Citadel's head of energy trading, Scott Rose, resigned in September.
Andrew Watkin, head of energy at property consultancy, Carter Jonas, supported the call for radical action.
Michael Cohen, head of energy commodities research at Barclays in New York, was similarly pessimistic.
Army Secretary Thomas White was the head of energy trading at Enron.
Rolake Akinkugbe is head of energy and natural resources at FBN Capital, Lagos, Nigeria.
Rolake Akinkugbe, head of energy and natural resources coverage, FBN Capital, Lagos, Nigeria, @rolakeakinkugbe Rolake is an energy and resource specialist in financial services and the former head of energy research at pan-African Ecobank.
"The tariff is very attractive," said Mina Sekiguchi, associate partner and head of energy and infrastructure at KPMG in Japan.
Marc Lipschultz, global head of energy and infrastructure at K.K.R., is on a panel at 9 a.m.
Mr. Verme, the head of energy banking, replaces Robert Morse, 48, who is moving back to Asia for the bank.
"We believe that if you care about climate change, you shouldn't be looking for new fossil fuels," said Leila Deen, head of energy policy for Greenpeace in Britain.
"The policy decisions reflect the changing economics of renewables," said Ben Warren, head of energy and environmental finance at the accounting firm Ernst & Young in London.
