Our People
AccessWIE was founded in 2007 by Dr Carole Nakhle, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Crystol Energy, and under the chairmanship of late Lady Barbara Judge, who was an advocate for women’s rights and whose career spanned law, banking, regulation and nuclear industry.
The group is co-chaired by Ieda Gomes, Former VP of BP New Ventures, and Lord Howell, Former Secretary of State for Energy in the UK.
Leadership
Dr Carole Nakhle, Founder and President
Dr Carole Nakhle is an international authority on global energy issues, in particular in the fields of hydrocarbons finance…
Ieda Gomes, Co-Chair
Ieda Gomes has a broad range of expertise in the natural gas and energy industry with an international career spanning…
Lord David Howell of Guildford, Co-Chair
Lord Howell of Guildford served under Margaret Thatcher as her first Energy Secretary and has…
Dr Valentina Dedi, Vice President
Valentina acts as the Vice President of AccessWIE. She is a Lead Economist at KBR, serving within the company’s Consulting division…
Management Committee
Betty Ahwera, Acting Supervisor Petroleum and Mining Division, Uganda Revenue Authority
Betty Ahwera is a tax professional with 8+ years’ experience in tax administration…
Barbara Andoh, Energy Access Policy Expert
Barbara is an aspiring energy access policy expert who is currently self-learning the rudiments of project management…
Dr Adwoa Asantewaa, Economist, World Bank Group
Adwoa is an Energy Economist at the World Bank with a PHD in Economics from the University of Durham – UK having researched…
Charlotte Bucchioni, Senior Associate, Capstone LLC
Charlotte is a Senior Associate within the Energy Team at Capstone LLC, based in London…
Titus Erker, Lead Economist, ADIA
Titus is a finance and energy economics professional with commercial experience in downstream oil & gas sector – in particular in Strategy, M&A…
Alia Moubayed, Managing Director, Fixed Income Strategy, Jefferies
Alia is Managing Director covering economics and fixed income strategy for MENA & CIS countries…
Hanan Mohsen, Energy Expert | Business Relations | Strategic Marketing & Communications | ESG
Hanan Mohsen is an energy professional expert…
Dr Victoria Nalule, Energy and Mining Professional & Consultant
Victoria is an Energy and Mining professional & consultant with extensive experience working on various projects in the different…
Sarah Raffoul, Market Analyst, Argus Media
Sarah is a Senior Analyst at Argus Media based in Dubai and specializes in oil refined products. Sarah focused through graduate…
Inga Shamsutdinova, Principal, IHS
Inga works in the Upstream Consulting Team at IHS Markit, where she focuses on strategy and investments and provides insights…
Sirine Tajer, Managing Director, MENA Energy Partners
Sirine is the Managing Director of MENA Energy Partners that she founded in 2011 and which specialises in strategic advisory and M&A focused…