Manfred Hafner is Professor of International Energy Studies (Economics and Geopolitics of Energy) teaching at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS Europe), Bologna, Italy, and at the Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Paris, France. He also owns, and is CEO of, HEAS AG, Zug, Switzerland, an international energy strategy consultancy firm. In the course of his over 30-year career, he has extensively consulted for governments, international organizations and the energy industry all over the world.
Pier Paolo Raimondi is a researcher in the "Energy, Climate and Resources" programme of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome, Italy, and a PhD candidate at the Catholic University, Milan, Italy. His research focuses on energy markets, geopolitics and geoeconomics in various geographical areas, mainly MENA, Europe and Africa.
Benedetta Bonometti works in the Commercial Negotiations Department in Eni, Milan, Italy. Her main research interests relate to energy (fossil fuels, renewable energy and energy transition policies), socioeconomic development and governance in the Middle East