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Michelle Patron, Director, Political Risk,
oversees the Global Political Risk Service. She has over
a decade of experience analyzing international energy
issues. Prior to joining PIRA in 2004, Ms. Patron was a
Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and conducted
energy research at Deutsche Bank. She spent five years
as an international policy advisor at the U.S. DOE under
the Clinton and Bush administrations. During that time,
she advised the U.S. Energy Secretary and other senior
U.S. officials on relations with major energy-producing
and -consuming countries. In 2001, Ms. Patron served as
Energy Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Prior to
the DOE, she worked at the International Energy Agency,
the White House, UNICEF and the Center for International
Environmental Law. Ms. Patron holds a BA from Columbia
University and an MA from Johns Hopkins School of
Advanced International Studies. She is a commentator to
CNBC, BBC, NPR, the New York Times and the Economist and
has written for Foreign Affairs, The Financial Times and
The Los Angeles Times.
Dr. Gary N. Ross, CEO, has led PIRA
Energy Group since its inception in 1976 and is globally
known and respected by industry and government entities
as a leading authority on worldwide energy markets and
energy policy issues. As also the Managing Director of
the
Global Oil Group, he is
directly responsible for PIRA's short- and long-term oil
market forecasts. Dr. Ross is a member of the Council on
Foreign Relations and is on the Board of Trustees of the
Petroleum Industry Research Foundation. He was Chairman
of Primo Systems, an energy risk-management software
company (acquired by Sungard Data Systems). Dr. Ross has
a Ph.D. in economics from the City University of New
York.
Dr. Mark A. Schwartz, President and Managing
Director Scenario Planning Group, oversees
GPRS’s companion retainer,
Scenario Planning Service.
Dr. Schwartz was formerly Chief Economist of ExxonMobil
Corp., where he was responsible for developing the
company’s long-range economic and energy outlook. Dr.
Schwartz designed and managed the implementation of the
energy modeling system and database that allowed
ExxonMobil to develop its base-case global energy
outlook as well as alternative cases to capture the
impact of changes in price, economic growth,
environmental policy and other critical assumptions. He
holds a PhD in economics from the University of
Pennsylvania.
Frederick W.A. (Bill) Fuller, Senior Director,
has over 35 years of energy forecasting experience.
During his 30-year tenure with Exxon International, he
was the advisor to Exxon’s Industry Group, providing
briefings to supply management and analyzing and
forecasting oil market trends. In sales and marketing,
Bill negotiated oil prices on sales to Exxon affiliates,
established posted prices in the Caribbean and Asia, and
oversaw tanker operations. He holds a BS in chemical
engineering from Cornell University.
Ira Joseph, Executive Director, International
Gas, manages PIRA’s European Energy Service,
which includes distinct services on
European Natural Gas (ENG)
and European Electricity (EES).
He joined PIRA in 1999 after working at Energy
Intelligence Group (EIG) for over a decade, where he was
Senior Editor of Petroleum Intelligence Weekly
and Editor-in-Chief of World Gas Intelligence.
He has authored several books on crude oil marketing and
natural gas, including versions of EIG’s
International Crude Oil Market Handbook and
World Gas Handbook, as well as several articles on
natural gas swaps and gas marketing strategy. Ira holds
an MA in International Economics from Johns Hopkins
School of Advanced International Studies.
Lila Noury, Senior Analyst, is
responsible for analyzing political and economic issues
in key energy-producing and -consuming countries. Prior
to joining PIRA, Ms. Noury analyzed Iran’s oil and gas
sector for a leading consulting firm in Iran. She also
worked with Grameen Bank, a micro-finance institution in
Bangladesh, to evaluate and research alternative energy
programs. Ms. Noury has an MA from Columbia University
in international energy management and policy.
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