Erwin Penfornis joined Air Liquide in 2000.

He started in R&D in the field of clean energy developments.

He worked from 2005 to 2010 on the structuring of Air Liquide H2 Energy activities in Europe and the development of early markets.

Between 2010 and 2015, he has been Business Development Director in the Large Industry business, in particular for the supply of hydrogen to Energy and Petrochemical markets (Korea, Middle East).

He returned in the field of Hydrogen Energy since 2015, first in charge of Marketing & Strategy for Air Liquide Group.

Over this period, he has led the creation and development of the Hydrogen Council in 2017, with a few other industry leaders, as well as several structuring consortiums in Europe, California, Korea and Japan.

He then took the responsibility of COO of the Air Liquide H2 Energy World Business Unit.

He is now VP H2 Energy, based in Tokyo, overseeing the development of Air Liquide Hydrogen Energy activities for the Asia-Pacific region.

Margaux Moore is the Head of Energy Transition Research Group at Trafigura, one of the largest physical commodities trading groups in the world. In her role, she assesses the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition, focusing on the evolution of decarbonised transport, the integration of renewables and storage in power generation and the adoption of carbon capture and utilisation. This includes studying the potential of hydrogen, with the aim to develop and accelerate the commercial adoption of the molecule across the spectrum of Trafigura’s activities in trading, logistics and retail fuelling.

Margaux also leads the Group’s internal power ventures fund, investing in disruptive technologies and businesses in the energy transition.

She joined Trafigura in 2015 as a graduate having starting her career as a metals operator in Latin America and Singapore. She holds a BSc in International Management from the Warwick Business School.

Founded in 1993, Trafigura is one of the largest physical commodities trading groups in the world. At the heart of global supply, Trafigura connects the world with the vital resources it needs. Through our Oil & Petroleum Products, Metals and Minerals, and Power and Renewables divisions, we deploy infrastructure, skills and a global network to move commodities from where they are plentiful to where they are needed most, forming strong relationships that make supply chains more efficient, secure and sustainable.

Trafigura also owns and operates a number of industrial assets including global multi-metals producer Nyrstar and fuel storage and distribution company Puma Energy; and joint ventures Impala Terminals, a port and logistics provider, and Nala Renewables, a power and renewable energy investment and development platform. With over 1,000 shareholders, Trafigura is owned by its employees and employs over 13,000 people working in 48 countries.

 

Mr. Davies leads the gas content of the European GPE retainer service, a role that covers market fundamentals, quantitative modeling, and research. He also plays a significant role in the development of the long term energy balance outlooks for Europe. His expertise includes price forecasting, market strategy, fundamentals analysis, and European gas market design and operation. Mr. Davies has authored or co-authored research reports on a variety of topics within the European Energy and Global gas space. These cover a variety of topics including European gas pricing and risk management, gas supply and infrastructure, and gas demand in the context of fuel switching in the power sector.

Prior to joining IHS Markit, Mr. Davies worked for six years at a major UK gas and power utility in a variety of roles, including long-term strategy, power modeling, trading, and trade strategy. He also has R&D experience working for a major global pharmaceutical company. Mr. Davies holds a Masters degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford.

Ms. Laurencin specializes in regulation and strategy in European power markets and renewable energy investments. Her work centers on how policy is shaping the energy transition. In particular, she focuses on the European carbon price, the emissions trading scheme (ETS), renewable support frameworks and PPAs, and developing capacity markets.

Before joining IHS Markit, Ms. Laurencin developed onshore wind and biomass projects in the United Kingdom with EFRG. Prior to that, she led the regulatory analysis efforts of boutique investment bank Climate Change Capital, focusing on the ETS in London, and was a part of EDF's commodity market analysis team in Paris. She holds a Master in Management from HEC Paris, France.

Ms. Laurencin speaks French and English.

 

Oliver Weinmann is Managing Director of Vattenfall Europe Innovation GmbH. The subsidiary of Vattenfall GmbH focuses on business development, mainly related to renewable energies. He studied Process Engineering at the RWTH Aachen, followed by a PhD on Solar Thermal Power Plants at DLR in Cologne. In 1992 he started his career at HEW in Hamburg and changed to Vattenfall in 2003 as Head of Innovation Management. In parallel, between 2004 and 2007, he was Managing Director of Vattenfall Renewables GmbH. In 2010 he was appointed as Managing Director of Vattenfall Europe Innovation GmbH.

Dr. Roland Roesch is Deputy Director at the Innovation and Technology Center of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). He currently leads IRENA´s work on RE Innovation, Grids-Assessments and the Strategies Teams for Power Sector Transformation and for the Gas Sector Transformation. During his first years of assignment he was the lead to set-up the IRENA Project Navigator platform to support member countries with developing renewable energy projects. He actively leads the development of IRENA´s work in the fields of ocean energy, blue economy and decarbonizing the shipping sector.

Roland became in October 2010 a Professor for Energy Economics at the University of Applied Science in Darmstadt he worked for 15 years in the Oil&Gas and Utilities Industry for Shell and E.ON in his last position as General Manager Power at Shell and for E.ON as Head of Division, Project Leader, Project Executive and Technical Project Developer. Before he joined E.ON he worked as Energy Market Consultant for Lahmeyer International and as researcher for renewable energies. Roland has solid business experience in energy markets, energy economics and energy strategies, renewable integration management, energy project development and project financing.

 

Nuclear engineer by education, Alberto is a senior executive, with 25 years of international experience in the energy sector.

Passionate about the challenges of the energy transformation, Alberto has spent 4 years as Head of Technology and Design at Engie’s BU Hydrogen in Paris. Since July 2021 he has been appointed VP Hydrogen at NextChem, Maire Tecnimont’s company for Green Chemistry and Energy Transition.

 

Bert has joined the Climate and Infrastructure Division of EIB in 2021 to support innovative energy transition scale ups with quasi equity investments. He is a Structured Finance and Energy Sector expert having dealt with this at Shell, EBRD, ABNAMRO and ING. His special interest lies with sustainable hydrogen, for which he was responsible as global lead during his time at ING.

 

Peter brings together customers and prospects of the bank, to speed up hydrogen developments. Peter is a committed point-of-contact for EU-agencies and national governments.

 

 

Nuno Lopes Filipe is a Business Development Director with 10 years of experience in the Energy business, a background of electrical and computer engineering and experience in analytical, technical and operational work – including the coordination of field teams. Working for Fusion Fuel, a disruptive company that is unlocking the Hydrogen revolution, is responsible for supporting and supervising the commercial activities, project development and funding for the different geographies where Fusion Fuel has its footprint, namely Portugal, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Australia and USA.

Previously, Nuno was leading an innovation team at EDP NEW R&D – Centre for New Energy Technologies - with focus on the topics: Grid Integration, Energy Markets, Storage, Hydrogen and Decarbonisation of Big Hubs & Industry. Management of EU-funded projects, development of requirements, use cases and business models, leading demonstration of solutions while ensuring timely execution. Other functions on the department: build consortia to apply for calls from the EC, negotiate budgets and conditions of the consortium agreement and financial reporting. Was managing a team of 10 project managers with a portfolio of 7 European projects and deeply involved on the Hydrogen development at EDP. Nuno has an MsC in electrical engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (2011) and an MBA from the Lisbon MBA program, a joint venture between Nova and Católica Universities.

Pierre-Etienne Franc is considered as one of the leading architects of the hydrogen economy. He was the founder of the Hydrogen Council, which brings together the world’s top energy, transportation and infrastructure multinationals active in the sector. After leading Hydrogen activities for Air Liquide, Franc co-founded the FiveT Hydrogen investment platform in 2021, and currently serves as the Chief Executive of Hy24, a joint venture managing the world’s first clean hydrogen infrastructure fund.

Since the beginning of his career, Franc has built a development approach driven by a belief in the power of alliances, joint ventures, and co-development. It has helped to open new businesses (co-generation), new territories (Russia, China, Brazil in the steel markets), new markets (hydrogen energy, IT), and new technologies (electrolysis, hydrogen tanks, fuel cells in forklifts). In 1994, he wrote his first book, with Christopher Hogg focusing on the importance of customer management, which was published by Dunod. On the occasion of the COP21 in 2015, Franc published a book that detailed his vision for the hydrogen economy, with a preface by Pascal Lamy. His 2017 “Entreprise et bien commun” is a reflection on the role of business in improving society, with a preface by Gaël Giraud. Franc graduated in 1993 from France’s HEC business school, where he was awarded the HEC Foundation Prize and the second prize of the Ernst & Young Foundation for his final thesis on industrial joint ventures.

Catherine Gras has been Storengy UK and Germany CEO since 1 October 2018. Storengy is a fully owned subsidiary of ENGIE.

Catherine Gras began her career in the ENGIE Group in 2001 with various roles in Mergers & Acquisitions and then later as CFO of the gas supply division. This was followed by management positions in energy management and trading. Since 2016, she had been Managing Director of Storengy UK Ltd, for which she continues to act as Chairman of the Board. In October 2018 she joined Storengy Deutschland GmbH as the Managing Director.

Catherine Gras holds a Master's degree from the French ESSEC Business School. Before joining the ENGIE Group, she had worked for a private equity fund and the auditing company KPMG.

After receiving BsC in Mathematics and BA in Finance, Çağatay spent 15+ years in various positions in leading international banks / PE-Pension funds responsible from project financing, investment banking, and strategic planning, most recently as Strategy and Sustainability Director at Tupras. He is responsible from long term strategic transition and business development in new investment areas including but not limited to green hydrogen and biofuels. Sustainability and carbon neutrality remains the key areas of focus during this transition period.

Hyung works for the RaboResearch Energy Transition team where she keeps track of the latest developments in the field of clean hydrogen and stationary energy storage. With her research she supports the Banking4Energy strategy which is part of Rabobank’s mission: “Growing a better world together”. Hyung has over 20 years of experience in the financial sector and holds a Master’s Degree in International Economics and International Geography from Utrecht University.

 

Simon Wood is a Senior Director with the Energy Transition and Clean Technology Consulting team at S&P Global Commodity Insights. Simon has been leading hydrogen and renewable gases consulting projects, focusing on commercial monetisation opportunities and the associated value chains. Mr. Wood has applied more almost 20 years’ energy experience to the emerging hydrogen market. This experience is across the full gas and power value chain, including downstream pricing and portfolio management, midstream origination, and upstream investment appraisal. Using the synergies of natural gas and hydrogen as a feedstock, fuel and energy carrier Simon has been able to scope, evaluate and value potential hydrogen value chains from a producer and end-user perspective, including pricing points, regulatory environment and commercial frameworks.
Simon has worked on a diverse range of energy value chain activities including price reviews, arbitrations, commercial negotiations, M&A activity, public affairs, and consultancy. Geographically, his focus has been across Europe (including the UK and Norwegian continental shelves), Russia, Middle East and North Africa. Simon’s previous roles include heading European gas market analysis at S&P Global Platts and roles as senior economist and senior European market analyst at ConocoPhillips in Aberdeen and London.

Tariq Fedda is a partner in our energy, infrastructure and resources practice area. He advises in relation to structuring, development, documentation and financing of international infrastructure projects. Tariq has particular experience in the LNG, hydrogen, and power industries.
Tariq has advised developers, contractors, lenders, and investors in the drafting and negotiation of both project and finance documentation, including charter parties, terminal use agreements, commodity and asset sale and purchase agreements, power purchase agreements, concession agreements, joint ventures, loan agreements, and security agreements under both New York and English law. Tariq regularly advises on cross-border transactions involving multiple jurisdictions.

Philippe Peccard is Vice President of Clean Energy at Linde. Prior to this role, he served as Managing Director Linde Engineering MENA and Head of Cluster Linde Gas Middle East & Turkey.
Mr. Peccard joined Linde in 2002 and held several positions in business development and management in the Linde Gas and Engineering divisions in Munich, Shanghai and Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Linde, Mr. Peccard worked for Shell, in the U.K. as well as for Air Liquide, in France. He holds a master’s degree in physics and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Nancy in France.

André is currently the Associated Director for H2 strategy and origination at EDP, supporting the definition of key markets, geographies and opportunities. Previously he was at the Energy Planning Department of EDP, focusing on the long-term evolution of energy systems, implications of energy policies and assessment of innovative technologies such as new storage systems and hydrogen. He has a M.Sc. in Physics Engineering and a Ph.D. in Sustainable Energy Systems from Instituto Superior Técnico.

Eric has a background in business strategy and information technology, with specializations in strategic thinking and management for competitive advantage, as well as business and financial modeling. Eric worked on hydrogen technology development with a focus on reactant based methods for over a decade before founding GenHydro.

Filippo Bartoloni is the head of Green Hydrogen Project Development at Enel Green Power where he is accelerating the entry of the company into the new sustainable hydrogen business.

Since joining Enel in 2016, he has held several roles including in the renewable and thermal generation divisions and the strategy unit.

Prior to joining the company, he worked in the oil and gas industry where he managed several oil asset acquisitions.

He holds a master's degree in energy engineering from the University of Rome La Sapienza and a corporate MBA from the Enrico Mattei School.

As Head of Hydrogen Production Strategy at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Paul is responsible for setting the policy environment to ensure new low carbon production routes and technologies can provide the growth and carbon reduction benefits needed for our net zero commitments.

This approach is focused on encouraging a range of low carbon production routes in support of the UK’s ambition to have up to 10GW of production capacity by 2030. With this increased ambition comes an opportunity for the UK to become a net exporter of low carbon hydrogen this decade, and the UK intends to play an active role in the global hydrogen marketplace.

Paul has been working in the area of sustainability and decarbonisation for over 20 years, across local, regional and national government, as well as the private sector. He began his career in local transport policy and strategy, before moving on to designing and leading EU projects that encouraged sustainable mobility. He has worked on a range of policy areas at BEIS including renewable heat, industrial decarbonisation, and the bioeconomy.

Peter Mackey joined the Air Liquide Group in 2017 as VP Investors Strategic Intelligence, in which role he co-chaired the Group’s Energy Transition Task Force. Initially based in Frankfurt, in late 2020 he relocated to Paris to take up his current role as VP Strategy & Policy Support for Air Liquide’s Hydrogen Energy world business line.

Prior to joining Air Liquide, Peter spent over two decades working as a highly ranked Equity Analyst covering the chemical sector. He worked in London for several institutions, including Exane BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Commerzbank.

Peter is a Mathematics & Economics graduate of the London School of Economics.

Margaux Moore is the Head of Energy Transition Research Group at Trafigura, one of the largest physical commodities trading groups in the world. In her role, she assesses the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition, focusing on the evolution of decarbonised transport, the integration of renewables and storage in power generation and the adoption of carbon capture and utilisation. This includes studying the potential of hydrogen, with the aim to develop and accelerate the commercial adoption of the molecule across the spectrum of Trafigura’s activities in trading, logistics and retail fuelling.

Margaux also leads the Group’s internal power ventures fund, investing in disruptive technologies and businesses in the energy transition.

She joined Trafigura in 2015 as a graduate having starting her career as a metals operator in Latin America and Singapore. She holds a BSc in International Management from the Warwick Business School.

Founded in 1993, Trafigura is one of the largest physical commodities trading groups in the world. At the heart of global supply, Trafigura connects the world with the vital resources it needs. Through our Oil & Petroleum Products, Metals and Minerals, and Power and Renewables divisions, we deploy infrastructure, skills and a global network to move commodities from where they are plentiful to where they are needed most, forming strong relationships that make supply chains more efficient, secure and sustainable.

Trafigura also owns and operates a number of industrial assets including a majority share of global multi-metals producer Nyrstar and fuel storage and distribution company Puma Energy; and joint ventures Impala Terminals, a port and logistics provider, and Nala Renewables, a power and renewable energy investment and development platform. With over 1,000 shareholders, Trafigura is owned by its employees and employs over 13,000 people working in 48 countries.

Karsten Uhd Plauborg, Partner is co-heading the Energy Transition Fund. Mr. Plauborg is leading marketing and contracting of products across the portfolio, leveraging extensive network in LNG and natural gas. Mr. Plauborg is driving project origination, identifying the most attractive opportunities for ETF I. Mr. Plauborg joined CIP with a focus to establish power-to-gas as a new business area within the company. Prior to joining CIP he held various management positions at Ørsted (a leading utility within offshore wind). Among others he was the Director of Global LNG, building a global trading business with representation in London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Prior positions at Ørsted include Head of Long Term Gas Contracts and Head of Business Development (buying and selling energy companies and energy assets). He holds a B.Sc. in chemistry, a M.Sc. in Natural Resource Economics and an MBA.

Brian Murphy is a Senior Analyst for Hydrogen and Low Carbon Fuels at S&P Global Commodity Insights, based in Washington, DC. Brian focuses on delivering analytics and pricing products that will aid clients’ understanding of the technologies, policies, and market dynamics shaping the role of low-carbon hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives in the energy transition.

Prior to joining S&P Global, Brian was a Principal Engineer at Strategic Analysis, Inc. studying emerging low-carbon technology costs for the US Department of Energy. Brian holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware and a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Mario Pérez is a senior specialist at S&P Global Platts covering European power and gas, providing pricing, news and market analysis. Prior to joining Platts, he worked in environmental commodities in the Netherlands. Mario holds a bachelor's degree in economics and finance from Coventry University.

James Burgess is a journalist with over 10 years’ experience covering business, commodities, energy and politics. Prior to joining S&P Global Platts, he worked as a freelance journalist and was previously European oil products editor at Argus Media.

Olivier BA, MS, has joined ATOME from being the Chief Investment Officer of Global Energy at the IFC, part of the World Bank Group.

After starting his career as a field engineer in energy, he is a recognised expert in funding and managing infrastructure assets for Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, leading over $500M of equity investments in early stage companies and over $30bn of corporate and structured debt finance transactions

Dr. Sebastian Vogel is the Head of Hydrogen Strategy at RWE Generation SE since early 2021, when the RWE group became the first major utility to establish a dedicated hydrogen division. He is responsible for developing and implementing the hydrogen strategy for RWE as well as for establishing strategic partnerships along the entire hydrogen value chain and across various customer industries.

He joined RWE from the corporate development team of thyssenkrupp AG where he was responsible for strategy development and portfolio management of their global steel, materials trading and heavy industry business units. He started his professional career in international strategy consulting. Sebastian Vogel holds a degree in Industrial Engineering as well as a doctorate in Production and Supply Chain Management from Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.

Qasam Sultan leads the market analysis team within National Grid Plc’s Group Strategy function, with a particular focus on power generation fuels. His role includes the development of long term price forecasts and energy transition scenarios, along with strategic analysis and supporting business development activities. Prior to joining National Grid in 2017, Qasam held a number of analytical and commercial roles at E.ON/Uniper since 2007, where he specialised in global commodity markets.