Amena Bakr

Amena joined Kpler in 2025 is the Head of Middle East Energy & Opec-plus research at Kpler based in Dubai. She leads the analysis and client engagement on oil markets, Opec policy, political trends and risk assessments in the Middle East and Gulf Arab region.

Prior to her current role, Amena was a senior research analyst with Energy Intelligence Group for a year. Amena was also Energy Intelligence’s Chief Opec Correspondent and Dubai Deputy Bureau Chief for the past eight years. In that capacity, Amena received several international journalism awards for her work that covered energy news and analysis related to Saudi Arabia and other Opec countries. In 2023, she received the Opec award for best journalist, and in 2019, The International Association for Energy Economics gave her the award for Excellence in Written Journalism for covering the energy sector.

Amena was also an Energy Correspondent for Reuters news agency for six years, posted in Dubai, Doha and Riyadh.

Amena holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport in Egypt, with a major in management information systems.