Advisory Board • Editorial Team • NGW in the Media
EDITORIAL TEAM
Our editorial team led by editor- in- chief William Powell and news editor Mark Smedley comprises accomplished and talented journalists, analysts and energy experts who provide daily coverage and opinion on the latest developments in natural gas, offering unique and independent insight to topical and relevant gas matters from around the world.
William PowellEditor in Chief
William has been reporting and commenting on Europe's gas markets for 20 years. He started in journalism at PH Energy Analysis (now ICIS Heren) in 1995, shortly before the UK devised the National Balancing Point -- Europe's first gas hub. His subsequent career has included senior management and editorial positions at FT Energy, Petroleum Economist, Argus Media and Platts, where he latterly edited International Gas Report. His focus has been on regional markets and how they function. William also speaks Russian and has had several literary/academic translations published. Contact: william.powell@naturalgasworld.com |
Mark SmedleyNews Editor |
Shardul SharmaAsia Editor
Shardul holds a bachelors degree in economics and post graduate degree in management. Since 2005 has worked in economic think tank, commodity brokerage and media houses covering agricultural commodities. He has been tracking the natural gas market across Asia and contributing to Natural Gas Asia since 2011. Takes a keen interest in global economical and political developments. |
Dale LunanAmericas Editor
Dale has been covering the Canadian oil and gas industry for more than 35 years, starting out as an associate editor of Oilweek, Canada’s leading oil and gas news magazine, in 1981, as the industry was being pummelled by the hated National Energy Program. In 1984, he joined the staff of the Daily Oil Bulletin, the country’s leading daily oil and gas industry news service, serving in various editorial capacities, including associate editor. In 2000, he re-joined Oilweek, now a monthly publication, as news and statistics editor, before being named editor of the publication in 2007, a position he held for the next nine years. |
Charles EllinasChief Features Writer
Charles Ellinas is CEO of e-CNHC which offers advisory services and project management in the energy and oil and gas sectors. Previously, as CEO of KRETYK he was responsible for implementing Cyprus government’s strategy for the development of its hydrocarbons sector. He was previously a Director of Mott MacDonald and the Managing Director of Mott MacDonald’s Oil, Gas & Petrochemical business world-wide, with over 35 years experience in the sector. He started his career in industry with JP Kenny. Charles Ellinas is a Non-resident Senior Fellow, US Atlantic Council |
Nathan RichardsonAustralia Editor Nathan is a freelance journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He received a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Journalism, from Griffith University in 2008. He worked for two years from 2009 covering the Australian coal industry for Energy Publishing, before moving to London, UK, where he was employed from 2011-2016 as an editor for S&P Global Platts on European gas markets. He currently reports on a range of industries, including coal, iron ore, gas and LNG. |
Dalga KhatinogluAnalyst Dalga is Natural Gas World's expert on Iran's energy sector and head of Trend Agency's Iran news service. |
Ilham ShabanAnalyst Ilham is Natural Gas World's expert on Caspian region energy issues. |
Ya'acov ZalelIsrael Correspondent Ya'acov has practiced journalism for 30 years, mainly as automotive correspondent for various Israeli media outlets like Ha'aretz daily. Lately I contribute op-ed articles to Globes business daily concerning natural gas and regional geo-politics. I was editor of a few professional and popular automotive periodicals, as well as websites. In the last few years, as Israelis showed interest in Electric Cars and natural gas was discovered off shore Israel I began to link more closely between transportation and energy, hence my interest in the energy industry. He holds an MA in automotive Journalism from Coventry University (UK). |
Koen Mortelmans
Koen Mortelmans is a Belgium based freelance journalist, mainly writing about energy, environment, construction and science. He started writing for newspapers and magazines while studying for his university degrees in history, documentation & library sciences and philosophy. Later, he did some teaching and also spent some time in historical research projects, mainly about the Ancien Régime and the Belle Époque periods. He wrote several books about the history of sports and leisure. For Natural Gas World, he covers the Benelux. |
Audrey Raj
Based in Singapore, Audrey is an experienced energy and business correspondent with over a decade of reporting experience. Specializing in commodities since 2012, Audrey follows global oil and gas developments closely, covering Asia-Pacific political, financial, and investment news, including technologies that impact the energy market. Her work spans across news media outlets in Singapore, Australia, and the US, where she has held senior editorial positions in PetroMin, The Courier Mail, Business New Australia, Asian Trade Press, and most recently Asian Oil & Gas, where she served as editor and associate publisher. |
Tim Daiss
Tim Daiss is an American journalist/analyst that has been based in Asia for the past 12 years, currently in Vietnam. He has worked for Platts, Forbes, Interfax and several UK and Singapore-based energy consultancies. His analysis and news reports have been published and cited in media outlets in the US, Japan, China, the UK and Russia and have been translated into several languages in foreign print media and used in television news reports.
He holds a B.B.A. in Finance, and a M.A. He is also the author of three books.
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Sophie Davies
Sophie Davies is a freelance journalist and editor based between London and Barcelona. She previously worked in London as a financial journalist at Thomson Reuters, S&P Global and Interfax, writing about commodities and infrastructure. She lived and worked in Latin America between 2013 and 2017, first in Argentina then in Brazil. |
Linas JegeleviciusBaltics Correspondent Linas is a 44-year-old Lithuanian full-time editor of regional newspaper in western Lithuania and freelance journalist with an extensive journalistic experience. He contributes to a number of English publications, including Riga-based The Baltic Times, Prague-based bne.eu, NYC-based Renewable Energy World and others. |
John FraserSouth Africa Correspondent After working for Fleet Street Newspapers and independent radio in the UK, he has held editorial positions at South Africa's two business dailies, and for some years was host of the Classic Business drive-time evening show. |
Omono Juliana OkonkwoNigeria Correspondent
Omono Juliana Okonkwo is a correspondent for Natural Gas World. She is resident in Nigeria. A Graduate of Mass Communication and a Researcher, her writing interests revolve around Oil and Gas, Policy, Innovation, and Business.
She has written for several platforms including Daily Trust, Edufrica, Ventures Africa and Premium Times. When she is not writing, she dedicates her time to learning different cultures through travel. She can be followed on Twitter @OmonosInk
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