SPEAKER

Klaas Mantel

Chief Operating Officer (COO) of ADNOC Distribution

Senior Global Downstream Retail and Commercial executive. Joined ADNOC Distribution as Chief Operating Officer in 2023. Commercially and Operationally responsible for Fuel and Convenience Retail, Commercial Fuels, EV charging, H2, LPG, Aviation, Lubricants and Terminal operations and logistics in the UAE and KSA. Former leader of McKinsey & Company’s Global Mobility Retail practice, based in Japan. Served Retail, Downstream Oil & Gas and FMCG companies globally on business transformation and energy transition related topics. Thought leader on electric vehicle charging strategy and infrastructure deployment, speaker at industry events and co-host of round tables and webinars. Over 25 years of experience across the energy industry, the majority of which was with Shell in various senior Operational, Marketing and Business Development positions across the Europe, Africa and Asia, including Global head of Convenience Retail (~ $ 6Bn sales, ~9500 stores, 26 markets). Non-executive board director of Total Energies Marketing Egypt (50-50 JV Totalenergies and ADNOC Distribution), ADGC KSA (100% affiliate of ADNOC Distribution) and Adjust Holding, a PE and Privately held Netherlands based procurement consultancy. Member of the Interational Board of Directors of NACS, the US based Global industry association for convenience and fuel retail. Holder of the INSEAD Certificate in Corporate Governance (IDP-C).