Senior Advisor

Graham is a Senior Advisor Downstream with Global Experts – Energy Consulting. He contributes business expertise in the areas of power markets and more widely regarding downstream energy. His two main interests are power market design and energy transitions. For nine years he was Chief Economist at RWE AG (Germany’s largest power generator) with responsibility for all planning assumptions, support of project evaluations and energy transitions strategy. After that he was appointed Honorary Professor for Energy Economics at the Ruhr University Bochum and for two years was Senior Advisor to the Energy Transitions Commission. Previously he worked as an energy consultant and for six years was the Director of European Energy for Global Insight (now IHS CERA) where his work included major studies on the gas markets for the European Commission and frequent engagements as an expert witness in gas arbitration processes. Earlier he worked as a Management Consultant with Deloitte with emphasis on energy liberalization. He began his career at ExxonMobil working in refining, logistics and supply. Graham is a member of the Wirtschaftsrat (Economic council of the German conservative party) and the Association for Industrial Power Plants (VIK). He is regularly invited as a keynote speaker at major conferences. To find out more about Graham please go to www.gw-energy.eu