Carole Nakhle is Founder and CEO of Crystol Energy, an advisory, research, and training company based in London, awarded Best Independent Consultancy in the UK in 2018 and again in 2021. She has worked with major energy companies, governments, international organizations, academic institutions, and specialized think tanks on a global scale.

She is active on the Governing Board of the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and the Advisory Boards of the Middle East Institute and Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines. 

Dr. Nakhle has lectured at leading academic institutions, including the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, University of Surrey in the UK, the Graduate Institute in Switzerland, European University Institute in Italy, Saint Joseph University in Lebanon, the National Defense University in the US, and NATO Strategic Direction South Hub in Naples.

Her views on energy matters have appeared in numerous articles in academic journals, newspapers, and magazines. She has published two widely acclaimed books: Petroleum Taxation: Sharing the Wealth and Out of the Energy Labyrinth (co-authored with Lord David Howell, former UK Secretary of State for Energy). 

In 2022, she featured among the “Top 20 Outstanding Women in CEO” in the New York-based magazine The Women Leaders. Also, in 2021, she was selected as “CEO of the Year 2021” in the UK by CEO Monthly Magazine. A year earlier, she was awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the Energy Institute and has featured on the Energy Council’s list of “Top Female Executives” in the global energy industry. In 2017, she received the Honorary Professional Recognition Award from the Tunisian Minister of Energy, Mines, and Renewable Energy.