• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Laurent Ruseckas

S&P Global

Executive Director, Investing in Energy

Laurent Ruseckas is Executive Director for the Finance & Capital Markets team at S&P Global Commodity Insights, overseeing research on gas, power, and renewables for the firm's financial clients. Ruseckas has worked for 30 years advising energy companies and financial institutions in support of their energy investments, with a main focus on the natural gas sector in the EMEA region and the role of gas in the energy transition. Ruseckas has led several dozen strategic consulting projects over the past 15 years, including multiple mandates in which he advised on transactions or project financing of energy investments in Azerbaijan, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. He previously worked in the oil transportation sector in Baku, Azerbiajan; and ran the Europe and Eurasia practice at Eurasia Group, the political risk consultancy. A Russian speaker, Mr. Ruseckas holds a BA from Harvard University (Cambridge, USA), and he passed comprehensive examinations in the PhD program in political science at Columbia University (New York, United States). He is based in London.

Sessions With Laurent Ruseckas

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 05:55pm - 06:30pm (CST) / -

    Plenary - Europe, Russia and US: Who drives Europe's energy security?

    Geopolitics/Policy/Regulatory

    European energy security—particularly where natural gas is concerned—has recently been the subject of high-level geopolitical debate. From the perspective of many in Europe, the continent’s gas supply has never been more secure, thanks to major EU gas market reforms over the past 15 years and, at present, plentiful supply in the global LNG market. However, the United States sees threats to European energy security from new Russian pipelines—a view shared by some countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, the continued growth of renewable generation in Europe points toward the localization of energy production in the long term. How secure is Europe’s energy supply? Can the US play a constructive role in Europe's energy security? Should Russia be viewed as part of the problem, or can it be part of the solution?