Kristine Klavers has worked in the global energy industry for nearly 30 years and has deep experience in the entire energy chain, including energy commodity markets, refining operations and vehicle engine design, and petrochemicals and transportation fuels markets. Since moving to the U.S. in 1996, she has worked in energy market consulting, first launching and building the global consulting business at Hart Energy, where she was instrumental in building Hart’s rapid growth in global fuel quality, biofuels and refining. At Argus Media, Klavers built a consulting business reflecting subject matters from crude, metals, fertilizers, petrochemicals and biofuels, and biomass. Before coming to the U.S., she worked as a process engineer for JGC in Japan and as an oxygenated fuels specialist for Arco Chemicals (LyondellBasell) in the U.K. She holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Twente University in the Netherlands, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology holds a patent for her methane coupling catalyst. Klavers is an official member of the National Petroleum Council, a coach at Women of Energy, and a board member for the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce and her local Rotary.