Peter van Ees (52) is ABN AMRO Bank’s sector banker for New Energies. His early focus on hydrogen brought together various clients of the bank to cooperate on creating an import value chain to Rotterdam. This early venture led to the set-up of the well-known (and much debated ever since!) IPCEI-process.  

Cyril has started his career as a technical expert in the french engineering group FIVES. Afterwards, he successfully managed several industrial companies in the energy sector such as a french biomass boiler manufacturer or the leading PEM electrolyzer manufacturer AREVA H2GEN. Meanwhile, he joined the german VIESSMANN group to develop its industrial branch worldwide and develop first Power-to-X projects. He is focussed not only on technology fit to the need but also on the business models coherence when attached to production, storage and use of energy (in particular hydrogen for industrials,  biofuels, grid flexibility, mobility use…).

Cyril co-founded the HY2GEN Group to design, finance build and operate 100% carbon free green hydrogen production and hydrogen-based bioproducts facilities worldwide.

Adamo Screnci/ Vice President Clean Hydrogen/ NextChem

Holds a Master’s degree in Engineering, Process, Electrochemistry and Energy from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble.

He is also a graduate of the INSEAD (International Development Program).

Adamo began his career as an engineer for ELF Atochem and Siegwerk for 4 and 5 years.

In 2000, he joined Air Liquide where he quickly moved from a project management position to the management of a unit before becoming Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He has engineering and management skills. He has extensive knowledge of the gas, energy and high technology industries.

In 2009, Adamo plunges into the entrepreneurial adventure co-founder of McPhy Energy, a start-up in the field of energy. He will contribute to the strong international development of the company (Asia, US, Europe ...) until its successful IPO.

He was also adviser to CEA Liten's CEO, in order to elaborate the French hydrogen road-map gathering industry and research, for the French ministry of environment

He build the Green H2 & Green Chemical business line at thyssenkrupp from 2017 to 2020 (world leader in electrolysis).

In June 2020 he joined Total as Vice President of the newly created Clean Hydrogen Business Unit.

CEO in Nordic Blue Crude since February 2016.

Have successfully developed the company and successfully funded it with

Seed capital. Have negotiated and secured important contracts together with his team, which includes off-take, utilities, CO2 supply, long term renewable Power, Oxygen deliveries / distribution.

Have built up the organization with a very high qualified management team.

Brought the company through Basic Engineering and ready for construction funding

Dr. Tobias Block is an industrial engineer and senior consultant public affairs, strategy and communication. He is an all-rounder when it comes to technical, economic and political challenges at the interface between renewable energies and the automotive industry. As head of strategy and content he coordinates the activities of the eFuel Alliance e.V., a platform with more than 170 member companies for the market ramp-up of hydrogen-derived synthetic fuels. After studying energy and environmental management at the University of Flensburg he obtained his doctorate on hydrogen and eFuels business models at the University of St. Gallen. Following his studies, he worked for more than five years in the technical development department of AUDI AG, including on the commissioning of the first industrial power-to-gas plant, electricity procurement concepts, and the market launch of various natural gas vehicles. As the success of synthetic fuels depends more on the political framework conditions than on technical solutions, he joined the German Association of the Automotive Industry (Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V.) in the summer of 2018 and coordinated the political activities related to renewable fuels for more than two years – initially in Berlin and later from Brussels. In February 2021 he joined the consultancy von Beust & Collegen.

Edgar Harzfeld / Professor / Stralsund University of Applied Sciences

Edgar Harzfeld, Professor at Stralsund University. Studies and research in Leipzig and Zurich. Since 1996 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Stralsund University responsible for electrical power supply and renewable energy systems. Since 2004 - 2022 numerous research projects on the subject of electrical energy storage technologies.

Joey is a Commercial manager at the Port of Amsterdam with 10+ years of working experience in port planning and strategy, renewable energy and business development. Port of Amsterdam is a world energy hub for transportation fuels. Through its infrastructure, storage capacity and knowledge provided by the port and its terminals it provides energy for aviation, maritime and road transport purposes. As Commercial manager Joey has the privilege to attract new companies to our port with a focus on renewable fuels and chemicals. Biofuels, hydrogen and e-fuels are key alternatives to decarbonise the transport sector. In the Port of Amsterdam, we provide space, invest in infrastructure and bring these parties together creating a strong cluster of production, storage, blending, handling and supply of low carbon fuels.

Nicolas Serrie started his career as a project finance analyst at Vinci Concessions (2005-2006).

He subsequently joined the World Bank (2006-2008) where he managed and financed infrastructure projects, and then the French Development Agency for various energy and transport projects in developing countries.

In 2010, he became manager at the Corporate Strategy Department of Alstom Group where he oversaw power-related topics, before leading the Offshore Wind activities of Alstom in France and Belgium.

At the time of the acquisition of the energy-related activities of Alstom by General Electric, Nicolas turned into an Executive Key Account Leader (2015-2017). In 2017, he was appointed head of product management of the GE Hydro business.

In 2021, Nicolas joined Natel Energy (a fast-growing start-up active in small hydro as an equipment provider as well as a project developer and investor) as General Manager.

Nicolas joined KHIMOD in 2022 as CEO.

Geert joined T&E in July 2019 after a decade in advocacy roles in Brussels for organisations representing civil society and industry. Geert’s main focus is the Renewable Energy Directive. In particular, he leads T&E’s work on policies to promote sustainable transport fuels such as renewable electricity and green hydrogen and e-fuels and how they can help decarbonize ships and planes. In previous positions, Geert worked on a host of environmental and energy dossiers, ranging from Ecodesign and Energy Labelling policies, Energy Performance of Buildings Directive to a campaign to ban fracking for shale gas. Geert hails from Belgium, but also has Canadian citizenship. He holds a law degree from the University of Ghent, a masters in European studies from KU Leuven and a PhD in political science from the University of Alberta.

Rob Stevens holds an MSc and PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology, and joined Topsoe in June 2023 as the Sector Lead for Green Fuels within Power-to-X at Topsoe.

Rob has held various pivotal global roles, focusing on ammonia production management and more recently serving as VP of technology scouting, decarbonization, and shipping fuels. As technology opportunities expert at a green financing start-up, Rob expanded his knowledge in climate technologies.

As a thought leader Rob contributed to international clean ammonia energy position papers and ammonia fuel shipping studies.

Rob is board member to Horisont Energi, a clean ammonia and CO2 storage project developer.

Rob is VP Past President at the Ammonia Energy Association.

Rob is Director of the Clean Ammonia Platform with the Institute for Sustainable Process technology in the Netherlands

As CCO of Norsk e-Fuel AS, Lars Bjørn Larsen plays a pivotal role in driving the strategic projects and business development of the company. With a PhD in strategy and management and a rich history in executive roles across the industrial and renewable energy sector, Lars Bjørn’s leadership is integral to establishing industrial-scale production of e-Fuels. His extensive experience includes company development, managing financial strategies, securing funding, and leading infrastructure projects.

Jean-Philippe Buisson is currently project director at Hynamics, EDF Group’s hydrogen dedicated development subsidiary. He is in charge of developing Take Kair Project, an innovative industrial e-kerosene pilot plant planned in Pays de la Loire (France) for 2029, synthetizing e-fuels that will meet the needs of the new e-SAF industry. From 2018 to 2022, Jean-Philippe Buisson was EDF Director for Asia, based in Singapore, managing electricity production assets and developing low-carbon energy projects and solutions for South and South East Asia. Prior to that position, Jean-Philippe Buisson hold various business unit management positions for Dalkia in Greater Paris Region during 11 years. Dalkia (at first belonging to VEOLIA Group then to EDF Group) is a leading company in energy services, for public and private business customers. Previously, he worked for Saint-Gobain Group, Fiberglass division, from 1997 to 2006. Jean-Philippe Buisson graduated in Engineering and Business Administration.

Jaime holds a MSc in Chemical Engineering and MSc in Petroleum Engineering, and has +20 years’ experience in the energy industry.

Currently he works in European Energy as the Head of Power to X projects for Americas, Australia and Iberia where his main responsibilities are PtX project development, business development, strategic partnerships, biogas and carbon capture. In addition, he is the Deputy CEO for Ammongas a biogas upgrade and carbon capture company, subsidiary of European Energy.

 Prior to European Energy, he worked for Hess Corporation and Maersk drilling holding several leadership and technical positions ranging from Engineering, Project development, Corporate Finance and Strategy where he has been in onshore and offshore roles both leadership and individual contributor, and also in different locations such as New York, Houston, Copenhagen, West Africa, Spain and offshore. In addition, he serves in the Board of Ammongas and is also a guest lecturer in the Technical University of Denmark on subjects such as carbon capture and energy infrastructure investments.

• As a H2 BD adviser I am accountable for team's activities (i) to manage overall relationships with external counterparties (ii) drafting and negotiation agreements (iii) identify new H2 opportunities (iv) actively working on bp's efforts to develop structured approach for consultation with government on H2 business model (v) integration and interaction across bp business unit to ensure integrated approach to decarbonise bp's asset.
• As a BD Adviser Middle East & Caspian I am accountable (i) for the entire project delivery including the identification, evaluation and negotiation of Upstream business activity in the region; (ii) evaluate, formulate & advise on regional strategies, contract terms & deal structures; (iii) interface & coordinate with key internal stakeholders and support approvals process.

Andy Navarrete is a Researcher on the International Council for Clean Transportation Fuels team and is based in the San Francisco office. His work focuses on how policy can enable the replacement of fossil fuels with sustainable alternatives in difficult to decarbonize transportation sectors, with a particular focus on Power-to-Liquids pathways. Prior to joining the ICCT, Andy was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Southern California where he worked on a Department of Energy funded project testing the feasibility of open-ocean seaweed cultivation for biofuel production. He holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor’s degree in Marine
Biology from UCLA.

Ulf Neuling joined Agora Verkehrswende in 2022, where he heads up work on renewable fuels. He is concerned with a range of topics, including the use of electricity-based fuels in air and sea transport, and the potential for the transport sector to rely on other energy carriers, such as hydrogen and biofuels. From 2018 to 2022, Ulf was in charge of the Renewable Fuels Group at the Institute of Environmental Engineering and Energy Economics (IUE) at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH). In this role, in addition to advising the Federal Ministry of Transport on the design of its Mobility and Fuel Strategy, he evaluated various production paths for renewable fuels, including hydrogen, biofuels, and electricity-based fuels. From 2014 to 2018, he was employed as a research assistant at IUE, where he completed his doctorate with a technical and economic analysis of various production processes for biokerosene.

Estela Corbacho is an industrial engineer with over 15 years of international experience in the gas and energy sector, having worked in design, operations and maintenance, project management, and development. Currently, she is focused on advancing hydrogen and derivatives projects at FRV, where she has been contributing to sustainable energy solutions for the past two years as H2 Project Lead.

With a background in finance and a passion for clean energy solutions, Mathilda joined Crédit Agricole CIB (CACIB) in 2016 and has been working as Chargée d’affaires on Low Carbon and Hydrogen topics since 2021. The Low Carbon & Hydrogen team is sector-based working specifically on hydrogen and low carbon solutions, including e-fuels and CCUS, to assist clients in the development and financing of their projects and initiatives.

As Head of Division at NOW GmbH, Korinna Jörling is responsible for renewable fuels, maritime applications and climate-friendly aviation. In this role, she advises the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV) on the market uptake of climate technologies. In her previous position as Senior Consultant at Guidehouse, she advised German ministries and the European Commission on energy transition policy. She holds a Master's degree in Environmental Policy & Regulation from the London School of Economics.

Pim is Aker Carbon Capture’s Regional Sales Director for their operations across continental Europe. He holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering as well as in Business Management. Having started as a Process Engineer at Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in syngas technology, he subsequently engaged in several techno-commercial roles in a wide range of industries, from petrochemicals to food and beverage.

In the last five years, Pim has been supporting asset owners in their sustainability endeavors, first as a Commercial Director at an advanced heat recovery start-up and now in carbon capture and its value chain.

Piyush is the Senior Business Developer for Hydrogen at Vattenfall, in the Business Area Wind. He holds an MSc degree in Chemical Engineering from TU Delft. Before joining Vattenfall, Piyush served as the Business Development Director for Hydrogen at Royal HaskoningDHV, where he supported clients in EMEA and APAC in the energy and chemicals sectors with their decarbonization strategies, M&A projects, and large-scale hydrogen production projects. In 2018, he was honored as one of the 14 Young Talented Engineers by the Royal Society of Engineers (KIVI) in
the Netherlands.

With his team, Harald is responsible as Head of Innovation for the new business development of Uniper towards an SAF and green methanol player. He has gained a vast experience in start-up M&A, project development, technology and regulation regarding Power-to-Liquid, Biofuels and Hydrogen. He has initiated and developed the SkyfuelH2 project, being one of the first Power-Bio-to-SAF projects worldwide, as well as Uniper’s flagship eMethanol project NorthstarH2. Harald is part of an SAF expert group of the German government as well as the EU Renewable Low Carbon Fuels Alliance on SAF. Besides the Renewable Liquid Fuels, Harald is responsible for new business development around CCUS. Harald holds a PhD in Energy Economics, a diploma in Economics and a diploma in Geoinformation Sciences.

David Dwek is a Senior Analyst in the Future Fuels department at SkyNRG. The Future Fuels team runs over a dozen projects with the aim of developing new SAF production capacity in cooperation with technology suppliers and other partners. The aim of these projects is the commercialization of future SAF production pathways by assessing the technological and economic viability. The department also carries out research activities and offers extensive advisory services. The latter is led by David and covers a wide range of SAF topics and feasibility assessments. David has a BSc Aviation from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and a MSc Management of Technology from Delft University of Technology.

Alexander started his career in 1998 as a lawyer but decided to follow his passion for aviation and joined Deutsche Lufthansa AG as Manager Fuel Purchasing in 2001. He also served as Director of Lufthansa’s own fuel company, DLH Fuel Company mbH, from 2004. He continued his career in Shell Aviation and later became Managing Director of AFS Aviation Fuel Services GmbH in 2011, which is one of the leading fuel service providers in Europe. He worked at IATA as Director Fuel from January 2020, where he was responsible for all fuel related matters, including the ramp-up of SAF. In early 2023, he was appointed VP Europe, Middle East and Africa for Renewable Aviation at Neste, and is now leading Neste´s global Renewable Aviation business since January 2024. Alexander is a German national born in Colombia and is married with one son. He studied law in Mainz and London and holds a Master in European Law.

Henry has overall responsibility for ING’s Hydrogen activities in EMEA and has been a member of the Hydrogen team since its inception in early 2020. Henry joined ING in 2010 working in its structured finance Shipping team in London. Since then, he has held roles within Offshore Energy covering the Americas from ING’s New York office and since 2018 has been part of the bank’s Energy Sector coverage team based in Amsterdam. He has been involved in several transactions advising clients in raising capital & debt for Hydrogen related projects (including e-fuels) as well as structuring project finance debt. Alongside these activities, Henry has 15 years of Project Finance experience, covering core Energy infrastructure markets especially Mid-&Downstream companies and assets (processing, storage, transportation) within the oil, gas and petrochemical sectors.

Thomas Kohl graduated as MSc in Environmental Technology in 2004 (Univ. of Stuttgart). He pursued an academic career at Aalto University from where he graduated as Dr. Tech. (Energy Technology). During his time at Neste Corp 2018-2023. he was involved in technology scouting and evaluation before he lead the technology concept development for municipal solid waste to SAF. In his current position at Andritz he is responsible for the concept development of Andritz E-fuel offerings.

Rahul Malik is a Consulting Manager at S&P Global, leading the Biofuels and E-Fuel Consulting Study for the EMEA region. Being part of S&P Commodity Insights division, Rahul Malik involves in consulting assignments in the Energy sector primarily focusing on due diligence, corporate strategy development and decision making, investment analysis, Decarbonization strategy studies and market fundamentals analysis.

As CAPITAL magazine “Top 40 under 40” and Handelsblatt x Boston Consulting Group VordenkerInnen 2022 awardee and co-founder, Philipp leads as CEO at INERATEC. His strong background as M.Sc. in industrial and business engineering helps INERATEC in the field of company building, product strategy, as well as business strategy roles in plant engineering and project development. Previously working as a consultant, he established strategies for the automotive and chemical industry. There is no better job for Philipp than working actively against climate change.

Dr. Asif Ansar currently holds the position of Head of the Department of Energy System Integration (ESI) at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). His primary focus centers around the development of technologies aimed at reducing carbon intensity in both waterborne and airborne transport sectors. To achieve this, his department, comprising a dedicated team of over 70 professionals, concentrates on advancing the domains of Fuel Cell and Battery powertrains, as well as the generation of hydrogen and its derivatives through cutting-edge Electrolyser technologies. The laboratories are equipped with comprehensive experimental facilities spanning both laboratory to pilot-scale operations. Dr. Ansar's has also served as a member of the Roadmap Leaders Committee of the EU Clean Hydrogen and a steering board member of the EERA Fuel Cell and Hydrogen. He has authored over 80 published papers, multiple book chapters, and secured 10 patents. He attained his doctorate from the University of Limoges, France in 2004.

Oleksandr Siromakha is the Head of Sustainable Fuels at Mabanaft, a leading independent fuel supplier. With over 17 years of expertise in energy trading and logistics, project development, and strategic planning, he is driving Mabanaft's shift towards CO2-neutral solutions, including e-fuels, advanced biofuels, green hydrogen, and hydrogen derivatives.

Before joining Mabanaft, Oleksandr was an Integrated Business Development Manager at the Marquard & Bahls Group, where he focused on strategic corporate growth. He also led the marketing and market analysis department at Oiltanking.

Oleksandr holds a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Konstanz, where he specialized in climate-related studies, enhancing his understanding of sustainable energy management.