Mehdi started his career with KPMG in the where he got acquainted with the rigour of economic analysis. He then joined Shell in London and focused on Upstream, Midstream and LNG business development in levant and Oman before moving to Trading in 2008 as a Director looking after MENA from Dubai. In 2010, he was appointed GM LNG Origination and Director of Shell Gas B.V. for the West Region in The Hague. In 2016 he moved to Singapore to lead the East of Suez portfolio as Director of Shell Eastern Trading Ltd. In 2021 he was asked to lead Shell’s global LNG Origination Portfolio in London. In 2024, Mehdi joined Vitol as the Head of Asia LNG Origination from Singapore. Mehdi holds a Master in Economics and an MBA from ISG in Paris and the University of Oxford. Besides being an avid sailor, he is passionate about biodiversity conservation and founded Wanakaset.org.