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Student Roundtable with Sunaina Ocalan

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April 17, 2025

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm edt

Please join the Women in Energy initiative at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA for a student roundtable lunch and discussion with Sunaina Ocalan, who will discuss how energy companies approach strategic planning. Given the industry’s inherent uncertainty, we will discuss how energy companies approach developing strategy in an industry that frequently shifts. We will also discuss the jobs available in energy strategy and the skills most sought in these roles.

Biography

Sunaina Pai Ocalan Sunaina Ocalan is the Senior Director of Corporate Strategy and Climate Change for Hess Corporation based in New York. In this role, she works closely with the executive management team, evaluating the opportunities and strategic issues affecting the company’s performance and future direction. In her role leading the climate change strategy, Ms. Ocalan is leading the company’s global efforts to integrate its sustainability objectives with the business strategy, including defining the company’s path to achieve net zero emissions.

As an integral part of this role, Ms. Ocalan is helping develop Hess’ position on voluntary carbon markets, as well as Hess’s decarbonization strategy for the long term. Prior to joining Hess Corporation, she was a consultant in the E&P industry, working with CERA’s consulting group focused on strategy for energy clients. During her consulting career, she has worked worldwide with many of the leading national and international oil companies on a wide variety of strategic projects. Much of her work, particularly with big oil companies, focused on country entry, portfolio strategy, and asset development strategy. Ms. Ocalan started her career with Schlumberger in Houston, TX, working as a wireline design engineer for the flagship MDT and coring tool. Ms. Ocalan has a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Rice University.


Registration is required. This roundtable is open only to currently enrolled Columbia University students. To register, you must sign in with your UNI.

This event will be hosted in-person and capacity is limited. We ask that you register only if you can attend this event in its entirety. 

For more information about the event, please contact [email protected].

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