Mehdi Chennoufi is the Head of Asia LNG Business Development & Origination at Vitol based in Singapore.

He started his career with KPMG in the early nineties where he got acquainted with the rigour of economic analysis and the art of interpreting accounts. He then joined Shell in London at the turn of the century and focused on gas and LNG business development in Levant. In 2004 he was appointed as the Shell shareholder representative in Oman LNG, and in 2008 he moved to the LNG Supply and Trading business looking after Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. In 2010, Mehdi was appointed General Manager LNG Origination and NBD for the West Region covering the Middle East, South Asia, Europe, Africa and South America and in 2016 he moved to Singapore to lead the East of Suez portfolio. In 2021 Mehdi moved to London to lead the global LNG Origination and Market Development team for Shell and in July 2024 moved to Vitol in Singapore.

Mehdi holds a Master in Economics and a Master in Business Administration from ISG in Paris and the University of Oxford. Besides being an avid sailor, he is passionate about biodiversity conservation and founded Wanakaset.org, now operating in 5 countries.