Ed Tockman is Senior Vice President and Head of MENA at Rystad Energy. With over 20 years of experience, he has a deep level of expertise focused on the global energy corporate landscape, financial and strategic drivers, and energy transition forces impacting global investors and energy companies. Throughout his career he has worked to advise clients spanning more than 25 countries on key issues related to cross-border M&A, valuation and financing transactions involving a diverse set of counterparties, upstream energy assets and mid-stream infrastructure. Ed holds a BA in Economics and International Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from Georgetown University.