Mark Allan Smith is a Principal in PwC's Advisory practice with over 25 years of industry and consulting experience in energy and commodity markets. He leads PwC's Risk Consulting Services for the Energy industry, and has advised many clients on issues involving commodity trading, risk management, ETRM systems, operations improvement, and regulatory compliance.

His background and experience cover a broad spectrum of commercial operations, technology, financial and strategic issues. Prior to joining PwC, Mark worked at BP for 15 years in physical and financial commodity trading, commercial management, logistics, structured products, refining and marketing. His education includes an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.