Charlie Riedl is the Executive Director for the Center for LNG(CLNG) and Vice President of the Natural Gas SupplyAssociation (NGSA). CLNG is the top U.S. LNG tradeassociation.Charlie manages the operations of CLNG and is responsiblefor member relations, media engagement, advocacy andgovernment affairs activities. He leads efforts to advance theU.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry’s economic andenvironmental agenda with CLNG member companies,regulators, legislators and other key stakeholders.He has testified in both chambers of the U.S. Congress, andfrequently speaks with key Hill and White House staff, FERCand other policymakers, on the importance and benefits ofLNG exports and regulatory certainty. He has led hundreds ofdiscussions on CLNG priority issues at conferences, hasappeared on leading television news programs like CNBC’sSquawk Box and is regularly quoted as an industry expert inthe media, including The New York Times, The HoustonChronicle, Bloomberg News, Politico and The Hill.Charlie has been instrumental in leading the CLNG team to its recent successes, including securingmodernized risk-based LNG safety regulation in PHMSA reauthorization legislation passed by Congress;long-term extension of non-FTA export authorizations through 2050. He is a fierce advocate forpipeline and infrastructure permitting improvements.He is also a key part of the team developing NGSA’s annual Winter Outlook forecast on natural gassupply and customer demand, adding context to how LNG exports impact price pressure.Prior to joining CLNG, Charlie worked at America’s Natural Gas Alliance and at a major exploration andproduction company in various roles focused on natural gas market development and governmentrelations. He graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in Communications.

Dr. Andrew Walker is the Vice President for Strategy for Cheniere Marketing. He is located in London and is responsible for the Strategy and Market Outlook of the marketing arm of Cheniere, reporting into the President of Cheniere Marketing Ltd. Until recently (October 2015) he was Vice President for Global LNG, and prior to that Head of LNG Strategy, at BG Group.

Xi Nan is a Senior Vice President on Rystad Energy’s Commodity Markets team, where she focuses on the global LNG sector as well as product development. Her project work includes global LNG trades and prices, market strategy, cost of LNG supply, gas demand and storage. Xi holds an MSc degree in Finance from BI Norwegian Business School. She was previously a Senior Analyst and Content Manager at Thomson Reuters in Norway, and an Analyst at Econ Pöyry Management Consulting in Norway.

Jacob Meins has been Chief Commercial Officer (Origination) on the Executive Board of RWE Supply & Trading GmbH since January 2024. In this role, he is responsible for Gas Portfolio Management, Gas Origination and LNG as well as Energy Transition Investments, Biofuels and Dry Bulk & Structured Origination. The graduated industrial engineer (Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur) started his career in 2000 at Enron as an originator and trader in Frankfurt and London before moving on to Barclays Capital as Associate Director in Commodities Sales. In 2006, Jacob joined RWE Supply & Trading as Head of Structured Origination, and subsequently took over responsibility for Biofuels Trading and Dry Bulk Origination

Darius Šilenskis has a sound experience and knowledge in energy business sector.

D. Šilenskis has stepped in as KN CEO in 2019, before that he held various executive positions within the company.

D. Šilenskis has an in-depth understanding and knowledge of energy sector and energy business field, understanding of regional and global energy markets, also competence of business development, is an experienced manager to coordinate business and strategic interests.

D. Šilenskis has a degree of Executive Master's in Business Administration (EMBA), MA in Business Management, MA in Law (International Maritime Law study programme).

Interests of D. Šilenskis cover energy sector transformation in the light of climate change and development of renewable energy sources, energy security and reliability of energy systems.