Charles Santos

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Charles Santos has over 33 years of experience in political and commercial negotiations across West Africa, the Middle East, and Central, South, and East Asia. He served as Special Advisor to four UN Under Secretaries General and was Deputy Head and Political Advisor to UN peace missions in Afghanistan and Tajikistan, where he led political strategy and cross-border engagement during periods of active conflict and post-conflict transition. He led commercial negotiations on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline and has structured and developed energy projects in Uzbekistan, Timor-Leste and Tanzania. He is Executive Chairman of Aminex PLC and a director of UIG Energy.

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