From Discovery to Delivery The Present and Future of Energy Development in the Eastern Mediterranean

Mr. Marco Margheri the Head of Eni’s US Relations and Chairman, Eni New Energies US Inc. He oversees relations with US Authorities, US-based IFIs, and multilateral processes of interest for the company. Marco is also serving as Board Member for the Atlantic Council, and as the Chair for Italy of WEC – World Energy Council. Prior to joining Eni, he was Italy’s Edison Executive Vice-President for Sustainability, Institutions & Regulation overseeing activities in Rome and Brussels, and held positions with GE Oil & Gas and Cohn Wolfe. Marco is also a visiting professor at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, a member of the Italian press and an Honorary Member of the Milano per la Scala Foundation in Milan.

Jonathan Cohen is a senior advisor in the conflict and security team with Ergo, a global intelligence and advisory firm. He served as the US Ambassador to Egypt from 2019 to 2022, having previously served as the US Deputy Ambassador to the UN from 2018 to 2019, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs covering Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus from 2016 to 2018, and as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Iraq from 2013 to 2016. Today, Amb. Cohen also acts as a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative and Middle East Programs, specializing in US-Egypt relations, Israel-Palestine relations, Iraq, and regional security in the Eastern Mediterranean and the role of the United States in it.