Carlos Bellorin, EVP, Welligence Energy Analytics 
Carlos joined Welligence Energy Analytics as Executive Vice President of Macro Insights. Prior to Welligence, he spent 15 years at S&P Global Commodity Insights (SPGCI), and was an external counsel for oil and gas companies and in-house legal counsel at two major Orinoco Oil Belt projects in Venezuela. In 2023, he was appointed Honorary Fellow of the University of Dundee’s Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP). Carlos holds a law degree from the Universidad Catolica ‘Andres Bello’ and an LLM in Petroleum Law and Policy from the University of Dundee (CEPMLP).

David Syed, Partner - Head of Europe Sovereign Advisory, Dentons
As head of Dentons’ Sovereign practice, David represents governments, sovereign wealth funds, and state-owned enterprises on complex finance transactions, transformation and litigation. His practice also focuses on coordinating large diverse teams or consortiums on finance and corporate transactions, including high-value complex cross-border transactions, privatizations and transformation projects ranging from $100 million to multi-billions across many industry sectors including energy, mining, transportation, infrastructure and telecommunications.

David has transactional experience in a wide variety of countries across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia.

He has also been extensively involved on pro-bono matters including, amongst others, being on the Board of Advisors of Indego Africa, a NGO that supports women in Africa through economic empowerment and education (2017-present), as Chairman of Positive Planet UK, a NGO focused on developing economic, social and environmental inclusion around the world in a fair and sustainable way (2015-present) and a member of the UK Board of Trustees for the cultural event Festival d’Aix en Provence (2010-present).

Prior to joining Dentons in November 2017, he was a founding partner of Orrick's Paris office, and the French office of Watson, Farley & Williams. Previously he was in-house counsel at Renault.

In July 2010, David was inducted into the National Order of the Legion of Honor in France. He was also appointed an Officer of the Malagasy National Order in 2018.