SEMINAR
Jointly organized by the Energy Studies Institute, Singapore and
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore
Topic: Climate Change and the Energy Challenge: An Update
Speaker: Dr Graeme S S Sweeney
Executive Vice President
Future Fuels & CO2
Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd
UK
Date: Thursday, 16 October 2008
Time: 10.30 am – 12.00 noon
Venue: University Hall Auditorium
Lee Kong Chian Wing
National University of Singapore
Level 2, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Singapore 119077
Location Map: http://www.nus.edu.sg/campusmap/
Speaker
GRAEME SWEENEY joined the Royal Dutch Shell Group in 1976 in the Crude Oil Trading business based in the UK. From 1979 he held various manufacturing positions in Shell Australia before becoming Sales and Marketing Manager in Oman. He returned to the UK in 1984 as a Senior Strategy Consultant for Shell International, followed by successive roles in Shell UK Oil, including National Marketing Manager for Retail, and leadership of a national B2B business. In 1992 he became the General Manager of the downstream business for Shell Egypt and in 1995 took on a similar role for Shell Turkey.
In 1997 he was appointed Vice President of Fuels for Shell International where he launched the first successful differentiated fuels programme and spearheaded the use of the FMCG approach in commodity markets. In this role he also laid the first foundations for Shell in establishing a Hydrogen business. In 1998 he became Vice President Oil Markets Technology for Shell Global Solutions where he closed the gap between technology and marketing and continued the drive for differentiated products.
In 2002 he became President of Shell Global Solutions in the USA where he led the integration of a newly acquired US technology business, before returning to the UK later in 2002 as Vice President Manufacturing Supply and Distribution for Shell Europe Oil Products, an activity with more than $20 billion in annual turnover and 7,000 employees. In this role he oversaw significant performance improvements driven by operational excellence and a customer driven supply chain strategy. Between mid 2005 and September 2007, Dr Sweeney was the Executive Vice President of Renewables, Hydrogen, CO2 & Power. He has recently been appointed as the Executive Vice President of the Future Fuels & CO2 organisation for Shell.
Dr Sweeney has recently been elected as Chairman of the Advisory Council of the European Technology Platform of Zero Emission Fossil Fuels Power Plants (ETP-ZEP). He is also a member of the Gleneagles Dialogue Project Steering Board and the UK Energy Research Partnership (UKERP). He chairs the Advisory Board of the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) and works in the context of Chairman with DTI/DEFRA on the Near-Zero Emission Coal (NZEC) and the EU Coach programmes. Dr Sweeney received a PhD in Mathematics from the Victoria University of Manchester in 1977. He holds a Physics degree from the same institution and is a Chartered Physicist. Dr Sweeney is British, married with two children, and enjoys rugby, football, cycling and literature.
Abstract
The Energy Challenge facing the world can be summed up simply: growing populations, rising affluence and emerging nations could see demand for energy double by 2050. But carbon emissions will need to be slashed if dramatic climate change is not to follow. How do we achieve this? Finding new, and unconventional, sources of oil and gas, developing cleaner and alternative fuels, such as wind, solar and biofuels, as well as raising energy efficiency, will all have to be part of the solution. Shell, one of the world's leading energy companies, has been playing a key role in researching and developing innovative solutions to meet the world's growing energy needs. As Shell's Executive Director for Future Fuels and C02, Dr Graeme Sweeney is well placed to discuss this energy challenge and give a timely update on the ongoing climate change debate.
You are cordially invited to the Seminar.
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