Current Debate Speaker: Octávio Simões

Octávio Simões

• President Sempra LNG & Midstream

Octávio M. C. Simões is president of Sempra LNG & Midstream, where he directs all LNG and related midstream operations.  Sempra LNG & Midstream leads Sempra Energy’s initiatives to develop and build natural gas liquefaction facilities, LNG receipt terminals and midstream natural gas infrastructure. Sempra LNG & Midstream is active in the sale of LNG worldwide.

Simões has more than 30 years of experience in the energy industry, serving as a project manager, project developer, consultant and asset manager in the United States, Latin America and Europe.

Simões holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth.