Jefferson Edwards

Jefferson Edwards

• General Manager, Global Gas & LNG Market Development Shell

Jefferson Edwards is General Manager, Global Gas Policy and Advocacy, for Royal Dutch Shell, based in the Hague.  Mr. Edwards is responsible for Shell’s global policy and advocacy efforts related to natural gas market development and regulatory affairs in emerging markets. Prior to his current role, he has held various commercial and strategy roles within Shell’s Upstream and Integrated Gas businesses, based in London, the Hague and Singapore. Most recently, Mr. Edwards served as the commercial lead for Shell’s re-entry into Myanmar while running Shell’s upstream origination team in Asia.  Prior to joining Shell, Mr. Edwards was Director of Asian Energy Research for Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA). He holds a MS in International Business Diplomacy from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.