Participant Biographies

Mikkal Herberg

Mikkal Herberg

Research Director, Energy Security Program, National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
Session 1 - "Geopolitics of Shale"

Mr. Herberg is Research Director of NBR’s Energy Security Program. He is also a senior lecturer on international and Asian energy at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. Previously, he spent 20 years in the oil industry in Strategic Planning roles for ARCO (now BP), where from 1997 to 2000 he was Director for Global Energy and Economics, responsible for worldwide energy, economic, and political analysis. He also headed country risk management and held previous positions including Director of Portfolio Risk Management and Director for Emerging Markets. Mr. Herberg writes and speaks extensively on Asian energy issues to the energy industry, governments, and major research institutions in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe. He is cited frequently in the media, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, South China Morning Post, Asahi Shimbun, Reuters, NIKKEI News, Caijing, and National Public Radio.