Dato’ Ir. Ts. Abdul Razib Bin Dawood graduated with a BTEC National Diploma in Engineering in 1991 from the Coventry Technical College followed by an Electrical Engineering Degree from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom in 1994. He was then awarded his Master of Science in Power Electronic Engineering from the University of Manitoba in Canada in 1996.Dato’ Ir. Ts. Abdul Razib Bin Dawood started his early career with Tenaga Nasional Berhad Engineers Sdn. Bhd., and has more than 30 years of professional experience, having worked for both Malaysian and Australian national power utilities, independent power producers, TNSP and as a consultant for renewable energy. During his career highlights, he had held many roles such as a construction engineer, project manager, technical advisor, systems planning engineer and a power system study specialist.
From October 2012 to August 2017, he was the Head of Electricity Market Operations with the Energy Commission before assigned by the Prime Minister’s Department to be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation from 2017 to 2018. On 9 April 2018, he was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Energy Commission. On 2 April 2019, he was appointed as the Acting Chief Executive Officer responsible for the overall administration and management of the functions of the Energy Commission. He subsequently became the Chief Operating Officer on 2018, and Acting CEO at the Energy Commission (Suruhanjaya Tenaga) of Malaysia, before being appointed as the CEO in August 2019.
Dato’ Ir. Ts. Abdul Razib Bin Dawood was officially appointed as the new Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) on 1 February 2025.

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Sama Bilbao y León is Director General of World Nuclear Association and also President of World Nuclear University.  She has more than 20 years of diverse experience in nuclear engineering and energy policy; having worked with distinction in industry, academia and having held high level positions at OECD/NEA and IAEA.

Sama holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering,  a master’s degree in Energy Technologies, as well as a  master's degree and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics and an MBA . Sama is one of founders of the North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NA-YGN).

As Vice-President, Supply Chain management, Adrian leads the company’s overall supply chain strategy. He is responsible for all operational procurement, key business relationships, supply chain strategy & development, growth opportunities and organizational objectives. Before joining Candu Energy in 2024, Adrian spent 40 years managing supply chains in the UK, Europe, Middle East & North Africa, and since 2016 in Canada and the United States. He has experience across a variety of sectors, mainly in Construction and Oil & Gas Adrian has worked at companies including Graham Group, Carillion PLC, and Dodsal Engineering & 
Construction among others.
Adrian is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, and Supply Chain Canada Association. Adrian recently joined the board of the Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI).

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Jeffrey Miller is the Senior Vice President of Business Development at TerraPower, developing relationships, new business alignments and strategic partnership and investment opportunities across Natrium. TerraPower Isotopes, and the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor Programs.  Miller joined TerraPower in January 2023.  He has more than 20 years of industry and government experience in nuclear power, including advocacy, business development, strategy, policy, program, and project management.  Prior to joining TerraPower, in 2016 Miller had established the Japan office of Centrus Energy, an enrichment company working to re-establish production in the United States with domestically owned, controlled and operated enrichment technology. In this capacity, he grew and maintained the company’s market share in low enriched uranium sales in Asia.  Earlier in his career, Miller supported the early stages of Fukushima Dai-ichi accident response on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Accident Response Team in spring 2011.  He subsequently served as Director of the DOE office in the United States Embassy Tokyo from 2011-2016, focusing on Fukushima and DOE’s full bilateral and East Asian regional energy and security portfolio.  

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Dr. Mohammed Dwiddar is the Advisor to the Egyptian Nuclear Power Plants Authority Board Chairman for Nuclear Projects and Operation and Maintenance, having served as the interim NPPA Board Chairman prior to his current role. Dr. Dwiddar was appointed as a Board Member of the World Nuclear Association in April 2025.  

Prior to January 2025, Dr. Dwiddar was Project Manager of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Project, leading the team overseeing the implementation of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Project in Egypt. The El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant will have four VVER reactors and is Egypt’s first nuclear power plant. 

Before joining the NPPA in 2009, Dr. Dwiddar worked at the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority as a reactor operator in the Nuclear Research Reactor in Inshas.    

Dr. Dwiddar has extensive experience in areas related to the nuclear fuel cycle and was closely involved in the development and updating of national strategies with respect to the nuclear fuel cycle for the Egyptian civil nuclear power programme.  

Dr. Dwiddar obtained a Bachelor of Science degree, a Master of Science and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Alexandria in Egypt. 

Ararat Torosyan is Vice President of Engineering and Quality at Curtiss-Wright in Brea, California, with over 35 years of experience supporting operating nuclear plants as well as the development and deployment of advanced and next-generation reactor technologies. Educated in engineering and business and currently pursuing a doctoral degree, he brings deep technical expertise and a commitment to excellence in highly regulated environments. 

Patrick T. Aquino is the Director of the Energy Utilization Management Bureau at the Department of Energy Philippines, where he leads national efforts to advance energy efficiency, conservation, andsustainable energy utilization. A Career Executive Service Officer (CESO) Rank III, Director Aquino has served the Department for more than a decade in various strategic roles, including assignments in the Office of the Secretary, the Information Technology Management Service, and the Energy Policy and Planning Bureau.
As Director of the Energy Policy and Planning Bureau in 2017, he led several key institutional initiatives, including the development of the Department’s Energy Resiliency Policy, the operationalization of the Energy Investment Coordinating Council, and the achievement of Quality Management System certification for the Department.
Director Aquino has also played a central role in advancing energy efficiency policy in the Philippines. Following the enactment of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act of 2019, he has been instrumental in driving its implementation nationwide, strengthening regulatory frameworks and programs to promote efficient energy use 
across sectors.
In addition, he serves as Head of the Technical Secretariat of the Nuclear Energy Program Inter-Agency Committee, where he supports whole-of-government coordination in advancing the country’s nuclear energy program as part of its long term energy security strategy.