Mr. Drebentsov joined BP in February 2006 to take responsibility for economic and energy research and policy advice for the BP Group in countries of the former Soviet Union. Additional responsibilities include coverage of European gas markets for BP Group Economics and global gas reserves and trade for the annual Statistical Review of World Energy. In 2010, Mr. Drebentsov assumed the additional role of Vice-President for External Affairs of BP Russia. Since November 2008, he has been serving on the Expert Council of the Government of Russia’s Anti-Crisis Commission.
Prior to joining BP Mr. Drebentsov’s career includes positions as Senior Economist at the World Bank, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for US and Canada, Associate Professor and Senior Researcher at the Graduate School of International Business at the Government of Russia’s Academy of National Economy. Mr. Drebentsov holds a PhD (“The state regulation of energy in Canada”) and is author and co-author of over 50 publications.
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