Charles Ebinger Keynote Speaker

Expert on US and international energy markets
Expert on the geopolitics of energy
Director, Energy Security Initiative, Brookings Institution (2008-2014)

Charles Ebinger's Biography

Charles K. Ebinger is a senior fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. He served as the Initiative’s director from 2008 to October of 2014.

He has more than 35 years of experience specialising in international and domestic energy markets (oil, gas, coal and nuclear) and the geopolitics of energy, with a particular focus on the Middle East, South Asia, Africa, the Arctic and Antarctic.

Charles has served as an energy policy advisor to over 50 governments on restructuring their state-owned energy sectors, privatisation and the creation of regulatory regimes. He is an adjunct professor of electricity economics at Johns Hopkins Nitze School and is one of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Nuclear Energy Experts.

His past positions include: Senior Advisor, International Resources Group (2003-08); Vice President for Middle East and South Asia, Nexant (2000-03); Vice President for International Energy Group, Stone and Webster Management Consulting (1999-2000); Executive Vice President, International Resources Group (1987-99); Senior Advisor, Putnam, Hayes and Bartlett, (1987-88); Director of the Energy Programme, Georgetown University’s Center for Strategic and International Studies (1979-87); Vice President, Conant and Associates (1976-79); Foreign Affairs Officer, Federal Energy Administration (1975-76).

He brings deep authority on global energy security as a senior fellow at Brookings and former director of its Energy Security Initiative, helping leaders understand how geopolitics moves energy markets.
He translates complex dynamics across oil, gas, coal and nuclear into clear strategic insight for executives and policymakers navigating volatility and transition.
He has advised more than 50 governments on privatisation, restructuring and regulation, giving audiences practical lessons on what works when energy systems reform.
He equips organisations to assess risk and opportunity across regions from the Middle East to Africa and the Arctic, connecting policy shifts to investment and operating decisions.