Executive Advanced Master Classes

Expert

Dr Jean-Pierre FAVENNEC
Consultant 
WD Cooperation et Fair Links, French Institute of Petroleum (IFP)

Jean Pierre Favennec has a degree from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques - master in chemical engineering - (Nancy - France)  and a degree in Oil Economics from the IFP School.

He began his career as a consultant in the oil industry and worked on a number of projects in the field of gas production, refining, and petrochemical complexes, including  numerous studies concerning the strategies, pricing, and profitability of these sectors. He was a project manager  in over fifty different countries from South America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe. Since 1990 Jean Pierre Favennec has been a professor at the IFP School where initially he was  head of the "Economics and Corporate Management". He was  responsible for training seminars for the major energy companies in France and worldwide. He was appointed Director of the Centre for Economics and Management at the IFP School in October 2000.

Jean Pierre Favennec is a specialist in  energy, including energy economics, geopolitics and the strategic aspects. He has also worked more specifically on the downstream sector of the hydrocarbons industry, and  has written a number of papers on these subjects. He  is the editor of three books : Refining Economics and Management, Research and Production of Oil and Gas : Reserves, Costs, Contracts and Energy Markets    (published in January 2006 in French). Several books are under preparation, including a book on Energy Geopolitics in 2006.