and middle-income countries. I also joined the advisory boards of the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines, which is spearheading discussions on the energy transition, and the Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative, an NGO with excellent outreach and information programmes. I am also a member of Columbia University’s Executive Session on the Politics of Extractives, as policy innovation lab that helps us reflect on how to work politically in the world of extractives and development. I worked in the World Economic Forum's Strategy Officers Group, a fascinating cross-industry group of strategy officers . And was previously with KPMG’s advisory team for energy-sector governance and the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Oil and Gas. Before that I led energy research at Chatham House, and taught international relations at the Institut d’études politiques (Sciences Po), Paris, and at Cairo University.
In 2014 I relocated to London (again). I was previously based in Toronto, Dubai, Cairo and Paris.
I have a PhD in Political Science (International relations in the Middle East) from Sciences Po Paris (2000).
I also have a keen interest in renewables development in emerging countries and chaired the board of REEEP, the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnerships, which advances market readiness for clean energy in low- and middle-income countries. I also joined the advisory boards of the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines, which is spearheading discussions on the energy transition, and the Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative, an NGO with excellent outreach and information programmes. I am also a member of Columbia University’s Executive Session on the Politics of Extractives, as policy innovation lab that helps us reflect on how to work politically in the world of extractives and development. I worked in the World Economic Forum's Strategy Officers Group, a fascinating cross-industry group of strategy officers . And was previously with KPMG’s advisory team for energy-sector governance and the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Oil and Gas. Before that I led energy research at Chatham House, and taught international relations at the Institut d’études politiques (Sciences Po), Paris, and at Cairo University.
In 2014 I relocated to London (again). I was previously based in Toronto, Dubai, Cairo and Paris.
I have a PhD in Political Science (International relations in the Middle East) from Sciences Po Paris (2000).