LLM and PhD, University of Dundee. Former: senior executive positions within China National Petroleum Corporation’s (CNPC), including Chief Executive Officer and Chairman roles in CNPC subsidiaries around the globe; President, Economics and Technology Research Institute (ETRI), reporting to the Chinese leadership on energy policy decision-making, Chinese gas pricing reforms, and international energy cooperation; was also deeply involved in the energy policy studies of the Chinese energy five-year planning process. August 2016, elected IEF Secretary-General. Honorary Professor, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee.