Spencer Dale is group chief economist of BP plc. He manages BP’s global economics team, providing economic input into the firm’s commercial decisions. BP’s economics team also produces the annual Statistical Review of World Energy and Global Energy Outlook.

Spencer Dale joined BP as group chief economist in October 2014. Prior to that, he was executive director for financial stability at the Bank of England and a member of the Financial Policy Committee. Between 2008 and 2014, Spencer was chief economist of the Bank of England and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee. Spencer joined the Bank of England in 1989 and served in numerous roles, including private secretary to Mervyn King and head of economic forecasting. Spencer served as a senior advisor at the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors between 2006 and 2008.

He was educated at the University of Wales, gaining a BSc in Economics in 1988 and at the University of Warwick, gaining an MSc in Economics in 1989, whereupon he immediately joined the Bank of England.

Dr. Xiaoping Yang joined BP in 1990 in the US. Since then, she has worked across various business areas. In 2004, she returned to China and has since held various senior roles within the petrochemical business, including HR Director of BP O&D Asia, Planning Manager, Technical Manager and later HSSE and Quality Director of Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical Company Limited. During this time, she also participated in the drafting of Industry Standardization of the People's Republic of China on Work Safety issued by the State Administration of Work Safety, which has contributed significantly to the safety management of China’s oil and gas industry.

Between 2011 and 2014, Dr. Yang worked as General Manager of the BP-Sinopec (Zhejiang) Petroleum Company Limited. In May 2014, she was appointed the Chairperson of BP Zhuhai Chemical Company Limited and then Performance Unit Leader for Aromatics Asia. She took on the position as Deputy General Manager of SECCO in January 2016. In November 2016, she was appointed as President of BP China and Chairperson of BP (China) Holdings Limited.

Dr. Yang holds a MBA degree from the University of Chicago and a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University.

Professor He Jiankun is the professor and the director of Low Carbon Economy Lab of Tsinghua Universtiy, and the deputy director of National Expert Committee on Climate Change. He is also the former Executive Vice President of the University of Tsinghua and former Dean of the School of Economics and Management.
Professor He is a leading professor in the field of energy economics and climate policy. He has been engaged in research on energy system analysis and modeling, counter global climate change strategy, resource management and sustainable development for many years. He has been principal investigators of many national key science and technology projects and international collaborative research projects.
Professor He has been awarded the National Award for Science and Technology progress, the Awards for Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Education of China for three times, and the Awards for Science and Technology Progress at the provincial or ministry level for five times.