Rick Vidal

Rick Vidal, a director of energy at S&P Global Commodity Insights, is a global energymarkets specialist with expertise in the international electricpower business.

Rick is responsible for coordinating across the energy, economics, chemicals and automotive sectors at S&P Global Commodity Insights to build and continually update the company's long-term energy scenario outlooks, as well as help inform customers of the broad range of dynamics driving the global energy business. He directs research for the S&P Global Commodity Insights Energy and Climate Scenarios service and is a principal thought leader in S&P Global Commodity Insights ongoing scenario analysis and development. Before joining S&P Global Commodity Insights , Rick worked with Sandia National Laboratories, performing comparative studies of international energy policies and technology programs.

Rick holds a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University and an Master of Arts from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in the United States.