Mohamed Hamel from the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria has assumed office as the fourth Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), the global platform of leading gas exporting countries, for a two-year period.

An engineer by profession, Hamel’s prominent previous roles include serving as a member to Opec’s Board of Governors, member of IEF’s Executive Committee, and member of GECF’s Executive Board. He has played an advisory role to Opec Secretary General as well as the Minister of Energy and Mines of Algeria.

Hamel has degrees from the Ecole Polytechnique de Paris and the "Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris.