Rebecca Dell leads the industry program for ClimateWorks Foundation, the largest philanthropic program in the world dedicated to reducing and eliminating the one-third of greenhouse gas emissions that come from the material economy.  Previously, she worked at the U.S. Department of Energy in the Obama Administration, where she coordinated implementation of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and was a lead analyst and author of the U.S. Quadrennial Energy Review. Before her federal service, Rebecca was a scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, studying the interaction between the ocean and land-based ice sheets like those in Greenland and Antarctica. She has a PhD in climate science from MIT and is a fellow of the Center for Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.

Datuk Sazali Hamzah, the Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG), leads the largest integrated chemicals producer in Malaysia and one of the largest in Southeast Asia. With over 30 years of experience in oil and gas industries, across PETRONAS subsidiaries, Datuk Sazali has led several PETRONAS corporate transformation programmes which include a change programme that enhanced plant performance and operational excellence. He is instrumental in driving core excellence and strong governance to deliver sustainable long-term value and among his notable achievements include leading megaprojects and plant commercial operations in Malaysia.

Per Klevnäs has worked internationally with resource and climate issues as a consultant and researcher since the early 2000s. An economist by training with an MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge, previous roles have included working as an expert in McKinsey’s Sustainability Practice, Research Director of the New Climate Economy Project, a senior researcher at the Stockholm Environment Institute, and Managing Director of an economic consultancy. At Material Economics, Per helps companies set the right direction in the face of new business requirements and opportunities connected with energy, resource, and sustainability topics.

Tobias Dan Nielsen is a Policy Expert at the Swedish Environment Research Institute (IVL). He is co-principal investigator on “Petrochemicals and climate change governance: Powerful fossil fuel lock-ins and policy options for transformative change” (VKRF, USD670k), and has conducted policy studies on plastics (incl. the petrochemical sector) for the European Environment Agency (EEA), the German Development Agency (GIZ), and the Swedish Environment Agency. He holds a PhD in international climate governance (2016) from Lund University.

Dr. Anna Scott is an atmospheric scientist, an entrepreneur, and the President of Project Canary. She received her PhD in the Earth and Planetary Science Department at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from University of Chicago, a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), and a Master of Arts and Sciences in Earth Science from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Scott has installed sensor networks and led field campaigns in Birmingham, Alabama, Nairobi (Kenya), and Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Scott founded the Baltimore Open Air project, a community-based air quality monitoring project that designed, built, and deployed air monitors in the Greater Baltimore region. As a scientist, she’s worked on projects around the world with the Red Cross/Red Crescent’s International Climate Center, NASA, The World Bank, and numerous local governments.

Nilay Shah is Professor of Process Systems Engineering at Imperial College, London. His interests lie in the use of model-based systems engineering approaches to analyse, optimise and design energy and industrial systems with an emphasis on sustainability.

On 1 May 2020, Frans Stokman took up the position of Executive Director of Petrochemicals Europe, an industry sector of Cefic. Frans has extensive experience in the global oil, gas and petrochemical industry. He has a proven track record in striking complex deals between the private and public sectors. He worked for over 25 years for Shell in a range of senior management positions before joining Cefic. Frans is chemical engineer and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA).