Gianfranco is Italian and graduated from the University of Naples “Federico II” in 1997 in Mechanical Engineering. He also has a PhD in Thermo-Mechanic Engineering Systems with a thesis on "public pipelines management". Soon after his graduation Gianfranco became affiliate professor in Rome, Naples and Aversa Universities, and he was involved in a number of collaborations between Utilities and Academia. During this time, he developed many entrepreneurial initiatives in an international environment. In 2000 Gianfranco joined Mckinsey & Co. where he held the position of Associate Partner working on a number of projects in the industrial sectors, mainly in power, gas, oil and basic material. He was the European leader of the Marketing & Sales Competence Center in Power and Oil, while also responsible for recruiting in South Italy and Milan. In 2003 he founded, with other young entrepreneurs and managers, Auriga, a permanent observatory of the new management class. In 2007 Gianfranco founded Vera, a small firm working in Corporate Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility, in close collaboration with Bocconi University of Milan. Gianfranco's interests are also in management transformation. He has written numerous articles, published in newspapers (“Management Matters”, Corriere della Sera), magazines (“I campioni della crescita”, Global Competition) and case studies. He has also written many scientific publications on the main International magazines in the Technical Physics sector. In 2010 Gianfranco left McKinsey to join Azimut Benetti Group, a world leader in luxury yachts production. He was Central Director and CEO of all the foreign companies, mainly in Brazil, Turkey and China and he was responsible for the key areas of the business, from production to marketing and sales. Gianfranco decided to leave the group to come back into a consulting environment to serve as an Independent Professional to his key clients in the industrial sectors. Gianfranco currently works with 3H partners. He covers a wide range of industries, such as Energy, Oil, Telecommunications and Assembly. He has also come back to teaching and acts as an affiliate professor of Business Operations and Energy Management at the London Campus of ESCP Europe.  Gianfranco speaks fluent English and Italian. He lives in Rome with his wife Laura and his son, Francesco Giovanni.

Dr. Kostas Andriosopoulos (Kostas) is the Executive Director of the Research Centre for Energy Management at ESCP Europe Business School where he holds the position of Assistant Professor in Finance and Energy Economics. He is also the Academic Director of the Master in Energy Management. In this function he teaches courses at postgraduate level in “Corporate Finance” , “Futures, Options and Derivatives”, “Real Options for Project Valuation”, and “Energy Risk Management”. Kostas holds a PhD in Finance (Cass Business School, City University London) , where he has been the recipient of the prestigious Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation’s scholarship. He also holds an MBA and MSc in Finance (Northeastern University, Boston, USA) , and a bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering and Management (Technical University of Crete, Greece). Kostas’ current interests include energy-related geopolitical issues, price modelling, financial engineering and the application of operational research tools on risk management and investment techniques in energy, shipping and agricultural commodity markets. His work has been published in international finance- and commodity-related Journals (Journal of Banking and Finance, European Journal of Operational Research, European Journal of Finance, Energy Economics, Energy Journal, Transportation Research: Part E, among others) , and has been presented in recognised conferences world-wide. He is the Associate Editor for the International Journal of Financial Engineering and Risk Management, he has edited special issues in recognised journals (Energy Economics, Journal of Banking and Finance, Computers and Operations Research, IJFERM etc), acts as a reviewer for a number of academic journals, and has organised numerous international conferences (FEBS 2012, FEBS 2013, 51 st EWGCFM among others). In addition to his academic profile, Kostas has an extensive professional experience in the business world. He has been an affiliate partner of 3H Partners since July 2013 and has served as an advisor for a number of international clients from the energy, food, manufacturing, web & software, commodity trading and shipping industries. In addition to his consultancy role, Kostas co-founded Symmetria Web Solutions, a web-based software company, in 2009. He is also a member of the board of Symmetria Ltd.- a family owned commodities brokerage and trading firm. He has also worked for the British Bankers’ Association reporting directly to the senior Director for Retail Banking and the CEO (2007). Kostas is a member in various professional and academic associations such as the International Association for Energy Economics, Financial Engineering and Banking Society, and Technical Chamber of Greece. Moreover, he is a member of the Energy Commission of the Industry and Parliament Trust in the UK. He is also a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma honour society, which recognizes outstanding academic achievements of students enrolled in collegiate business and management programs. Kostas’ mother tongue is Greek, he is fluent in English, and has a basic knowledge in Italian. He lives in London with his wife Chrysoula and his two children, Maria and Dimitris.

Dr Manouchehr Takin is a specialist in oil production capacity and costs in the Gulf, Iran, the North Sea and non-OPEC. He has spent nine years at the OPEC Secretariat and over fifteen years in the oil industry. Dr Takin has a PhD in geophysics from Cambridge University.

Anastasis Kokkinos is currently Director at Esanda, who specialize in oil and gas training, field development planning and cost estimation, utilising the leading industry standard QUE$TOR offshore and onshore. Anastasis has almost 30 years oil and gas experience, having working for: BP, ESSO, IHS Energy, SASOL Petroleum International, and currently Esanda. The company's main area of expertise are in: rapid field development planning and costing, economics and commercialisation.

John has 20 years’ oil and gas experience with a diverse range of E&P companies and consultancies. He has a petroleum engineering background, although has specialized in commercial roles both in the UK and the USA with CNR, Amerada Hess and most recently the BG Group as economics manager. John has run his own consultancy since 2008 with projects in Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Angola, Ivory Coast, Brazil, SE Asia, UK North sea, the Falklands and most recently Turkmenistan. John has sat within and more recently run new venture teams with global remits, both in conventional E&P, commercialization of gas through LNG and Coal Bed Methane.

Stuart is a versatile Geoscientist, who joined Novas in June 2009 after graduating from Imperial College with an MSci in Geology and Geophysics. Stuart is a skilled user of industry software packages, such as REP, ArcGIS and Kingdom: he works regularly on asset due diligence with particular focus on reserves estimation. He has conducted acreage reviews across a number of basins and plays, giving him a wide knowledge of the world’s petroleum provinces. He also has specialised knowledge of shale gas plays. Stuart is capable of reporting in a wide range of formats dependent on the client’s requirements. Prior to university, Stuart spent a gap year working for Crescent Petroleum in Sharjah, gaining experience in production simulation for a gas-condensate field. Stuart has previously worked for 3Legs Resources investigating shale gas opportunities in Europe. Stuart is a member of the PESGB and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London.