Adam Sieminski is currently a Senior Advisor to the Board at KAPSARC, an energy-focused think tank based in Riyad, where he previously served as President from 2018 to 2021. Before that, he held the James R. Schlesinger Chair for Energy and Geopolitics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he continues to contribute as a non-resident expert. From 2012 to 2017, he was Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), and prior to that, he served as Senior Director for Energy and Environment on the U.S. National Security Council.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Sieminski worked as Deutsche Bank’s chief energy economist and as an integrated oil company analyst, and before that held several positions as an energy financial analyst  in major global cities including New York, London, and Washington, DC. He has been active in several professional associations, including the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) and the U.S. Association for Energy Economics (USAEE). He holds degrees in civil engineering and public administration from Cornell University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Sieminski also leads Friends of Peirce Mill, a nonprofit supporting the restoration of a historic water-powered flour mill in Washington, DC.