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Kimball Chen, Chairman (Todi, Italy) Mr. Chen has served as the Chairman of GLPGP since its founding in 2012. He is an industry statesman in the LNG and LPG sectors, with more than 40 years’ experience as a CEO, investor, senior advisor to governments and international organizations, and former President of the World LPG Association (the ...
- A Unique Approach
- Family and Other Influences
- The Challenge of Developing LPG Markets
- An Industry Not Ready to Invest in Developing Country Markets
- Birth of The Global LPG Partnership
- By Invitation only
- An Optimistic Vision For Clean Cooking
- What About Affordability and Safety?
- A Difficult Time to Promote A Fossil Fuel
- A Victim of Success?
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Over the last decade, a growing number of developing countries have set targets to increase access to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking. Their aim is to raise use of this clean and efficient fuel from historically low levels to reach a majority of their populations. These moves have been driven by a mix of concerns for health, deforestation...
The story of the Global LPG Partnership is inextricably linked to the life of Kimball Chen. Born into a Chinese family with generations of involvement in government, education, business, banking, and shipping, he grew up with strong traditions of contributing to society. He mentions in passing that one of his uncles, Cai Yuanpei (a renowned, reform...
With a Harvard degree in Classics and English Literature behind him, Kimball’s destiny was to be the family business. Recalling this stage of his life, he recounts how family tradition, particularly for the eldest son, was very strong. “My father said, ‘I would like you to go to business school’, and I, being very Chinese, said ‘whatever you wish’....
When in 2000 he became a director of the LPG industry body, the World LPG Association(WLPGA), Kimball sought to persuade his fellow board members that substantial industry opportunity lay in strengthening policies and their enforcement in developing country markets. To his industry colleagues, he argued that, “If LPG is such a useful fuel for the l...
So, he began looking for another way. In 2011, the Sustainable Energy for Allinitiative was getting underway, led by UN Under-Secretary General Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, a Sierra Leonean former Trade Minister and Director General of UNIDO. He suggested to Kimball the idea of establishing a Public-Private Partnership and launching this at the United Nati...
As the partnership got underway, Kimball was clear that it would only assist a country if formally invited to do so. “We didn’t want to be economic or intellectual imperialists or colonialists. It was important that the countries themselves had identified the need for LPG and recognised that some outside assistance could be useful.” Providing this ...
Kimball is optimistic that his ambitious goal can be achieved, because in Africa alone, countries including Kenya, Ghana, Cameroon, Senegal, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Rwanda have sought their help. “These countries represent hundreds of millions of people and have formally requested our assistance to increase the use of LPG from around ...
Developing the supply side is critical, but if there is insufficient demand from new users – many of whom are poor – then investment and growth will not follow. A potentially major barrier to market growth, therefore, is affordability. On addressing this issue, Kimball is also optimistic. He believes that “many poor people have enough money to pay ...
Almost all LPG is produced in two ways, either as part of primary production of oil and natural gas, or from the refining of oil. This fossil fuel heritage has resulted in LPG being embroiled in conflicting views about its role in a climate-conscious world. Kimball is well aware of these arguments, recognising that “a lot of NGOs and development or...
Reflecting on the achievements of the Partnership so far, he has mixed feelings. “My eager side,” he says, “is frustrated that we haven’t been able to progress faster,” but adds “on the other hand, my realistic side says – look at what we have achieved.” In fact, the appeal of what the Global LPG Partnership can offer countries has exposed a new ch...
Learn how Kimball Chen, a Chinese-American businessman, launched the Global LPG Partnership to help millions of people in developing countries switch to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking. Discover his family background, industry experience and vision for improving access to clean and efficient energy.
Kimball C. Chen is the principal owner of the ETG Companies, a diversified group of businesses in various fields. He has a Harvard degree, banking experience, and advises governments on gas policy and climate change.
He is a global industry statesman in the LPG and LNG sectors, with more than 40 years of experience as a CEO, investor, former President of the World LPG Association (the global LPG industry association), and senior LPG and LNG sector advisor to governments and international institutions.
Kimball Chen is, since 2012, the CEO of GLOBAL LPG PARTNERSHIP (GLPGP), the UN-backed Public Private: Partnership mandated to assist developing countries and international institutions to plan, finance and implement LPG sector development at scale.
BioLPG LLC is a US corporation that develops bioLPG worldwide outside Africa. Kimball Chen, former President of the World LPG Association, is one of its founders and leaders.
Mar 26, 2013 · Kimball Chen is a Harvard-educated business leader with diverse experience in various sectors and countries. He is the current President of the WLPGA, a global organization that promotes the use of LP Gas as a clean and sustainable energy source.
