IHS is proud to congratulate our own Xizhou Zhou, Head of China Energy, as he is honored as one of Forbes '30 Under 30' in Energy.

Xizhou Zhou, IHS CERA Director, leads the IHS CERA China Energy practice and specializes in gas and power market fundamentals and policy analysis. Based in Beijing, Mr. Zhou is a core member of the IHS energy research and consulting team in Asia.

Mr. Zhou is the author of numerous IHS CERA reports and has managed a variety of consulting engagements. His latest research includes contributing to the IHS CERA Multiclient Study Unconventional Frontier exploring the future of shale gas and coalbed methane outside North America, as well as leading the analysis on the causes and likelihood of future power shortages in China and the implications for the wider energy markets.

Some of the events where you can hear Mr. Zhou speak in 2012 are:

• CERAWeek (March 5-9, Houston)
• World Petrochemical Conference (March 27-29, Houston)
• McCloskey Mongolian Coal Conference (April 19-20, Ulaanbaatar)
• IHS CERA Hong Kong Event (April 24, Hong Kong)
• IHS CERA Singapore Roundtables (April 26, Singapore)
• IHS Global Insight World Economic Outlook Seminar (May 17, Tokyo)
• IHS CERA Beijing Roundtables (May 23, Beijing)
• IHS CERA European Roundtables (June 19-22, Barcelona)

Prior to joining IHS CERA, Mr. Zhou was a consultant engaged in regulatory and energy economics projects at Industrial Economics, Inc. in Boston. Earlier in his career he was a research analyst at the World Resources Institute in Washington, DC, where he focused on energy and transportation in developing Asia and Latin America. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and proficient in Spanish, Mr. Zhou holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Environmental Management degrees from Yale University.