World Energy Council Elects New Chairperson, Other Officers

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The World Energy Council has announced that the body has elected Dr. Michael Howard as the new Chair of its Officers’ Council (Board of Directors) and the new Chairperson is succeeding Jean-Marie Dauger whose term concluded after serving in the role since September 2019.

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The officials statement of World Energy Council held that the election was made at the Council’s Executive Assembly, held this week in conjunction with the Energy Trilemma Summit in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Dr. Howard, who served from 2021-2022 as Co-chair alongside Dauger, is CEO Emeritus of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in the United States, where he served as CEO and President from 2010-2020. On the appointment at World Energy Council, Howard said, “Energy’s role in peoples’ lives today is more important than ever. With turbulence and turmoil in global energy markets, along with transitions and transformations underway in all geographies, the value of the independent voice and leadership of the World Energy Council has never been more essential and timely.”

He added, “I greatly look forward to working with my Board colleagues, our worldwide membership, and partners to help ensure that people and planet are at the heart of the energy transitions.”

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World Energy Council said that among the elected were also the its membership at the Executive Assembly including Kim Yin Wong of Sembcorp Industries (Singapore) as the Council’s Vice Chair, Asia, from 2022-2025, and Dr Omar Farouk Ibrahim, Secretary General of African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (Nigeria), as Vice Chair, Africa, from 2022-2025.

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World Energy Council also elected Patricia Vincent-Collawn of PNM Resources (USA) as Vice Chair, North America, from 2022-2025 and Naomi Hirose from Japanese Energy Association as Vice Chair, Impact, from 2022 to 2025, which is a newly created Board position.

Dr Angela Wilkinson, Secretary General and CEO of the World Energy Council, said, “I welcome the depth and diversity of experiences embodied by our new Board and value their support and commitment as generative and generous leaders of the world energy community and in our drive to transformational, transparent and trustworthy transitions.”

The other elected high level officials at World Energy Council are:

• Professor Claudio Seebach Executive President, Generadoras de Chile (Chile), as Vice Chair, Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), from 2022-2025, succeeding Claudia Cronenbold who has served two terms in the role
• Dr Leo Birnbaum, Chief Executive Officer of E.ON (Germany), for an additional year as Chair, Studies Committee, from 2022-2023. He has held the role since 2019
• Dr Klaus Dieter Barbknecht, Rektor, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany), will serve for an additional year as Vice Chair, Strategic Leadership Communities from 2022-2023. He has held the role since 2021