Mahmood Khaghani, now retired, had more than 33 years of service in senior international positions in Iran's petroleum industry. He held the position of the Director for Energy, Minerals and Environment at the Secretariat of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) during 1996-2000. He is a graduate in energy engineering at Britain's Surrey University and is a Petroleum- development Strategy advisor (International). Mr Khaghani has participated and presented papers in many international conferences and seminars. He is Advisor to the ICCIMA Education & Research Institute-Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines & Agriculture(ICCIMA)   and  Research Institute for Energy Management and Planning (RIEMP)-University of Tehran.

Mr. Khaghani is Initial Member of IRAEE, http://www.iraee.org/eng/  and promoter of the Caspian Energy Grid (CEG-Energy as a Service)