Dr. Zaffar Khan (University of the West Indies) Trinidad & Tobago

Zaffar Khan is a Member of the Energy Institute of the UK. He completed the Executive Education Programme in Business Strategy at Harvard Business School. He holds a PhD in Energy Economics and Management. He was a Senior Instructor at UTT and lectured in various disciplines including energy. He spent approximately 20 years at BP both at the Corporate and Operations Management levels functioning mainly as an internal consultant to all departments. He was a consultant to Chevron Texaco on the Loran/Manatee Exploration Project and was highly commended by the Country Manager as well as the President of 99 Climate change: risks and responses in the Caribbean Chevron for his significant contribution to the success of that project. He was a national award nominee and his efforts for his contribution to national development have been recognised by the Office of the Honorable Prime Minister and by the United Nations. He is an Associate Consultant at The Energy Management Institute of New York and a consultant/ speaker with Petrostrategies Inc. He is the designer and implementer, and Programme Director for the MBA in Sustainable Energy Management This programme was shortlisted as one of four finalists for the 2012 AMBA innovation award. He is also Programme Director for the MBA in International Trade, Logistics and Procurement as well as the Programme Director for the Masters in Port and Maritime Management at that institution. In 2013 he was selected as one of the top six nominees for the International Individual of the Year award by the Energy Institute of the UK. In addition he was one of four top international professionals shortlisted for the same award in 2014, he was selected as the winner of the International Individual Achievement Award by the Energy Institute of the UK. This was announced on 13 November 2014 at a Gala ceremony held in London.