Energy 2016: Risk, Resilience and Security of Global Supplies

Samuele  Furfari: Advisor to the Director General for Energy , European Commission

Samuele Furfari earned a BSc degree in chemical engineering from the Free University of Brussels. He received his PhD from the same university with a thesis in the field of energy. 33 years at the European Commission where he has devoted his entire career to energy.

He designed and implemented various energy policies and sustainable development. He currently contributes to the coordination of various energy policies by advising the Director General. Samuel teaches Geopolitics of Energy at the Free University of Brussels. He works also for the European Energy Forum which is a group of Members of European Parliament.

Tom Baer: Deputy Director, National Cyber Security and Communications Integration (NCCIC), US Department of Homeland Security

Mr. Baer serves as the Deputy Director, National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) is responsible for improving the nation's capability and capacity to detect, prevent, respond, and mitigate disruptions of communications physical and cyber risks.  He is responsible for the Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications (NCC), the Control Systems Security Program, and the Cybersecurity and communications operations and exercise program. This includes conducting daily analysis and situational monitoring to provide information on incidents and events that are detected.  

Mr. Baer resides on numerous Cybersecurity and Communication committees such as International Cyber Security Committee; CNCI-5; Joint Cyber Security Program; Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive Panel on Cyber Security; U.S. Military Cybersecurity Panel; and others

As the Deputy Director, Mr. Baer is responsible for the operations of the 24/7/365 National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) which requires him to actively manage a synthesized complex and strategic model into Cybersecurity and Communications operational processes and procedures for our nation and partners (private and public). He possesses an in-depth inter-agency understanding of the systems and capabilities of DHS, the Department of Defense (DoD), law enforcement, the Intelligence Community (IC) and the private sector in order to manage the interactions across the federal enterprise and private sector. 
Mr. Baer has 35 years of experience in the Cyber Security arena, specifically cyber forensic system development, digital evidence forensics, cryptology, system signature analysis, evidence handling/security, IA system risk management, network architecture security, E-Discovery Extraction, Risk Management, and cyber information facilities operations security.

Prior to joining the DHS team, Mr. Baer was the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Directive 63, Inc. (D.63) where he also served as the corporate Digital Evidence Laboratory Director; Chief Information Security Officer; and the Cybersecurity Director.
Mr. Baer provided support as the IA Chief Security Program Officer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Digital Evidence Section. He has over 27 years of Cyber Security Information Technology and System Risk Management experience working with the government (Federal, State and Local), and Fortune 100 companies. Mr. Baer provides leadership, direction and precision evidence process expertise in the cyber security and digital forensics case methodology, and in cyber data capturing, processing, and managing of digital information within the Intelligence Community and Law Enforcement agency.

Previously, Mr. Baer was founder of Indego/CTC Inc., a small business that specialized in INFOSEC, COMSEC and ELSEC operations and training. This small business was eventually procured and he worked independently as a Cyber Security expert for firms supporting our national cyber warfare programs.

He also enjoyed a 25yr military career with the U. S. Navy as a senior enlisted leader, specializing in tactical cryptologic operations and signal intelligence analysis. His duties for the U.S. Navy as a human intelligence and cryptologist professional in support of the National Authorities Special Projects Office (SPO), the National Security Agency, the Naval Security Group and the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). 

Mr. Baer is a Vietnam War veteran.

Suleman  Alli: Director of Strategy and Regulation, UK Power Networks

Suleman joined UK Power Networks in May 2015 as Director of Safety, Strategy & Support Services from Accenture where he was a Managing Director, leading the utility network operations practice in the UK.  

Suleman has 15 years utilities experience, delivering business transformation, company restructures and operational performance improvement across gas, electricity and water sectors.  A key element of Suleman’s responsibilities is developing and managing UK Power Networks’ innovation strategy and the associated portfolio of projects.  This includes both energy storage and smart network management which will support the transition to a low carbon economy.

Julian  Leslie: Electricity Network Development Manager, National Grid

Julian Leslie has spent over 20 years working for National Grid, in this time he has gained a wealth of knowledge in planning and operating the GB electricity transmission system.

In addition, Julian’s experience includes a four year period creating the first independent transmission company in the US. Julian has just spent the last 6 years being responsible for all generation and demand connections to the UK transmission system, including offshore and interconnectors.

Since April this year, Julian has taken on the challenge of ensuring that we have a UK Transmission System that is fit for purpose, can connect and transport the future generation sources and can operate under all operating conditions.

Ken Cronin: Chief Executive, UKOOG

Ken Cronin is the Chief Executive of the newly re-launched trade body UKOOG (UK Onshore Oil and Gas). UKOOG is the representative body for the UK onshore oil and gas industry including exploration, production and storage across both conventional and unconventional sources.

The organisation’s objectives are to enhance the profile of the onshore hydrocarbons industry, promote better and more open dialogue with key stakeholders, deliver industry wide initiatives and programmes and to ensure standards in safety, the environment and operations are maintained to the highest possible level.

Ken has more than 20 years’ global experience in media, investor and government relations and has worked in and with many companies across the nuclear, renewables, oil and gas and power sectors. Prior to his role at UKOOG, Ken spent 10 years at worldwide communication agency Kreab Gavin Anderson as Head of Global Energy.

Alistair  Smith : Acting Chair for the Power Industries Division, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Alistair Smith is a fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE with over 35 years’ experience in the nuclear industry. He is currently the Nuclear Power Director for the engineering company Costain and is the co-chairman of the IMechE Power Industries Division.

He is also a past chairman of the Nuclear Committee of the IMechE. During his 35 year career he worked on the construction of Heysham 1, Hartlepool, Torness and Heysham 2 nuclear power stations and has worked on nuclear defence projects at Aldermaston and Barrow. He is currently working on nuclear new build projects at Hinkley C, Wylfa Newydd and Moorside

David Powell: Vice President - Europe, GE Hitachi

David Powell joined GE Hitachi as Vice President for nuclear power plant sales in Europe in January 2011. David has over 30 years of experience in the nuclear industry, initially with British Nuclear Fuels plc and then latterly with the Westinghouse Electric Company.

During his career, David has held a number of senior positions involved in developing and running nuclear businesses, including responsibility for Westinghouse’s European fuel business and a period living and working in Tokyo, Japan as President of BNFL/Westinghouse Japan.

Before joining GE Hitachi, David was regional vice president for the UK responsible for building customer relations and developing opportunities in new nuclear plants, fuels and services.

David holds a Doctor of Philosophy in metallurgy from the University of Manchester and is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Material. David received the 2012 Outstanding Contribution Award from the Young Generation Network (YGN), for his leadership and commitment to the industry and is an active STEM Ambassador.

Gareth  Peel: Project Manager and Technical Lead, Cavendish Fluor Partnership

Dr Gareth Peel is a Cavendish Nuclear Senior Project Manager who has worked at site, main contractor and subcontractor levels in the UK nuclear industry.  He has successfully delivered projects across the nuclear sector and is currently a member of SMFDT lead team, having previously been a member of the successful Cavendish Fluor team who competed to run Magnox. 

Within SMFDT, a joint venture between Cavendish Nuclear and Balfour Beatty, Gareth is currently at the heart of an international supply chain building the Silos Maintenance Facility at Sellafield, a new build project supporting the decommissioning of legacy nuclear assets.  

Peter  Yapp: Deputy Director, CERT-UK (working with CESG, CPNI Cyber and others to create the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC))

Peter is the Deputy Director, CERT-UK working with partners across industry, government and academia to develop their resilience to cyber-attack and promoting a greater understanding of the threats faced by industry, academia and the wider public sector as well as promoting effective mitigation to manage these threats.

Peter has 25 years of experience in the Cyber Security arena, including digital evidence forensics, evidence handling and security, ISO27000 series consultancy, E-Discovery, Risk Management, cyber incident response and cyber threat intelligence. Peter has reviewed cyber security at a strategic level, advised on and delivered training and awareness raising, policy writing and review, gap analysis, reviews of existing practices and processes and vetting of third party suppliers.

Before joining CERT-UK, Peter was the Managing Director for Accenture’s global Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) running a team of 50 based at five locations around the world. While there, he set up a cyber-threat intelligence team and inputted into technical, policy and training initiatives. 

Prior to Accenture, Peter was head of Forensics and information security consulting at Control Risks in London. Peter devised and delivered information security awareness training courses for clients around the world, specialised briefings on cyber threat and a computer forensics training course for CISSPs. Peter reviewed and revised information security policy documents. He carried out IS Security reviews and gap analyses as well as numerous computer investigations into fraud, abuse and misuse. 

Before joining Control Risks in 1998, Peter was a Senior Investigation officer in the National Investigation Service of H.M. Customs & Excise in charge of the computer forensics investigation team. During a six year period he represented H.M. Customs & Excise at national and international conferences and seminars, speaking at Interpol on computer crime. He was a member of the UK’s Home Office delegation to the G8 sub group on high tech crime. Peter trained overseas agencies around the world.

Peter Yapp is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Zulandi Van Der Westhuizen: Deputy Director, Scenarios & Resources , World Energy Council

An experienced and dedicated Strategic Planning Leader specialising in developing long-range perspectives and plans for critical business challenges, utilising extensive knowledge of benchmarking, data analysis, and business priorities to provide advice and counselling to business leadership. With more than 16 years’ experience in the energy sector, she joined the WEC in 2014 as a scenario planning expert. In her role as Deputy Director, she is responsible for developing various regional scenario deep dives which will also serve as input for the development for new global scenarios in 2016. She is also responsible for the World Energy Resources Report, WEC’s oldest flagship study, which covers information and data on all energy resources and cross-cutting technologies.  

Previously with Eskom in South Africa, in the Office of the Chief Executive and Corporate Strategy and Planning Department, she lead the three year Eskom scenarios project and developed a process and tools to ensure the scenarios are applied throughout the organisation. She was also responsible for monitoring industry trends and identifying driving or restraining factors in the global electricity industry and providing input to national projects, which include the Presidential Review Committee (for South Africa’s State Owned Enterprises), Eskom participation and comments on the National Development Plan (NDP), Integrated Electricity Plan (IEP), Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP). 

Ian Joesbury: CEO, Advanced Laser Technology Ltd

Ian Joesbury has been a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the IMechE for 25 years, becoming a Fellow in 2011. He is also a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Having graduated in engineering from Imperial College, London in 1986 with a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering his early career spanned Automotive and Process Industries with Ford Motor Company and then Imperial Chemical Industries.

Following an MBA at Warwick Business School Ian returned to automotive with Lucas Aftermarket but soon moved onto Aerospace where he has spent the last 19 years.

During his career in Aerospace Ian has carried out a number of senior Operations and Programme roles within Lucas Aerospace, Smiths Aerospace and Meggitt plc. Having joined Meggitt initially to create the Operations Excellence group function and embed Strategic Sourcing into the business he became President of Meggitt Polymers & Composites, a division with over 2000 employees, facilities in the UK and US and a broad customer base.

Ian is now CEO of Advanced Laser Technology Ltd, an innovative technology company based in Manchester.

Simon Rees: Projects Director, Norton Straw Consultants and Chair, Offshore and Upstream Engineering Committee, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Simon Rees is the Projects Director for Norton Straw Consultants, and has been providing technical advice to the energy sector for almost 20 years.  After completing a PhD in fluid dynamics at the University of Leeds,

Dr Rees spent four years in the glass industry in St Helens before moving to consultancy, where he has remained ever since.  During that time he has worked extensively in the nuclear, renewable and oil and gas sectors, providing detailed technical assessments, safety case support, and management advice to major projects.  

Currently he is working on new project development and costing techniques to reduce the risks in marginal oil and gas fields.  He is a member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, a fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and Chair of the IMechE Offshore & Upstream Engineering Committee.