Speakers

Atul Arya, Chief Energy Strategist, S&P Global, is responsible for integrating energy content, analysis and insights across the entire energy value chain and for C-suite client engagements. Atul’s areas of expertise include energy strategy, upstream oil and gas, energy markets, energy technologies, climate change and energy transition. He held leadership positions with BP globally in oil and gas, solar PV, technology planning and corporate strategy. Atul has served on boards of companies and institutions including Tata BP Solar, Green Mountain Energy and National Council for Atmospheric Research. He was a member of the World Economic Forum’s Agenda Councils on Climate Change, Advanced Energy Technologies & Future of Oil and Gas. Atul was the Study Director for the US National Petroleum Council Principles and Oil & Gas Industry Initiatives and Technologies for Progressing to Net Zero (2022). He was the lead author of the Report on Multidimensional Energy Transition (2023) and coauthor of the paper The Troubled Energy Transition: How to Find a Pragmatic Path Forward in Foreign Affairs (2025). Atul led the program design and was lead moderator for India Energy Forum by CERAWeek from 2017 to 2021. He is a speaker and moderator at public conferences, company boards and industry events and is a member of the CERAWeek leadership team. Atul is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in engineering.