London Secretariat
The World Energy Council has been headquartered in London since its founding in 1923. Currently, the London secretariat consists of over 20 staff who support the Secretary General in developing WEC activities worldwide.
Five Regional Managers and special advisors assist with the regional integration of WEC’s global work, promote WEC’s work at the regional level, support national Member Committees in the various regions, facilitate WEC’s relationships with regional organisations and coordinate WEC events within the regions, WEC currently operates in six regions, including  Africa, Asia, Asia Pacific/South Asia, Europe, Middle East, Latin America/Caribbean and North America.
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Christoph Frei is Chief Executive and Secretary General of the organisation. He is responsible for managing the day to day affairs of the WEC and presents the WEC’s strategic insight and global activities at international energy conferences around the world.
Deborah Best is Senior Executive Assistant to the Secretary General& Manager, Governance Processes . Deborah is responsible for general governance matters, including managing communications, agendas and meetings for the Officers Council and Executive Assembly. Based in the WEC Secretariat in London, she coordinates the WEC Chair’s involvement in WEC events and meetings. Deborah handles all speaking engagements, meetings, events and travel for the WEC Secretary General and supports logistics arrangements for events, including board meetings, Congresses, the Executive Assembly and World Energy Leaders’ Summits. Email Deborah Best
Emily Melton is Chief Operating Officer. Emily, who joined WEC in 1999, is responsible for events, including oversight of Congresses, Executive Assemblies and World Energy Leaders’ Summits; operations and staff, including London team, IT, HR, office management and finance; and members and institutional development, including membership development and integration of the regional programme. She deputises for the Secretary General when he is travelling and is also Secretary to the Finance, Remuneration and Nominations Committees.
Ori Chandler is Senior Manager, Member Services. Ori manages the day to day relationship and provides support to all WEC National Committees from the WEC Secretariat in London. She is committed to strengthening engagement and works to implement member-related programmes and processes. Ori is also responsible for managing the Future Energy Leaders’ Programme to develop engagement opportunities for young leaders at the global level. She is involved in the organisation of WEC events, including Secretaries’ Strategy Day, Community Round tables and World Energy Leaders’ Summits. Ori speaks Spanish fluently. Email Ori Chandler
Margaret Wu is  Finance Manager of the WEC Secretariat based in London. Margaret is responsible for dealing with the day to day financial transactions at WEC London and also assists with VAT, payroll, invoices and payments, insurance, pension and HMRC matters.
Katrina Campbell-Sloan Katrina is Operations Manager at the WEC London Secretariat. With the Chief Operating Officer, she is responsible for the operational aspects of the WEC events, including Congresses, the Executive Assembly,  Energy Leaders’ Summits and WEC regional events. Katrina also supports the Human Resources, IT and office operations functions within the London office. In addition, she provides support to the Chief Operating Officer.
John Bourne is Senior Manager, Deputy Head of Patrons and Global Partners. John manages the relationships with private sector Patron organisations globally from the WEC Secretariat in London. He has a responsibility to oversee and strengthen Patron involvements in national member committees, work programmes and events as well as to develop new business opportunities. In addition, John leads the World Energy Issues Monitor, a global report conducted in over 90 countries to capture the latest trends and developments facing the energy industry.  John also assists with the organisation of WEC’s World Energy Leaders’ Summits. Email John Bourne
Gemma MacLaughlan is  Manager, Global Partners. Gemma manages the relationships with a range of private sector Global Partner organisations from the WEC Secretariat in London. She has a responsibility to oversee and strengthen Global Partner involvements in national member committees, work programmes and events as well as to develop new business opportunities.
Charlotte Connick is Manager, Global Agenda. Charlotte is a member of the Global Agenda team of the WEC Secretariat based in London. She supports the programme of the World Energy Congress 2013 in Daegu, South Korea, notably through securing high level speakers. Charlotte is also responsible for managing selected Global Partners, including their engagement with WEC member committees and assists with developing new potential Global partners. Charlotte speaks French fluently.
Karl Rose is Senior Director, Scenarios and Policies. Karl leads the Scenarios team of the WEC Secretariat. Based in Austria, he is responsible for overseeing and managing WEC’s Scenarios work. Together with the Scenarios study group and  project team, Karl is currently building the WEC’s flagship report World Energy Scenarios to 2050 to be launched at the 2013 World Energy Congress in Daegu, South Korea.
Elena Nekhaev is Director, Programmes. Elena leads the Programmes team from the WEC Secretariat based in London. She is responsible for the WEC flagship study World Energy Resources and Technologies, but also for the WEC’s Programme Committee  and the Knowledge Networks on the Performance of Generating Plant, Cleaner Fossil Fuels Systems and Energy Efficiency Policies and Technologies. Elena manages stakeholders’ participation in the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum and leads the Project Team for the Global Electricity Initiative.
Einari Kisel is Senior Fellow, European Policies and Partnership Development. Einari is responsible for the development of selected European Member Committees, companies and institutions such as the European Commission. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, Einari also supports development work on the Energy Sustainability Index methodology for the World Energy Trilemma work. Due to his many years of experience in the field of energy policy and proficiency in English, Russian and Finnish, Einari also represents WEC as a speaker at various international events.
Dan Rieser is Deputy Director, Scenarios. Based in the WEC Secretariat in London, Dan coordinates the work of 60 high-level energy executives from the WEC network to build the World Energy Scenarios to 2050. Dan is responsible for integrating the Scenarios output together with WEC’s strategic studies and works closely with WEC’s Regional Managers to facilitate regional deepening of the Scenarios. Dan also looks after the relationship with the Scenarios project partner, Paul Scherrer Institute, to develop the Scenarios modelling platform and supports the dialogue with WEC’s Patrons and Global Partners to integrate them into the scenarios work. Email Dan Rieser
Sandra Winkler is Associate Director, Head of Policies with WEC’s studies team. Based in Dubai, Sandra is responsible for the Studies Committee and manages WEC’s annual flagship publication, the World Energy Trilemma which is prepared in partnership with global consultancy Oliver Wyman. Sandra also manages the work on Rules of Trade and Investment, supports the Energy Access initiative and represents the WEC in the UN Sustainable Energy for All working group.
Paul Benfield is Senior Project Manager, Resources and Technologies. Based in London, Paul is a member of the World Energy Resources & Technologies study team. He is responsible for the development and updating of WEC’s database of energy resource and production data and for managing the production of the triennial World Energy Resources report.  He is also actively involved in the Performance of Generating Plant and Energy Efficiency Knowledge Networks, two WEC activity areas with a focus on data collection and analysis.
Catriona Nurse is Manager, Technical Programmes & Publications. Catriona is a member of the Programmes team in London. She is responsible for the day-to-day liaising with resource commentary writers for the World Energy Resources & Technologies study and with other experts for various technical reports.  Catriona manages the preparations of position papers and handles production, printing and delivery of other WEC reports.  She is the key contact for the WEC History project, which will deliver a chronological record of events in the life of WEC since 1923.
Stefanie Gunst is Project Manager in the Studies team. Seconded to WEC by VNG (Germany), Stefanie project managed the World Energy Perspective report on Innovative Financing Mechanisms for the development of smart grids launched in October 2012. She currently works on the WEC flagship study World Energy Resources & Technologies and coordinates the work of the Global Electricity Initiative.  Stefanie also manages the partnership with Bloomberg New Energy Finance to produce a comprehensive comparative survey of the costs of producing electricity from a wide range of conventional and non-conventional sources.Email Stefanie GunstÂ
Masato Komyia is Director, Regional Agenda. Based in the WEC Secretariat in London and seconded to WEC by TEPCO (Japan), Masato leads the team of WEC Regional Managers in establishing the network’s involvement in regional energy agendas. Masato overlooks WEC Member Committees’ engagement  with the activities of the global network including WEC’s global studies and events. Masato  is also responsible for developing WEC’s relationship with Regional Development Banks.
Slav Slavov is Regional Manager for Europe. Slav coordinates and facilitates activities, events and participation of WEC Member Committees in Europe and Central Asia. Based in Geneva, Slav is responsible for implementing the WEC global programmes and activities at a regional level in close coordination with WEC’s Vice Chair for Europe. Slav serves as a regular liaison officer between the London Secretariat and Member Committees in Europe and provides support to organise local and regional activities while maintaining a permanent relationship with the European international organisations that cooperate with the WEC. Email Slav Slavov
JK Mehta is Regional Manager South Asia & Asia Pacific and Project Manager Energy Access. JK coordinates activities, events and participation of WEC Member Committees in South Asia. Based in India, JK is responsible for implementing the WEC global programmes and activities at a regional level and serves as a regular liaison officer between the Secretariat and Member Committees. As Project Manager for the Energy Access programme, JK coordinates WEC’s work on the Village Inventory/Energy Access, a global initiative to establish an inventory of villages in need of energy access including availability of  resources and challenges. Email JK Mehta
Latsoucabé Fall is Regional Manager for Africa. Latsoucabé coordinates and facilitates activities, events and participation of WEC Member Committees in Africa. Based in Senegal, Latsoucabé organises the WEC Africa Regional Work Programme and assists Member Committees in the region by providing advice, added-value products and services, and supporting local and regional events to promote the WEC’s work. He serves as a regular liaison officer between the London Secretariat and Member Committees.
Paul Mollet is Regional Manager for Middle East, Gulf States & North Africa. Paul coordinates and facilitates activities, events and participation of WEC Member Committees in the Middle East & Gulf States. He has two decades of experience working in the Gulf, including periods in Qatar, UAE and Oman. His role is to increase WEC’s presence and activities in this important hydrocarbon-producing region.
Regional Manager for Latin America & the Caribbean. Position currently vacant.
Stuart Neil is Senior Director, External Affairs and Communications. Stuart oversees the World Energy Council’s relationships with Intergovernmental Organisations and other key stakeholders. He leads the communications team in the WEC Secretariat based in London where he is responsible for all external and internal communications on behalf of the Communications and Outreach Committee. He supports the development of WEC’s studies, provides strategic communications counsel to the Secretary General and acts as a spokesperson for the organisation.
Florence Mazzone is Senior Manager, Media & Communications. Florence is a member of the Communications team. She is responsible for external communication and outreach projects for various WEC activities around the world from the WEC Secretariat in London. She has a special responsibility for WEC’s online presence and for developing media relations in Europe, Africa and Latin America & the Caribbean. Florence’s role is also to strengthen internal communication within the WEC network and to support member committees in their communications efforts.  She is fluent in English, French, Italian and Spanish. Email Florence Mazzone
Monique Tsang is Manager, Media Relations. Monique is a member of the Communications team based in London. She is responsible for external communication and outreach projects for various WEC activities around the world. She has a special responsibility for developing media relations in North America, Asia, the Middle East, and the UK. Monique also edits the WEC’s in-house news update for its global network and assists WEC’s Member Committees in their own outreach efforts. She speaks English, Spanish, Chinese,and some Russian.
Seijin Kim is Senior Fellow, Global Agenda. Based in the WEC Secretariat in London, and seconded to WEC by SK Energy (Korea), Seijin is responsible for establishing links, strengthening relationships and coordinating WEC’s involvement with key international organisations such as the United Nations or the COP process. Seijin is also responsible for the programme development for the World Energy Congress 2013 in Korea and World Energy Leaders’ Summits.
Heidi Morgan is Senior Manager, Congress. Heidi is a member of the Global Agenda team of the WEC Secretariat based in London. She works with the Congress programme team to develop sessions, topics and secure high-level speakers for the World Energy Congress 2013 in Daegu, South Korea. She speaks French fluently.
Charlotte Connick is Manager, Global Agenda. Charlotte is a member of the Global Agenda team of the WEC Secretariat based in London. In addition to supporting the organisation of the World Energy Congress in Daegu, Korea, notably through securing high level speakers, she is also responsible for the management and development of WEC’s Global Partnership programme. Charlotte speaks French fluently.