March 3, 2010

Reyad Fezzani, Chief Executive Officer, BP Solar

Reyad Fezzani is CEO of BP Solar, a pioneering, global solar energy company of BP. Reyad has lived and worked in many parts of the world from which he has developed a deep knowledge and understanding of global business and economics. He will speak from first-hand experience about the peaceful rise of Chinese capitalism, including its recent and growing influence in the solar energy industry.

Reyad Fezzani, Chief Executive Officer, BP Solar



Reyad Fezzani is the Chief Executive Officer, BP Solar. He runs the largest and most established renewable energy business in BP’s Alternative Energy portfolio. He is also Chairman of Tata BP Solar, a 20-year old Indian joint venture.



BP Solar is a global company with around 2200 employees in ten countries. It designs, manufactures and markets solar products for use in the residential, commercial, industrial and utility sectors. With over 35 years of experience, BP Solar is one of the world's leading solar companies. BP Solar has a solar cell and module manufacturing plant in Bangalore, India; casting, wafering and cell manufacturing in Frederick, MD, USA; and module manufacturing in Xi’an, China. BP Solar annually invests millions of dollars in photovoltaic research and development.



Prior to this role, Reyad was the Chief Executive Officer, BP Global Chemicals business Aromatics & Acetyls (A&A) based in Hong Kong.



Reyad was also the Head of the Executive Office of the Group Chief Executive, Lord Browne of Madingley at the time when BP launched its Alternative and Renewables Energy business. He supported all aspects of the Group Chief Executive agenda, internally and externally, and was a member of the management committee of the BP Group.



Since joining BP in 1989, Reyad has held a number of senior operational and commercial roles across the BP Group. These include Senior Vice-President, US Fuels Marketing; Vice-President, Europe Supply & Logistics; Vice-President of Government & Public Affairs in Exploration and Production (E&P); Project Leader, Mergers & Acquisitions for E&P in Europe and on staff of BP Finance.  He has worked for BP in China, Europe, North Africa and the US.



Reyad holds a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology from Imperial College, London. He is a Chartered Engineer, and a Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, and the Energy Institute. He also is a Board Director of the Bay Area Council in San Francisco, CA.



He is married with three children.



Source: energyseminar.stanford.edu/node/203

1. Global Climate Architectural Policy
2. Demystifying and De-Jargoning the Smart Grid
3. U.S. Shale Gas: From Resources and Reserves to Carbon Isotope Anomalies
4. Extending the Grid: Transmission Siting Issues and How to Resolve Them
5. Integrating More Than 50% Wind on the Grid: A Case Study
6. Controlling Climate Change after Copenhagen
7. The Energy Challenge and the Case for Fusion
8. COP15 and the Stanford Student Experience
9. China's Growing Global Influence: A Solar Energy Perspective

The Energy Seminar is produced by the Woods Institute and the Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE) at Stanford University. and is comprised of an interdisciplinary series of talks primarily by Stanford experts on a broad range of energy topics.







The Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE) has been established as a new independent institute at Stanford that engages in a broad-ranging, interdisciplinary program of research and education on energy - applying fundamental research to the problem of supplying energy in environmentally and economically acceptable ways, using it efficiently, and facing the behavioral, social, and policy challenges of creating new energy systems for the U.S. and the world.