Fereidun Feshakari, Facts Global Energy

Feb 16, 2017

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Dr Fereidun Fesharaki is Founder and Chairman FGE. His work is recognized for pioneering oil and gas market analysis and studies of the Asia Pacific/Middle East energy markets since the early 1980s. Born in Iran, he received his PhD in economics from the University of Surrey and then completed a visiting fellowship at Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. In the late 1970s, he attended the OPEC Ministerial Conferences in his capacity as energy advisor to the Prime Minister of Iran. Since 1991, he has been a member of the International Advisory Board of JX Holdings (and its predecessor companies)—Japan’s largest oil company. Dr. Fesharaki was the 1993 President of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), the key professional organization representing over 3,900 energy economists in more than 85 countries. In 2008, Dr. Fesharaki was appointed to the National Petroleum Council by then US Secretary of Energy and was re-appointed by US Secretary of Energy Moniz in 2014. Since 2009, he has been a member of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited (DME) Board of Directors. He received the Outstanding Contributions to the IAEE Award in 2012. In 2013, he joined the Advisory Board of VOPAK LNG.