The Co-Presidents of the Global Energy Assessment Council are Mr. Ged Davis and Prof. Jose Goldemberg.

Ged Davis is currently advisor to a number of international institutions, and has wide experience of global business, energy and environment matters. He was until March 2007 Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, responsible for global research, scenario projects, and the design of the annual Forum meeting at Davos, Switzerland. Before joining the Forum Ged spent 30 years with Royal Dutch Shell, which he joined in 1972. He was the Vice President of Global Business Environment for Shell International in London, and head of Shell’s scenario planning team.

Ged is a member of a number of advisory boards, and holds a degree in Mining Engineering from Imperial College, London, and postgraduate degrees in Economics and Engineering from the London School of Economics and Stanford University.

Jose Goldemberg recently served as Secretary for the Environment of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, and is currently a Professor Emeritus at the University of São Paulo, from which he earned his Ph.D. in Physical Science. He has also served as Rector and full Professor of the University of São Paulo from 1986-89. From 1983-86 he was Director of the Energy Company of the State of São Paulo and from 1990-92 served the federal government in various capacities: as the Secretary of State for Science and Technology; as interim Secretary of the Environment, where he administered Brazil’s participation in the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro; and as Minister of Education. He has authored many technical papers and books on nuclear physics, environment, and energy and has served as president of the Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science. Jose Goldemberg also served as Chairman of the Editorial board and a lead author of the World Energy Assessment. In 2008 he was awarded the Blue Planet Prize 2008 of the Asahi Glass Foundation (Japan).

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