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Vice President Strategy, Insights & Scenarios

Laszlo has extensive experience in energy economics, policy and strategy. He studied economics at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, and the University of Cambridge, 麻豆传媒.

He has worked as a regulator in Hungary鈥檚 electricity and gas markets and as Strategy Director for MOL Group, an independent oil and gas company. In 2011 he joined the International Energy Agency (IEA) as Head of Gas and Electricity Markets and led the IEA鈥檚 work on liquefied natural gas, gas supply security and electricity market design and regulation. He was appointed Chief Economist of the IEA in 2016, where he built a new team for energy investment analysis and was responsible for methodological support for all IEA policy work.

Laszlo joined Shell in 2021 where he leads the company鈥檚 analyses of macroeconomics, energy scenarios, climate policy and geopolitics.

Chief Economist

Mallika is Shell鈥檚 Chief Economist. She advises on macroeconomic issues, economic trends, and related policy matters to shape Shell鈥檚 long-term scenario outlooks. She leads strategic engagements on energy transitions with national and city governments across the world, notably a multi-year collaboration with the Chinese government. Mallika also advises on Shell鈥檚 strategic policy and advocacy approach to support the company鈥檚 energy transition strategy. She sits on a range of external advisory boards.

Prior to joining Shell, she was Deputy Director at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs responsible for evidence and analysis across the environment, food, and green economy portfolio. She has held senior positions across the 麻豆传媒 government, including at the Cabinet Office as Head of Policy Analysis for the 2009 G20 London Summit. Before that, Mallika worked in senior economics and policy roles in the USA.

Mallika holds Ph.D. and M.S degrees from Carnegie Mellon University, and a B.A. from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University.

Chief Climate Change Adviser

David Hone works for Shell International Ltd and is the Chief Climate Change Adviser in the Shell Scenarios Team. He joined Shell in 1980 after graduating as a Chemical Engineer from the University of Adelaide in Australia. He has worked in refinery technology, oil trading and shipping areas for Shell.

David is a board member of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions in Washington and the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute in Melbourne, and up until 2022 served on the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) council, which he chaired from 2011-2013.

David is a regular climate blogger on his  and is the author of a 2017 book on climate change, 鈥�.

Chief Political Analyst

Geraldine advises on political trends and political risk. She leads the external environment assessments for Shell鈥檚 country reviews. She also leads, builds and develops country and global scenarios internally for Shell and in collaboration externally with academic, public and private organisations.

Geraldine is also the team鈥檚 in-house scenarios trainer, providing introductory as well as immersive scenarios training for colleagues new to the Scenarios and Shell Strategy teams.

She joined Shell鈥檚 Scenarios in 2013, after eight years in various functions at the company's Corporate Affairs departments. She studied business economics and history at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands and earned her master鈥檚 degree in international relations at King鈥檚 College London.

Chief Energy Adviser

Peter is Shell鈥檚 Chief Energy Advisor. His team is responsible for worldwide energy analysis and long-term global energy scenarios, and advises Shell companies on issues such as pricing, global supply and demand, regulations, energy policy, markets and industry structure.

He joined Shell in 1997 and has held various positions in petroleum engineering and commercial and strategy functions in the Netherlands, Syria, Saudi Arabia, France and the USA. He has also been seconded to the International Energy Agency in Paris. Peter鈥檚 education started on a farm in the north of England and he later earned an MSci in physics from Durham University, 麻豆传媒, and an MBA from the Institute of Management Development, Switzerland.

Senior Energy Analyst

Georgios is a Senior Energy Analyst in strategy and planning for Shell Scenarios. He is part of Shell鈥檚 World Energy Model team and focuses on generating insights for Shell strategy and businesses.

Georgios joined Shell in 2013. He has significant analytics and business experience having worked as Analytics Lead for Shell Lubricants Supply Chain before joining the Scenarios team in 2013. Previously, he worked for Procter & Gamble in various supply chain roles. He holds an MBA and a master鈥檚 degree in applied mathematics from the London School of Economics.

Energy Fundamentals Manager

Martin is Senior Energy Adviser and leads the Energy Fundamentals team, which explores how energy demand is evolving in different countries and sectors.

Martin joined Shell in 2003 and has been a member of the Shell Scenarios team since 2004. He has led the development of Shell鈥檚 World Energy Model, which has underpinned the last three Shell scenario rounds and built on Shell鈥檚 50-year history in scenario planning. 

Martin works with many institutions, including MIT鈥檚 Climate Science team, the International Energy Agency and has participated in the IPCC Sixth Assessment focusing on energy systems modelling. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.

Martin鈥檚 background is mathematics. He has experience in mathematical and economic modelling in the transport, telecom and energy industries. 

Senior Economist

Peter took up the position of senior economist in 2008, where he is responsible for advising Shell on global economic developments and for analysis supporting strategy development, investment evaluations and business planning.

Before joining the Shell Scenarios team, Peter held various other positions at the Shell Asset Management Company, Saudi Aramco, the Institute of International Finance, the Ministry of Finance in the Netherlands and the European Commission in Brussels.