The team

Arash Duero
Founder &
Managing Director

BPS
Arash Duero has over 15 years of experience in developing growth and internationalization strategies for SMEs. He founded Big Picture Strategy FZ-LLC in 2022.
Advisor

Mr. Duero is also a Principal at Berlin Advisors Group and a senior expert for various projects at Roland Berger strategy consultants, where he advises clients around the world. 

Moreover, he is an advisor to a number of reputed organizations including the Global Gas Centre, the Clean Energy Forum, the World Policy Conference, and CH2A Clean Hydrogen Advisors, an initiative of TÜV Nord.

Background
A native of Savannah, Georgia, USA, Mr. Duero studied economics at Georgia Southern University (GSU) and holds an advanced degree in Political Science with a focus on Macroeconomics and International Energy Policy from the Freie University in Berlin, Germany.
Languages
In addition to his native tongue of English, he speaks German fluently and can converse in Farsi and Armenian. He is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Valerie Ducrot

Valérie Ducrot
Senior Advisor

Valérie Ducrot is the Executive Director of the Global Gas Centre based in Geneva, Switzerland (GGC). The GGC is an association bringing together leading gas industry stakeholders, which was
founded by major gas companies in December 2014. Our core aim is to encourage collective reflection on energy challenges and contribute to presenting how natural gas’s environmental and
economic qualities can make it a sustainable and global commodity in the energy transition towards a low-carbon economy. The GGC program consists mainly of meetings and roundtables organized by the GGC, sometimes in collaboration with our members or partners. Among the latter are the United Nations Trade & Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), the International Society for Energy
Transition Studies (ISETS), and the Energy Policy Research Foundation Inc. (EPRINC). 

Passionate for connections between energy and diplomacy, Valérie’s centers of professional interest include geopolitics of natural resources, climate action, security of supply, and
international relations. She believes building strategic partnerships is vital to enhancing energy security, diversification, and investments in new, cleaner technologies. She has been nominated
Ambassador of the Commodities Trading Club. She is also an Advisor to the Swiss Company SoHHytec.

From 2009 to 2014, Valérie Ducrot was the Manager of the UNECE (the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Gas Centre. Before, she occupied several positions at the French energy
company known today as ENGIE. During the last 27 years, she has gained extensive experience in the energy sector, particularly the gas sector, at a global level. She has an MBA from the Grande Ecole EMLYON and graduated in Business Administration in 1995. She also received a Master’s Degree in Political Sciences from the University of Lyon, France, in 2004. Additionally, Valérie has finished the Executive Diploma Program in International Relations and Business offered by the Ambassador Partnership, an international consultancy of former Ambassadors from 15 countries.