The WPC Energy Young Professionals Committee was set up in 2006 in response to the serious shortage of young talented employees to replace the ranks of experienced professionals about to leave the industry. The committee is intended to promote a realistic image of the energy industry amongst the youth together with its challenges and opportunities. It has also created a collaborative and global forum for young people to be heard and new ideas to be championed.
In order to better engage with the target audience of young professionals and students the WPC Energy Youth Committee was re-named WPC Energy Young Professionals in 2015.
Encouraging unconventional thinking
“It is important that young people are at the forefront of resolving this issue as they are the ones who will inherit this industry and should be involved in crafting its future” said the WPC Energy President, Pedro Miras.
The main focus areas of the WPC Energy Young Professionals Committee include the creation of a strong network, the set-up of an effective communication plan, the definition of a sustainable strategy for the young professionals committee and a strong presence at major activities of WPC Energy and in other areas of the industry. For more details on the WPC Energy YP Committees activities click here. At the 24th WPC Energy Congress in Calgary in September 2023 the Council affirmed the new members of the WPC Youth Committee for the cycle 2023 - 2026 which have been nominated by their National Committees.
The members of the WPC Young Professionals Committee are:
- Mr Georg Ripperger - Austria
- Mr Karel De Raeve – Belgium
- Ms Amanda Rocha Mograbi - Brazil / Alternate: Ms Juliana Caulo
- Mr Shamus Hardie- Canada (YPC Chair)
- Mr Kai Wang – China
- Mr Jan Mokry - Czech Republic / Alternate: Mr Jonas Hurtik
- Ms Sydney Riegert - Germany
- Mr Marton Takacs – Hungary
- Mr Mostafa Orooji – Iran
- Mr Zhantemir Sarsenov – Kazakhstan
- Mrs Dalal F Alohali- Kuwait / Alternate: Eng Mohammad Al Rashed
- Ms Hasnaa Lamik - Morocco
- Mr Mathias Dahl Venberget - Norway
- Ms Edyta Stopyra – Poland / Alternate: Mr Patryk Bijak
- Mr Mihai Simionescu – Romania / Alternate: Mr Petre Marcel Maxim
- Ms Anna Svetkovskaya – Russia (YPC Vice Chair) / Alternate: Mrs Elena Maliukhina
- Ms Ahaad Turki - Saudi Arabia
- Ms Jelena Zivic – Serbia
- Ms Martina Valachovicova – Slovakia
- Mr Iñigo Ullibarri – Spain / Alternate: Ms Laura Keelling
- Mr Yümnü Cansin Ersay – Türkiye
- Ms Jing Xiao – UK / Alternate: Ms Georgina MacNaughton
- Dr David Lankford-Bravo – USA / Alternate: Mr Maziar Zarea