Ismini Katsimpardi is the Africa Regional Lead for the Vantage analytical platform. She is an expert in upstream asset valuation complemented by extensive experience in upstream oil and gas operations, asset management and strategy within an Oil and Gas operator. She leads a team of petroleum engineers, geologists, and economists that generate asset-level production, cost, and economic analysis focused on African oil and gas developments for the Vantage analytical platform. Ms Katsimpardi focuses on a variety of areas including asset valuation, cost modelling, fiscal changes and their impact to production at a regional or wider level and capturing technical and economic risks and uncertainties. She has a particular interest in the ever-changing energy market and more specifically in the E&P transformations required for a more sustainable energy industry.

Ismini joined S&P Global in 2018, after having worked for 6 years as a Reservoir Engineer for an E&P company in the North Sea & Norway, where she focused on production optimisation, reserves evaluation, business planning, and near field exploration and evaluation. Among other, Ismini worked closely with the leadership team advising on production optimisation activities, efficiency improvements, implementing production strategy and identifying cost reduction opportunities. She has also been an integral member of the Production Management and Integration team. Ismini holds degrees in Petroleum Engineering and Mining Engineering from Heriot-Watt University and the National Technical University of Athens.