<p>Paul Stevens is a Distinguished Fellow in the Energy, Environment and Resources<br />
Department at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in<br />
London. He was educated as an economist and as a specialist on the Middle<br />
East at Cambridge and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University<br />
of London.</p>

<p>1973 to 1979 he was an Assistant Professor in Economics at the American<br />
University of Beirut in Lebanon, 1979 to1993 teaching at the University of<br />
Surrey. 1993 to 2008 Professor of Petroleum Policy and Economics at CEPMLP,<br />
the University of Dundee, Scotland, a chair created by BP.</p>

<p>He is now professor emeritus at the University of Dundee. He is also a<br />
Distinguished Fellow at the Institute of Energy Economics Japan (IEEJ) in<br />
Tokyo and was until recently a visiting professor at University College London<br />
(Australia). He has published extensively on energy economics, the international<br />
petroleum industry, economic development issues and the political economy of<br />
the Gulf. He also works as a consultant for many companies and governments.</p>

<p>In March 2009 he was presented with the OPEC Award in recognition of his<br />
outstanding work in the field of oil and energy research.</p>

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