FRANK KANE JOURNALIST, COMMUNICATOR, ARC CONSULTANT

As a consultant to ARC, Frank Kane brings a truly global perspective to our energy transition work, sharing his unique insights and experience to ensure relevance and authenticity.

A fair and just transition is key to ensuring the benefits of energy security, accessibility and sustainability for future generations.

Frank Kane enjoyed a multi-decade and award-winning career as a business journalist in the UK and the Middle East before making the transition from news reporter to news shaper as a communications consultant, with significant expertise in the global energy sector.

Authoritative voice

As a London-based business journalist with some of the biggest titles in global media – Financial Times, Guardian, Sunday Times and Observer among them – Frank covered some of the biggest Stories in finance and economics. As a reporter, columnist and editor, he helped explain complex news developments to a general readership, as well as becoming recognized as an authoritative voice read by movers and shakers in the business world.

In 2006, he made the move to the Middle East, and has since been involved in projects in print, broadcast and online media from a base in Dubai. As a senior columnist with The National of Abu Dhabi, and Arab News of Saudi Arabia, he won a reputation for objective and accurate analysis of the biggest regional business events of the last two decades, like the Global Financial Crisis and its effects on the Arabian Gulf region, the Vision 2030 strategy in Saudi Arabia, and the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on regional and global energy markets.

He is currently Editor at Large of Arabian Gulf Business Insight, a fast-growing business news website with based in London and Dubai. His weekly columns are a must-read for businesspeople across
the region.

Simultaneously, he has developed a career as a communications consultant to some of the most prestigious organizations in the Gulf region, notably the Energy Ministry of Saudi Arabia where he helps prepare media messaging and public communications in this critical sector. What happens in Saudi Arabian energy has truly global resonance, and explaining its nuanced position to global markets is a vital function.

Holistic and inclusive

He has participated on a regular basis as journalist, attendee, moderator and panelist at the big global events where energy, climate change and sustainability are key items on the agenda, like the WEF in Davos for more than a decade, the FII forum in Riyadh since inception, the UN’s COP summits of the past four years, as well as dedicated energy forums in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and elsewhere.

Frank believes fervently that, in order to tackle climate change and global warming – the most pressing challenges of our time – the world must approach the issues in an holistic and inclusive manner, setting aside ideological positions in favor of pragmatic and implementable measures.

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