Power & Gas Briefing London

Gillian joined Kpler in September 2024 and leads our global LNG and natural gas service across Flows and Insight. She has worked in the commodity industry for the past 15 years with roles spanning research, trading and consulting. She has focused on the gas and LNG markets for the past 11 years, initially working as a hedge trader for the LNG desk at Gazprom Marketing & Trading and later leading the Natural Gas team for Energy Solutions at McKinsey & Company serving clients on strategic and commercial topics globally. Gillian is based in London and holds a Phd in Atmospheric Physics from Ecole Polytechnique and an MSci in Physics from Imperial College.

Laura joined Kpler in July 2021 and is leading the build-out of the natural gas and LNG Insight service, which has comprehensive coverage of LNG, European and US natural gas market fundamentals, as well as JKM, TTF and Henry Hub price forecasts. She has been analysing commodity markets for over 12 years, covering a broad range of markets including metals, fertilisers, European power and LNG. Laura has been focusing on LNG markets since 2015, working at Argus Media as Deputy Editor of the LNG Daily report and at Refinitiv (now LSEG) as Lead LNG analyst. Laura is based in London and holds a BA and MSc in Economics from the University of Exeter.

Alessandro Armenia is an energy analyst leading the Power Analytics team. He holds 3 nationalities and is fluent in 5 languages (Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, English). His academic journey includes a BSc in physics engineering at Politecnico di Milano and a double-degree master’s in Energy Engineering, studying at IST in Portugal and École Polytechnique in France. Before joining Kpler, he worked at TotalEnergies as a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) analyst, applying his expertise in modeling and techno-economic analysis to assess the feasibility of 'CCS-as-a-service' adoption in the industry. In parallel, he was the InnoStation podcast voice for 2 years, interviewing over 15 CEOs and co-founders of energy startups driving the energy transition. At Kpler, Alessandro focuses on developing new products such as the Power Insights offering (crafting technical reports, forward-looking articles, and power price forecasts alerts) while interfacing and presenting to clients. His expertise lies in European power markets, particularly the short-term and balancing markets in the CWE region. He remains committed to ensuring that Kpler delivers the most accurate and forward-looking energy data and insights available.