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Pawel Konzal

Venture Executive at Chevron

London, England

Overview

Work Experience

  • Venture Executive

    2020 - Current

    Focus on cleantech investments in Europe. Responsibility for deal flow & investments' execution for Chevron's Future Energy Funds I & II: deal origination; due diligence & negotiations; deal execution; representation at the Boards of Directors; and exits.

  • Senior Economist

    2018 - 2020

    Led full development of Chevron's global hydrogen strategy.

  • Senior Advisor, Corporate Business Development

    2016 - 2018

  • Senior Advisor, Corporate Business Development

    2014 - 2016

  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

    2013 - 2014

    • Investment fund listed on the Warsaw stock exchange with market cap +$330mn active in Africa, Asia and Europe. • Reporting to the Board of Directors, dealing with the Financial Supervision Authority (equivalent of the U.S. SEC); representing company in media; oversaw the company’s strategy and operations.

  • Director

    2008 - 2013

    • Led for 5 years the World Economic Forum’s intellectual agenda related to the energy. • Built relationships with CEOs and Heads of Strategy of the 25+ world’s largest energy companies as well as Ministers of Energy and Heads of International Organizations like IEA, NEA etc • Led the invention & establishment of the Energy for Society initiative – 1st global initiative of that type with 22 signatory companies representing electricity, renewable energy and oil & gas companies accounting for +$2 trillion of revenues p.a. and employing +2 million people. Energy for Society preceded OGCI (Oil & Gas Climate Initiative - $1bn clean tech fund). • Oversaw 4 major energy reports (on Energy Transitions; Energy Efficiency; Energy & Economy; Natural Gas) published in Davos in years 2010-2013 with a Pulitzer winning Dr Daniel Yergin being an Editor.

  • Director of the Representative Office to the EU (Brussels, Belgium)

    2007 - 2008

    • Contributed to the strengthening of the Poland’s integration with the European Union by establishing and leading country’s 2nd largest company (PGNiG S.A.) representation in Brussels – making it the 1st energy company from 12 New EU Member States to be permanently represented in the EU. • Headed the company’s EU affairs and represented it in the European Parliament, European Commission and European Council.

  • Advisor to the Board

    2006 - 2006

    Economic analysis & expertise on the European and international affairs; Preparation of the Company’s strategy for the representation on the EU forums.

  • Advisor to the Minister

    2005 - 2006

    Head and member of the Polish delegations at the various European Union forums (both at the European Council and European Commission), among others: Gas Coordination Group, Working Party of Energy, Gas Infrastructure Group, Expert Group on the Priority Infrastructure Plan; Member of the delegation to the Polish-American Strategic Dialogue (inter-governmental body).

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