Dr. Paul Horsnell is an independent energy analyst and Chair of the Board of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Previously he was Head of Commodities Research at Standard Chartered Bank, Head of Commodities Research at Barclays and Head of Energy Research at JPMorgan. 

Before entering the finance industry he was Praelector in Economics at Lincoln College, Oxford, and Assistant Director for Research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. He is a former Chairperson of the British Institute of Energy Economics.