Full Name
Frank Fannon
Job Title
Managing Director
Company
Fannon Global Advisors
Speaker Bio
The Honorable Frank Fannon currently leads Fannon Global Advisors, a premier strategic
consultancy helping business leaders and investors to develop energy and critical minerals
opportunities amidst growing geopolitical challenges.
Frank was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the inaugural Assistant
Secretary of State for Energy Resources in the first Trump administration. In serving as
"America's Energy Diplomat," he led whole-of-government initiatives to open global markets
and build resilient supply chains. Fannon elevated global awareness that critical minerals and
metals are foundational for America’s economic competitiveness and national security. He
spearheaded bilateral and multilateral efforts to help countries responsibly develop their mining
sector and fostered more transparent metals markets.
Frank’s diplomatic achievements were informed by extensive private sector experience,
including as Managing Director at BHP, where he established and led U.S. Corporate Affairs,
expanding the company's American presence and shaping its climate strategy. Previously, as
head of Government Affairs at Murphy Oil Corporation, he guided international market entry
and managed complex stakeholder relationships across multiple jurisdictions.
Frank helped to shape American energy policy while serving in senior positions on Capitol Hill.
As counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, Fannon helped craft
the historic Energy Policy Act of 2005, including the hydraulic fracturing provisions that enabled
America's shale revolution. He also served as counsel to Senators Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-
CO) and Pete V. Domenici (R-NM).
Fannon is a frequent public speaker and commentator on the geopolitics of energy and has served
on multiple mining, energy technology, and financial industry advisory boards. Frank is a
nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a non-resident Senior Advisor at the Center
for Strategic & International Studies, and serves on the Vandenberg Coalition and Krach Institute
for Tech Diplomacy Advisory Boards.
consultancy helping business leaders and investors to develop energy and critical minerals
opportunities amidst growing geopolitical challenges.
Frank was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the inaugural Assistant
Secretary of State for Energy Resources in the first Trump administration. In serving as
"America's Energy Diplomat," he led whole-of-government initiatives to open global markets
and build resilient supply chains. Fannon elevated global awareness that critical minerals and
metals are foundational for America’s economic competitiveness and national security. He
spearheaded bilateral and multilateral efforts to help countries responsibly develop their mining
sector and fostered more transparent metals markets.
Frank’s diplomatic achievements were informed by extensive private sector experience,
including as Managing Director at BHP, where he established and led U.S. Corporate Affairs,
expanding the company's American presence and shaping its climate strategy. Previously, as
head of Government Affairs at Murphy Oil Corporation, he guided international market entry
and managed complex stakeholder relationships across multiple jurisdictions.
Frank helped to shape American energy policy while serving in senior positions on Capitol Hill.
As counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, Fannon helped craft
the historic Energy Policy Act of 2005, including the hydraulic fracturing provisions that enabled
America's shale revolution. He also served as counsel to Senators Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-
CO) and Pete V. Domenici (R-NM).
Fannon is a frequent public speaker and commentator on the geopolitics of energy and has served
on multiple mining, energy technology, and financial industry advisory boards. Frank is a
nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a non-resident Senior Advisor at the Center
for Strategic & International Studies, and serves on the Vandenberg Coalition and Krach Institute
for Tech Diplomacy Advisory Boards.
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