Bassam Fattouh Keynote Speaker

Expert on energy commodities and finance in the Middle East and North Africa
Director of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (2005-present)
Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (2005-present)

Bassam Fattouh's Biography

Dr. Bassam Fattouh is a specialist in energy commodities, particularly oil and oil products, and Middle East and North Africa energy. He is also a thoughtful commentator on the economic, business and institutional environment of the Middle East and North Africa, as well as management perspectives and sectoral issues in these regions, and Islamic banking and finance.

He is the Director of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He has published a variety of articles on the international oil pricing system, OPEC pricing power, security of Middle Eastern oil supplies, and the dynamics of oil prices and oil price differentials where his articles has appeared in Energy Economics, The Energy Journal, and Energy Policy.

Dr. Fattouh also acts as a consultant to a number of governments and international oil companies, and is a regular speaker at international conferences. He served as a member of an independent expert group established to provide recommendations to the 12th International Energy Forum (IEF) Ministerial Meeting in Cancun (29-31 March 2010), for strengthening the architecture of the producer-consumer dialogue through the IEF.

He brings deep authority on global oil markets as Director of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, helping leaders understand what truly drives prices, differentials and supply risk.
He translates complex dynamics in OPEC policy and Middle East energy security into clear insight for executives, investors and policymakers.
He offers rare perspective at the intersection of commodities, institutions and finance in MENA, including the realities of Islamic banking and regional business environments.
His briefings equip organisations to navigate volatility with discipline, connecting market structure and geopolitics to practical decisions on strategy and risk.