Laurent Ruseckas

S&P Global

Executive Director, Finance & Capital Markets (Gas Power Renewables)

Laurent Ruseckas is Executive Director for the Finance & Capital Markets team at S&P Global Commodity Insights, overseeing research on gas, power, and renewables for the firm's financial clients. Ruseckas has worked for 30 years advising energy companies and financial institutions in support of their energy investments, with a main focus on the natural gas sector in the EMEA region and the role of gas in the energy transition. Ruseckas has led several dozen strategic consulting projects over the past 15 years, including multiple mandates in which he advised on transactions or project financing of energy investments in Azerbaijan, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. He previously worked in the oil transportation sector in Baku, Azerbiajan; and ran the Europe and Eurasia practice at Eurasia Group, the political risk consultancy. A Russian speaker, Mr. Ruseckas holds a BA from Harvard University (Cambridge, USA), and he passed comprehensive examinations in the PhD program in political science at Columbia University (New York, United States). He is based in London.

Sessions With Laurent Ruseckas

Monday, 6 March

  • 01:00pm - 01:30pm (CST) / 06/mar/2023 07:00 pm - 06/mar/2023 07:30 pm

    Hydrogen Policy: Setting the ground rules
    Panel
    Europe has led in recent years in establishing policy targets and support mechanisms for low-carbon hydrogen. But the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, with its generous tax credits for hydrogen projects, seems to have put the United States in a leadership position—and is causing the EU to rethink its own approach. Is this now a competition – or will funding support in any jurisdiction help accelerate hydrogen development overall? Looking globally, what is the scale of the future opportunity for partnerships between potential low-cost hydrogen suppliers in the Middle East and Africa and potential importers in Europe and Asia?

Tuesday, 7 March

  • 11:55am - 12:45pm (CST) / 07/mar/2023 05:55 pm - 07/mar/2023 06:45 pm

    Mideast Gulf: Geopolitics versus markets
    Upstream Oil & Gas
    Never tranquil, the Mideast Gulf region is facing a wave of challenges ranging from developments in Iran to redefining relations with the world’s superpowers at a time of war and energy anxieties. How the countries in the Mideast Gulf respond to the pull and push of geopolitics and markets now will define their longer-term possibilities and future. What choices might they make and what may be the outcomes?

Wednesday, 8 March

  • 09:30am - 10:00am (CST) / 08/mar/2023 03:30 pm - 08/mar/2023 04:00 pm

    Financing Hydrogen: A new sector for capital markets
    Perceptions of low-carbon hydrogen in capital markets underwent a dramatic positive shift in 2022. This is partly due to the generous tax credits provided in the Inflation Reduction Act, but it also speaks to the increasing credibility of hydrogen from a technology and policy perspective as companies and governments continue to develop their hydrogen strategies. Will investments in hydrogen—both in production and in developing use-cases—begin to attract a significant share of energy transition capital in the years ahead?
  • 03:15pm - 03:55pm (CST) / 08/mar/2023 09:15 pm - 08/mar/2023 09:55 pm

    Future of Gas: Innovation and new business models
    Gas & LNG
    The natural gas industry had an eventful 2022 as Europe’s largest source of pipeline gas was largely removed from the supply mix—putting sharp upward pressure on global LNG demand, and consequently on prices. Security of gas supply has moved to the top of the agenda, while in many markets the question of affordability looms large. As the gas market normalizes in 2023 and beyond, how will the changing strategies of companies and policymakers affect the trajectory of global gas? How can the gas industry continue to play a growing role in meeting the needs of energy consumers as well as the imperative of sustainability?
  • 05:30pm - 06:00pm (CST) / 08/mar/2023 11:30 pm - 09/mar/2023 12:00 am

    Book Talk with Marco Alverà | The Hydrogen Revolution
    Please join us to hear from Marco Alverà about his book, The Hydrogen Revolution: A Blueprint for the Future of Clean Energy, and to engage in an interactive Q&A session. Followed by an opportunity to receive a signed copy of the book in our Agora Atrium.

Thursday, 9 March

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