About Ian IAN NATHAN leads ʶԳ’s Gas and LNG Research practice. Focus areas include demand drivers, supply risk, contracting and pricing trends, government priorities, corporate gas value-chain strategy and new market development.His recent major event presentations have focused on long-term policy and LNG demand scenarios, corporate gas and LNG strategy ambiguity, LNG project risk frameworks, the future of low-carbon LNG and the global impact of new LNG market development. Recently, he conducted the peer review for the Gulf Exporting Countries Forum’s 7th Global Gas Outlook 2050.Mr. Nathan has spent his career analyzing energy matters and advising oil companies, institutional investors and other stakeholders on oil and gas markets, opportunities and risks. He has contributed to several ʶԳ publications, including Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, World Gas Intelligence and ʶԳ Premium. Publication leadership roles include the ʶԳ Top 100: Global NOC and IOC Rankings, of which he was Editor for four editions.Prior to joining ʶԳ, Mr. Nathan served as Associate Director, Energy and Geopolitical Research at Burnham Securities, and Assistant Vice President, Energy and Geopolitical Research at Hoenig & Co., focusing on oil markets, along with the Middle East and former Soviet Union regions.Mr. Nathan has an MA in international political economy and development from Fordham University, following a BA in political science from George Washington University.