Board

Board Members

Zoltán Áldott

Zoltán Áldott

Chair of IOGP Europe, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, MOL Group
Biography
Zoltán Áldott
Chair of IOGP Europe, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, MOL Group

Zoltán Áldott has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MOL and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Slovnaft since 25 June 2018. Between 1990 and 1991, Zoltán Áldott was an associate at Creditum Financial Consulting Ltd. Between 1992 and 1995, he held various positions at Eurocorp Financial Consulting Ltd. From 1995 to 1997, he was the Manager of MOL’s Privatisation Department and from 1997 until 1999, he was Director of Capital Markets. In 1999, Zoltán Áldott served as Director of Strategy & Business Development. From November 2000, he acted as Chief Strategy Officer and as Group Chief Strategy Officer from June 2001. He was Executive Vice President of MOL’s Exploration & Production Division between September 2004 and June 2011. Zoltán Áldott acted as President of INA Management Board between 1 April 2010 and 31 May 2018, and between 2001 and May 2018 he was a member of the MOL Executive Board.

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Olav Aamlid Syversen

Olav Aamlid Syversen

Vice President Political and Public Affairs - Head of EU Affairs & Country Manager Belgium, Equinor Vice Chair of IOGP European Board
Biography
Olav Aamlid Syversen
Vice President Political and Public Affairs - Head of EU Affairs & Country Manager Belgium, Equinor Vice Chair of IOGP European Board

Olav Aamlid Syversen is Vice President Political and Public Affairs, Head of EU Affairs & Country Manager Belgium at Equinor. He is also the Chair of the European Committee of the International Oil and Gas Association (IOGP). He joined Equinor in 2005 hand has held several EU policy and regulatory advisory roles, including leading Equinor’s Gas Regulatory Affairs team. Prior to joining Equinor he was head of commodity analysis in the Risk Asset and Liability Management team of Electrabel SA/NV now part of the Engie Group. He has a degree in economics from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland and a master in European economics from the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium

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Karl Fennessey

Karl Fennessey

Vice President, Corporate Public Policy, ConocoPhillips
Biography
Karl Fennessey
Vice President, Corporate Public Policy, ConocoPhillips

Karl D. Fennessey is ConocoPhillips Vice President, Corporate Public Policy. He joined ConocoPhillips in 2008, working in various roles including corporate planning and strategy, business units and government affairs. His industry career began in 1989 with The Dow Chemical Company where he served in various refining, engineering, technology, business development and corporate strategy positions. Fennessey was a member of the state appointed Texas Water Conservation Advisory Council and served on the Great Western Credit Union Board as the Finance Chair, as well as on the Global Environmental Management Initiative Board. Fennessey earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas in Austin in 1988. He is a registered Professional Engineer.

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Louise Kingham

Louise Kingham

Senior Vice President, Europe and Head of Country UK, bp - Vice Chair of IOGP European Board
Biography
Louise Kingham
Senior Vice President, Europe and Head of Country UK, bp - Vice Chair of IOGP European Board

Louise Kingham CBE joined bp as Senior Vice President for Europe and UK Head of Country in 2021. Before joining bp, Louise was CEO of the Energy Institute for 18 years, Director General of the Institute of Petroleum and Chief Executive of the Institute of Energy. Louise is a non-executive director of VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities plc, the Energy Saving Trust, a member of the POWERful Women Energy Leaders Coalition and an ambassador for 25×25. In 2022, Louise was awarded a CBE for services to the energy industry, having received an OBE in 2011. In 2017 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Science from the University of Bath.

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Witold Literacki

Witold Literacki

Vice-President of ORLEN’S Management Board, First Deputy of the President of the Management Board.
Biography
Witold Literacki
Vice-President of ORLEN’S Management Board, First Deputy of the President of the Management Board.

An expert in finance and taxes, with years of managerial experience in the fuel and energy industry, gained in both foreign and Polish companies. In the past, among other roles, Witold Literacki served as: Chief Financial Officer at PERN SA, which operates a network of pipelines to transport crude oil in Poland, Chief Tax Manager at RWE Stoen SA., Warsaw’s electricity grid operator, as well as the Head of the Tax Office at PKN ORLEN SA, supervising tax affairs in all of the Group companies between 2008 and 2020. He also gained experience in tax control and consulting at companies such as Carrefour Polska Sp. z o.o. and Arthur Andersen Sp. z o.o

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Francesco Mazzagatti

Francesco Mazzagatti

CEO, Viaro Energy
Biography
Francesco Mazzagatti
CEO, Viaro Energy

Francesco Mazzagatti is the CEO of Viaro Energy, one of the largest investors in the North Sea over the past five years, competing alongside energy industry supermajors. Mr Mazzagatti has two decades of experience building businesses, and has forged a reputation for disciplined, long-term investment and operational excellence. From his beginnings in petrochemicals trading to current operations in the North Sea upstream sector, Mr. Mazzagatti has consistently combined his investment acumen with operational efficiency to achieve transformational growth for his group of companies.

An influential figure with a forward-thinking mindset, Mr. Mazzagatti is committed to driving innovation in the evolving global energy landscape. In his role as advisory board member of the World Energy Capital Assembly and through independent initiatives, he is actively engaged in shaping industry dynamics. As CEO of the SRM Foundation, Mr. Mazzagatti seeks to support energy transition research and innovative technologies with the highest potential of advancing net-zero goals, as well higher-education programs that will shape the workforce of the future.

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Lucia Odone

Lucia Odone

Head of European Government Affairs for the Eni Group
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Lucia Odone
Head of European Government Affairs for the Eni Group

Lucia has been the Head of European Government Affairs for the Eni group since July 2024. In that capacity she leads Eni’s team in Brussels and is responsible for relations with the EU institutions and EU-related public affairs. With the company since 2017, she was previously in charge of EU advocacy on power & renewables files, as well as of sustainability horizontal issues. From 2014 to 2017 Lucia was a consultant in the Brussels’ office of global consultancy Edelman, providing strategic support on EU policy and competition issues, as well as integrated communications, to multinational clients in the energy and industrial sectors. Earlier in her career, Lucia has worked for the Assembly of European Regions, a network of wider-Europe regional governments advocating at EU level, and gained professional experience in political campaigning with a cross-party European network. She holds a MA in European Affairs from the College of Europe, a double MA degree in History of Political Thought from Paris 7 Diderot / Bologna University, and a BA in Early Modern European History from the University of Bologna. She is s a native Italian and speaks English, French and Spanish. She is married and mother of 3 daughters.

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Martijn van Haaster

Martijn van Haaster

Senior Vice President, Shell Upstream Netherlands
Biography
Martijn van Haaster
Senior Vice President, Shell Upstream Netherlands

Martijn van Haaster is Senior Vice President for SHELL Upstream Netherlands, Germany and SNS Assets (UK). He is also the CEO of NAM BV and is based in The Netherlands. Martijn has some 25 years of experience in a variety of Operational, Technical and Commercial leadership roles in Shell Upstream and Integrated Gas business in Asia Pacific, Russia and Africa. Martijn holds a Master of Science in Geophysics and MBA and worked as Management Consultant for the Boston Consulting Group before.

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Gerda Verburg

Gerda Verburg

Chair of Element NL
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Gerda Verburg
Chair of Element NL

Gerda Verburg took the position of independent chairman of Element NL on September 1, 2023. In her role as chairman, Verburg represents the industry on a national and international level. Verburg was a Member of Parliament for the CDA from 1998 until she became Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality in the Balkenende IV Cabinet (2007-2010). She then held two positions at the United Nations: first as ambassador of the Netherlands to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization from 2011 to 2016 in Rome. In 2016, she was appointed Assistant Secretary-General by the UN Secretary-General to lead the SUN (Scaling Up Nutrition Movement) from Geneva as coordinator.

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Alice Wells

Alice Wells

Executive Vice President for Europe, ExxonMobil
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Alice Wells
Executive Vice President for Europe, ExxonMobil

Alice G. Wells is ExxonMobil’s Executive Vice President for Europe. From 2020-2025, she served as Senior Director for International Government Relations in Washington D.C., responsible for Europe and the Eurasia region.
Previously, as a career U.S. diplomat, Ms. Wells was Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia from 2017-2020; Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 2014-2017; Special Assistant to the President for Russia and Central Asia in the White House from 2012-2013; Executive Assistant to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from 2011-2012; and Executive Assistant to Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns from 2009-2011. Ms. Wells had additional overseas postings in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Pakistan, India, and Russia, as well as multiple assignments in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
Ms. Wells has a B.A. from Stanford University and a joint M.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles/Rand Corporation.

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Martina Opizzi

Martina Opizzi

Senior Vice-President Europe, Exploration & Production, TotalEnergies
Biography
Martina Opizzi
Senior Vice-President Europe, Exploration & Production, TotalEnergies

Industrial engineer as educational background, Martina started her career at Eni in 2008 after four years of strategic consulting. During the 17 years at Eni, she gained extensive insight of the energy business across multiple domains. She started in the marketing
department contributing to the development of the gas and power retail business in a newly liberalized market.

She later joined the Office of the CEO, supporting top management on strategic projects for the group. Subsequently, she took on negotiation responsibilities within the upstream oil and gas business, spending approximately six years abroad in commercial and business development roles, first in Norway, then in Kazakhstan, and finally in Egypt, returning back to the headquarter in Italy in May 2020 when she was promoted as Head of Investor Relations. In April 2022, she was appointed Head of Business Development, Negotiations, and M&A at Plenitude,
Eni’s renewable energy development company. In October 2023, she has been promoted as Head of the North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean region for Eni.

In November 2025, she joined TotalEnergies to take the role of SVP Europe for E&P

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Vanessa Ryan

Vanessa Ryan

General Manager – Policy Thought Leadership and Engagement
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Vanessa Ryan
General Manager – Policy Thought Leadership and Engagement

Vanessa T. Ryan is currently the General Manager of Policy Though Leadership and Engagement, a position she has held since July 2025. In this role, Vanessa leads engagement on lower carbon and other policy topics. Vanessa previously served as the Manager, Methane Reduction, working closely with Chevron’s business units to develop the company’s strategy on methane and flaring management.

Vanessa Ryan joined Chevron in 2007 as a public policy coordinator. Throughout her career at Chevron, she has held several key positions, including Manager of Carbon and Climate Policy, Manager of Carbon Reduction, and various government affairs roles supporting advocacy in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific. Vanessa currently serves as the Steering Committee Chair for The Environmental Partnership and leads the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative’s Role of Gas workstream.

Vanessa holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley

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Non Voting Members

Graham Henley

Graham Henley

CEO, IOGP
Biography
Graham Henley
CEO, IOGP

Graham Henley was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) in September 2023. Before this, Graham was SVP Projects and Engineering Capability in Shell, completing an international career that had taken him to the deserts of Oman, frozen seas off Sakhalin, and tropical heat of Nigeria, Malaysia, and Brunei. He has spent the last ten years in headquarters roles, initially as Vice President of Conventional Oil & Gas Projects, responsible for Shell’s Upstream projects outside the Americas and thereafter in his final role leading the company’s global engineering and projects functions, supporting oil, gas, downstream and renewables projects and operations worldwide, as well as the development of the company’s 8000 projects and engineering staff. Graham’s assignments have predominantly been in technical roles though he also led Shell’s businesses in Syria until the suspension of operations in the country in 2012 and thereafter undertook a short assignment as Vice President Government Relations International. Graham had served on the IOGP Engineering Leadership Council since 2018, completing a 4-year term as Chair in July, and has been a member of the IOGP Board since 2019.

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François-Régis Mouton de Lostalot

François-Régis Mouton de Lostalot

Managing Director, IOGP Europe
Biography
François-Régis Mouton de Lostalot
Managing Director, IOGP Europe
François-Régis joined IOGP in January 2018. He has around 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry. He is seconded to IOGP from TotalEnergies, where he was Vice President for Oil and Gas Advocacy. His career has taken him from reservoir engineering to business development and Public Affairs, working in Europe, the U.S. and Africa. He has also served in senior advisory roles at the World Bank’s Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership in Washington D.C. and TotalEnergies’ European Affairs office in Brussels.

François-Régis is married, has four children and a golden retriever.

 

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Aneta Wilmanska

Aneta Wilmanska

Chair of IOGP European Committee- Director of ORLEN S.A. Representative office in Brussels
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Aneta Wilmanska
Chair of IOGP European Committee- Director of ORLEN S.A. Representative office in Brussels

Aneta Wilmanska, Director of ORLEN S.A. Representative Office in Brussels, and between 2016 and 2022 Director of PGNiG S.A. Office in Brussels. Since October 2024 a Chairperson of IOGP European Committee, since 2019 in a role of a vice-chair of the Committee. Aneta has 13- year experience in holding senior positions in Polish governmental administration in areas of: sustainable economic development, environment, climate change and SMEs (2001-2014). Over 2011-2013 A. Wilmanska was Undersecretary of State (vice-minister) in Polish Ministry of Environment in charge of Polish financing system, including financing from the EU cohesion policy for environmental, energy and climate investments. Previously, over 2004-2011 she was a Deputy CEO of the Polish Agency for Enterprises Development and a Deputy director in the Ministry of Economy involved SMEs & innovation policies implementation under cohesion policy and coordination of National Reform Programme for Poland. In 2001 A. Wilmanska joint the team in the Ministry of Economy and was involved in the process of Poland’s accession to the EU. Aneta is a graduate of International Relations from University of Lodz and Management from University of Warsaw. She also graduated from Executive MBA at Kozminski University. Aneta is an alumni of Erasmus/Socrates Programme (1999-2000) and Marshall Memorial Fund of the German Marshall Fund (2011).

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Secretary

Nareg Terzian

Nareg Terzian

Head of Strategy & Communications, IOGP Europe Secretary of the European Board
Biography
Nareg Terzian
Head of Strategy & Communications, IOGP Europe Secretary of the European Board

Nareg leads IOGP Europe’s Strategy and Communications work. He also serves as Secretary of IOGP’s European Board and as Manager of IOGP’s European Committee. His role is to shape IOGP Europe’s overall public affairs strategy, tactics and positioning, and to coordinate the roll-out of advocacy activities in support of IOGP Europe’s regulatory work. Nareg has 10 years of European public affairs experience in service of the oil and gas industry. He previously worked as a consultant in a leading European public affairs consultancy’s energy team and in TotalEnergies’ European Affairs division in Brussels.

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