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Mark Finley is the general manager of global energy markets for BP America in Washington, D.C. He is responsible for BP's coverage of global energy markets as well as the annual BP Statistical Review of World Energy. He previously served as a senior member of BP's economics team in London and Washington, D.C. Finley has more than 20 years of private and public sector experience as an energy economist. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan (economics) and holds graduate degrees from Northwestern University (economics) and The George Washington University (finance).