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2026 JUDGES

Worldwide experts passionate about the energy supply chain. The judges are technically prepared to judge all cases independently. They are well-stablished and highly respected senior-level executives, business professionals, specialized media and academics with great experience and passion for the energy industries.

Antony Armstrong

Oceaneering

UK

Ahmed Hassan

Bureau Veritas

UAE

Alan Haigh

Retired

UK

Almukhtar Al Saifi

Sohar Port

Oma

Andrew Lee

SGIB

UK

Ann Johnson

Retired

UK

Amisha Patel

GOWA

UK

Audrey Louis

ACL Impact

UK

Barry Stott

ABB

UK

Ben Vincent

Destec

UK

Campbell Keir

EIC

UK

Carlos Arentz Pereira

Acelen

Brazil

Carlos Chiquillo

KBR

USA

Carlos Castilho

Petrobras

Brazil

Carmelo Bongiovanni

Enevo

Spain

Colin Brown

RSK

UK

Chris Hyde

Atlas Copco

UK

Cláudio Evangelista

Equipsea

Brazil

Daniel Novaes

ABB

Brazil

Dan Strzelecki

ISIS

UK

Darren Rowan

TRS

USA

Della Calder

TUV Rheinland Risktec

USA

Farook Khan

Siemens PLC

USA

George North

Koil

USA

Hazel Lince

OPITO

UK

Reuben Segal

Aqualis (ABL)

UAE

Henry Rios

LV

UK

Hugh Saville

Retired

UK

Iain Grainger

IMCA

UK

Iain Reynolds

Petrofac

UK

James-Augustine Foley

Santander

UK

John Bright

Consultant

UAE

Jessica Davies

Energy Voice

UK

Julian Haslam-Jones

Alvarez Marsal

UAE

Joao Guandalini Batista

Foresea

Brazil

Keiren Lake

Siemens Energy

UK

Kenny McKenna

Eaton

UK

Kit Hawkins

RSK

UK

Keith Will

ABS

UK

Lara Naqushbandi

ET Fuels

UK

Laura Peinke

OPITO

UK

Lesley Batchelor

Export Bootcamps

UK

Livia Oliveira

Brunel

Brazil

Luke van der Waals

SLB

USA

Lynne Matthews FNucl

Consultant

UK

Lynn Coutts

ATPI

Dubai

Isla Robb

ETZ

UK

Marco Andre Guanaes

Fulkrum

Brazil

Margaret A. Kidd

San Jacinto College

USA

Mark Donnison

Orion

UK

Martin Layfield

Petrofac

UK

Michael Zdanowski

Assystem

UK

Natalie Kerr

Siemens Energy

UK

Neil McDermott

LCCC

UK

Pamela McDonald

Pincent Masons

Qatar

Paulo Tezza

Hausthene

Brazil

Pearl Chu

SLB

USA

Pete Gettinby

Blackhall Powis

UAE

Philip Sellwood

Retired

UK

Rajiv Sabharwal

BV

USA

Ram Iruvanti

Pristine

USA

Rumaitha Al Busaidi

Hydrom

Oman

Rodrigo Freitas

Trident

Brazil

Richard Lyle

Intralink

KL

Riikka Paarma

Halton

Finland

Sandra Antonovic

Reflex

UK

Sheena Mcguinness

RSM

UK

Shilen Jhaveri

Google

Houston

Sidney Sa Jr

R&M Electrical

Brazil

Simon Emeny

LRQA

UK

Steve Morte

Restrata

UAE

Sol Sunnarvik

SPP Pumps

UK

Stuart Payne

NSTA

UK

Tom England

Jo Bird

UK

Vitor Ramos

Equipsea

Brazil

William Duff

Norco

Dubai

Weverton Nazario

Hanwha

USA

Willie Reid

Strathclyde Uni

UK

Dr. Yousef M. Alshammari

LCE Economics