Natural Resources >> Analyst Interviews >> May 13, 2002

Energy Related Technologies: Christine Farkas – Merrill Lynch Global Securities

CHRISTINE P. FARKAS is the Director of the Equity Research Department at Merrill Lynch. She joined the firm in 1994 as a Special Situation Analyst with Merrill Lynch Canada and in 2000 joined the company's newly formed Energy Technology Group. Previously a ranked Chemicals and Special Situations Analyst, she moved from Toronto to New York in 1998. She has since received numerous other professional honors, among them: ranked as a part of Canada's number one Special Situations Team 1998, 1999,; named a 1999 Best Up-And-Comer, Chemical/AG (Institutional Investor); number three Chemical Analyst, number one written research quality, Canada (Greenwich Survey) 1999, 2000; number three Chemical Analyst, Canada (Brendan Woods Survey) 1999, 2000; number one Merrill Lynch Power Technology Team (Greenwich Survey) 2001. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Ms. Farkas was with guardian Capital Inc., where she was responsible for high net worth asset allocation projects. She received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and holds her Chartered Financial analyst (CFA) designation. Profile
TWST: Christine, would you begin by providing us with an overview

of energy technology ' what it comprises and which companies

should be included under this umbrella?

Ms. Farkas: Energy