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Todd Onderdonk, senior energy adviser, ExxonMobil

Todd Onderdonk is a Senior Energy Advisor in ExxonMobil's Corporate Strategic Planning Department. In this capacity, he is responsible for assessing economic and energy trends, emerging energy technologies, and related market and public policy issues around the world. He is a principal contributor to ExxonMobil's long-term global energy outlook, including the identification of potential implications for energy markets and the Corporation's strategic plans.
Todd has worked in the energy industry for over 30 years in a wide variety of executive management and advisory positions serving business activities in the United States and around the world. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University and a M.B.A. in Finance from Indiana University.

Professor Alan Riley, City University London

Alan Riley is a specialist in energy and competition law. He has a PhD in European Law from the Europa Institute, Edinburgh University, and is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. He has worked in private practice in the City of London and in the European institutions.  Professor Riley chairs the Competition Law Scholars Forum, see www.clasf.org.
In addition to a significant number of papers in the field of competition law, Professor Riley has also written extensively on energy market liberalisation in Europe and the Russian energy markets. This includes a paper for CEPS entitled The Russian Gas Deficit: Consequences and Solutions; two papers for the European Parliament on the economic and regulatory viability of the Nordstream and Southstream pipelines and a recent paper for the Defence Select Committee of the House of Commons, De-Weaponising the Energy Weapon.

Moderator: Simon Taylor, news editor, European Voice