Irena Agalliu

, Managing Director, IHS Consulting

Irena Agalliu, Managing Director for IHS Consulting, leads the regulatory support offering of IHS CERA Energy and Natural Resources Consulting. She has extensive experience in assessing commercial and regulatory risk and advising governments and NOCs on regulatory and contractual developments that impact E&P activities worldwide and assisting governments in formulating policies and decisions to foster an attractive investment climate.

Ms. Agalliu has led and managed consulting engagements related to development of petroleum legislation for conventional and unconventional resources in various jurisdictions in Africa and Latin America. She managed the above ground challenges and regulatory aspects of IHS CERA multiclient study “Breaking with Convention: Prospects for Unconventional Gas in Europe”. The analysis focused on the role of unconventional gas in the EU Energy Policy, land access and permitting challenges in fiscal systems and authored the study for the US Department of the Interior “Comparative Assessment of the Federal Oil and Gas Fiscal System” 2011. Ms. Agalliu has provided independent expert review of proposed legislation governing petroleum upstream, midstream and downstream activities, revenue management in the oil and gas sector as well as local content participation before legislatures of several African nations. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). Ms. Agalliu was elected to the Board of AIPN in 2008 and served as Vice President of External Affairs for the 2009-2011 term and Vice President of Planning for the 2011-2012 term.

Ms. Agalliu holds a Masters of Laws in petroleum law, policy and economics from the University of Dundee and a law degree from the University of Houston.