North American Crude Oil Exports Virtual Summit

Matt joined Parsley in 2010 to build the Engineering Department. He was named Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2014 and in January 2017, was promoted to President/COO and CEO in 2019. Prior to Parsley, Matt spent five years at Pioneer Natural Resources in a variety of roles including Reservoir Engineer for the Gulf of Mexico Shelf and Hugoton Field plays and Production and Operations Engineer for the Spraberry Trend, before serving as the company’s Investor Relations Supervisor. A third generation petroleum engineer, Matt has a BS in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He serves on the boards of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, the American Exploration and Production Council, and the Permian Strategic Partnership, and is a member of the Permian Basin Society of Petroleum Engineers and the West Texas Geological Society. Follow him on Twitter at @MattG_PE.

Helima is a Managing Director and the Global Head of Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets. She specializes in geopolitics and energy, leading a team of commodity strategists that cover energy, metals and cross-commodity investor activity. Helima is a member of the National Petroleum Council, a select group of individuals who advise, inform and make recommendations to the Secretary of Energy with respect to any matter relating to oil and natural gas. She also is a CNBC contributor, a member of the channel’s exclusive family of experts, is on the Board of Directors for the Atlantic Council, a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a member of the Oxford Energy Policy Club. Helima joined RBC Capital Markets from Barclays, where she was a Managing Director and Head of North American Commodities Research. Prior to that, she worked in Lehman’s Business Intelligence group, the Council on Foreign Relations and the Central Intelligence Agency, where she focused on geopolitics and commodities. Helima has received many industry accolades throughout her career and received her PhD in economic history from Princeton in 2001.

Francisco is a managing director and head of Global Commodities and Derivatives Research at BofA Global Research. Previously, he was head of Global Asset Allocation Research. Based in New York, Francisco is also a member of the research investment and operating management committees. In 2005, Francisco joined Merrill Lynch in London. He developed the ICE Merrill Lynch Commodity Index eXtra (MLCX) and 500+ related investable strategies in asset classes as diverse as commodities, equities, fixed income and foreign exchange. Research produced by the Commodities, Asset Allocation and Global Derivatives teams has been recognized by Institutional Investor, Extel, Greenwich, Bloomberg, and Energy Risk, among others. Francisco appears regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and CNN, and his research has been publicized in media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times and Washington Post. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Francisco was an energy economist focusing on global oil and gas in the commodity research group at Goldman Sachs & Co. He also consulted for the European Commission. Francisco received his doctorate in economics from Complutense University of Madrid and a master’s degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was a teaching fellow in financial markets. He also completed graduate work in economics at the University of California at Berkeley and was a Korea Foundation fellow at Seoul National University.

Neil is Head of the IEA’s Oil Industry and Markets Division and his primary role is editor of the monthly Oil Market Report. In addition, he oversees the publication of the Agency’s annual five-year oil market forecast and he interacts with IEA member governments, external stakeholders and the media on oil market issues. A British citizen, Neil joined the IEA in January 2016 following 36 years of experience in oil analysis/management positions at Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., Platts, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Energy Intelligence Group, KBC Energy Economics, and Informa plc. He was Honorary Secretary of the British Institute of Energy Economics and is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fuellers in London.

Nick is General Manager, Global Crude Oil and NGL for ConocoPhillips. Nick has more than 26 years of commercial experience in energy trading and management roles. Nick began his career at Conoco as a risk analyst, bringing experience in oil trading and derivatives gained over three years working for J. P. Morgan and ED &F Man on the International Petroleum Exchange. In 2000, Nick managed European gasoline trading, before taking a position as trading director for Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. Allen returned to ConocoPhillips in 2006 to manage the European Natural Gas and Power Trading desk. In 2012, Nick became manager of Europe Commercial, with responsibility for the marketing, trading and commercial development of ConocoPhillips’ equity crude oil, NGL and natural gas production in Europe and Africa. In January 2017, he relocated to Houston assuming his current role. His group has offices in Houston, Calgary, London and Singapore with responsibility for marketing and trading Conocophillips’ liquids production.

John is the Director of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Analysis at the U.S. Energy Information Administration. John directs EIA’s analysis and modeling of petroleum and natural gas market economics, resources, reserves, production, refining, pipeline and rail flows, trade, exports, shale gas, tight oil, biofuels, and technology change. He is responsible for petroleum and natural gas, long-term domestic and international projections, as published in EIA's Annual Energy Outlook and International Energy Outlook, respectively, short-term forecasts, as published in EIA's Short-Term Energy Outlook, and topical analyses, as published in EIA's Today in Energy and Natural Gas Weekly Update. He previously worked in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Policy and International Affairs, has served detail assignments at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and the International Energy Agency (IEA), and was a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi. He is a native of South Dakota, received an undergraduate degree in physics from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., and a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago.

Ed is Senior Market Analyst at OANDA and former Chief Currency Strategist at Trading Advantage. For two decades, he has been heavily involved in the financial markets as a world-renowned educator, trader, investor, and global market strategist. He is known for his intermarket analysis, coverage of geopolitical events, central bank policies and market reaction to corporate news. A graduate of Rutgers University, with a BA in economics, Ed has worked with some of the world’s leading forex brokerages, research teams, and news departments on Wall Street. His expertise includes stocks, commodities, fixed income and currencies. Ed is a regular guest expert on several major financial television networks including CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Yahoo Finance Live, Fox Business and Cheddar TV. He is often quoted on Reuters, MarketWatch, Forbes, Breitbart, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Phil is Executive Vice President, Business Development of EnerVest, Ltd. Before joining EnerVest in 2006, he served as Vice President – Business Development of EOG Resources, Inc. Prior to his employment with EOG Resources, Inc., Phil was Manager – Business Development of Tenneco Ventures Corp., Vice President – Land & Acquisitions of McCormick Resources, Inc. and held various leadership positions at Tenneco Oil E&P Co. from 1979 to 1996. He served as President of the Petroleum Club of Houston during 2018 – 2019. Phil served from 2007 - 2013 as Houston Regional Director and a member of the Board of Directors of the Independent Petroleum Association of America. In June 2005 he received the IPAA Leadership Award for his industry contributions. He currently serves on the boards of the World Affairs Council of Houston, where he was Chairman in 2007, and the Palmer Drug Abuse Program. He is also an active member of the Houston Producers’ Forum, AIPN, AAPL, TIPRO, SPE Business Development Study Group, and the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. Phil earned a Bachelors of Arts degree from Oklahoma State University.