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CHE2026 Strategic Speakers


Santiago González Herraiz
Head of Renewable Hydrogen Department
IDAE


Juan de Miguel Salanova
Head of Sector, Hydrogen, Smart gas grids & CO2 Networks
CINEA


Norela Constantinescu
Deputy Director, Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC)
IRENA


Daniel Fraile
Chief Policy and Markets Officer
Hydrogen Europe


Natalia Latorre
Director General of Energy Transition
Enagás


Maribel Rodríguez
Director, Hydrogen Business
Repsol


María Molina
Director of the Green Hydrogen Valley
Moeve


Jorge Palomar
Global Hydrogen Development Director
Iberdrola


Luis Iglesias
COO & Business Development Director
Enagás Renovable


Jose Manuel Perez
Executive Director for Regulation Spain
EDP Renewables


Teresa Rasero Guerrero
Large Industry Comercial Director, Spain & Portugal
Air Liquide


Mark Freymueller
CEO Energy & Hydrogen Europe
Hyundai Motor Group


Sérgio Goulart Machado
Head of H2 & Renewable Fuels
Galp


Alan Cortizo Suarez
Vice President Sales
Mitsubishi Power


Jose María Santa Bárbara
Managing Director
Fundación Hidrógeno Aragón


Bert Kiewiet
Head of Business Development International
Gasunie


Luis Ignacio PARADA
EU Energy Policy & Regulation Director
Enagás


Julia Meinig-Wolfgang
Director Strategy & Growth
Sunfire


Ganapathy Swamy
VP Large Project Development EMEA
Linde


Philippe Esposito
Chairman & President
DH2 Energy


Eiji OHIRA
European Representative
Japan Hydrogen Association


Olga Fedorova
Project Manager Green Hydrogen Andalusian Valley
Moeve


Javier Arboleda
Director General
SHYNE


Leire Colomo
Board Member
BH2C


Tobias Block
Chief Strategy Officer
eFuel Alliance


Kleopatra Avraam
Senior Director of Strategic Planning
DESFA


Sjoerd Jenneskens
Director Ammonia Distribution
AGF Nitrogen


Uffe Winther
Managing Director
CIP


Henry Rushton
Director, Energy Sector Coverage, Hydrogen EMEA Lead
ING Bank


Hyung-Ja de Zeeuw
Senior Energy Transition Specialist, Executive Director
Rabobank


Martin Tengler
Head of Hydrogen
BloombergNEF


Cristina del Pozo
Vice President, PtX Investment Spain
CIP


Cansu Doganay
Analyst
Lux Research


Thomas Hillig
Managing Director
THEnergy


Jose Luis Garcia Valdeolivas
Senior Manager
BCG


Vicente Moros Pérez
Senior Manager - Global Strategy Group
KPMG España


Mónica Trilho
Research Analyst, Hydrogen & Derivatives
Wood Mackenzie


María Jaén Caparrós
European Hydrogen Research Leader
EPRI


Annemette Hindhede Jensen
Senior Business Development Manager
Quest One


Miguel Ángel Fernandez
Manager
CNH2


Lorenzo Fernández de Villavicencio
Associate Director BD, Clean Hydrogen EMEA
Linde
CHE2026 Innovation Leaders


Pedram Pazouki
Vice President Products & Projects
ITM Power


Nikolaj Knudsen
Head of Business Development PtX
Topsoe


José Miguel Macho
Business Development Director for H2 and PtX Applications SW Europe
Siemens Energy


Devon Hyver
Director Sales and Market Development EMEAI, BU Electrolyzer
Plug Power


Dr. Sören Dresp
Director of Advanced Technology Institute
Sungrow


Carlo Terragni
Managing Director
Neuman & Esser Italia


Christian Dijkstra
Technical Sales Director
Hystar


Karl Samuelsson
SVP Application Development
PowerCell Group


Juan Bernabeu
Business Development Director Spain
HDF Energy


Joachim Ladra
Head of Sales, Marketing & Communication
cellcentric GmbH & Co. KG


Nicolai Raß
Head of Business Development Hydrogen International
OGE


Joan Batalla
President
Sedigas


Ignacio López Muñoz
Key Account Manager
Sungrow


Valentin Calfa
Public Affairs Advisor
Gas Distributors for Sustainability (GD4S)


Stefano Murace
Policy Advisor
Eurogas


Nuno Lago de Carvalho
Chief Commercial Officer
CaetanoBus


Johan Dekeyser
Science Executive Safety, Refining Technology & Pipelines
Concawe (part of the European Fuels Manufacturing Association)


Felix Höfling
Head of Technical Sales
ReiCat


Rubén Rius Vicente
Key Account Manager Hydrogen EMEIA
BAC


Mike Kämmer
Senior Lead Engineer, Green Hydrogen & Ammonia
Fichtner


Shabarish Nunna
Application Manager at BAC EMEA
BAC


Dr. Feng-Yuan Zhang
Professor
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
CGHE2024 Strategic Speakers


Jose Luis Cabo Sánchez
Deputy Directorate General for Hydrocarbons and New Fuels
MITECO


Melissa Verykios
Chair of the Governing Board
Clean Hydrogen Partnership (EU)


Laurent ANTONI
Executive Director
IPHE


Carlos Barrasa
Executive Vice President, Commercial & Clean Energies
CEPSA


Javier Goñi
Chief Executive Officer
Grupo Fertiberia


Hans Olav Raen
Chief Executive Officer
Yara Clean Ammonia


Javier Cavada
President & CEO, EMEA
Mitsubishi Power


Luis Ignacio Parada
Director EU Energy Policy & Regulation
Enagás


Piero Ercoli
Executive Director, Decarbonization
Snam


Teresa Rasero
Chairwoman & President, Spain
Air Liquide


Joaquín Rodríguez
Director of Hydrogen and Clean Power
CEPSA


Carolina Mesa Ivern
Vice President, Hydrogen, Spain and New Markets
bp


Christian Pho Duc
Chief Technology Officer
Smartenergy


Antón Martinez Rodriguez
Chief Executive Officer
Enagás Renovable


Jorge Palomar
Global Hydrogen Development Director
Iberdrola


Maribel Rodríguez
Head of the Hydrogen Business
Repsol


André Pina
Global Head of H2 Strategy & Origination
EDP Renewables


Carsten Borchers
Managing Director and Vice President Global Green Gas Projects
E.ON Hydrogen


Leyre de Adrian
Head of Sales and Marketing - Energy
Fortescue


Alan Ripa
Chief Executive Officer
AccionaPlug


Dr. Marie Jaroni
SVP Decarbonization and ESG
thyssenkrupp Steel


Thierry Lepercq
Founder & President
HyDeal


Alexander Voigt
Co Founder and Chief Executive Officer
HH2E


Florian Merz
Head of Business Development, Europe
Masdar


Samia Blonce
Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer
Storengy


Michael Kohl
Commercial Managing Director
RWE Gas Storage West


José María Llopis
Managing Director Spain and Wind Europe
Smartenergy


Nicolai Raß
Head of Hydrogen Development International
OGE


Franz Helm
Managing Director
VERBUND Green Hydrogen


Xavier Lorenzo Rousseau
Director, Strategy and Market Analysis
Snam


Dr. Marie-Claire Aoun
Director of Prospective and Institutional Relations
Teréga


Emma Mazhari
Vice President, Head of Energy Markets
Maersk


Osamu Ikeda
Managing Director
Chiyoda Corporation Netherlands B.V.


Jaime Casasus-Bribian
Head of Americas, Iberia and Australia & Director of Power-to-X Projects
European Energy


Dr. Alexander Fleischanderl
Chief Technology Officer
Primetals Technologies (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group)


Khaled Nageib
Chief Executive Officer
Hydrogen Egypt


Yoshinari HIKI
Deputy General Manager of Hydrogen Business Department
ENEOS Corporation


Richard Scott
Executive Vice President
ACME Group


Ryo Kogure
VP Hydrogen Supply Chain & Infrastructure, European Markets
Mitsubishi Corporation


Jaime BORRELL
Business Development & Public Affairs Director, Spain & Portugal
Alstom


Prof. Dr. Christian Mohrdieck
Chief Technology Officer
Hyzon Motors


Eva Hennig
Chair of the Eurogas Distribution Committee
Eurogas


Gotzon Gomez Sarasola
HEAD OF SPAIN and PORTUGAL project
H2 Green Steel


Peter Daemen
Vice President Consulting
Power2X


Niels van Buuren
Executive Vice President Iberia
Power2X


Peter Gerstl
Director of Hydrogen Sales
Chart Industries


Prof. Sampson Mamphweli
Head of the Energy Secretariat
South African National Energy Development Institute


Laurence Boisramé
Global Director for Hydrogen & CCUS
Bureau Veritas


Beatriz Nieto Calderón
Head of Engineering Unit
Centro Nacional del Hidrógeno (CNH2)


Dr. Geoff Townsend
Industry Fellow
Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company


Annemette Hindhede Jensen
Sales Manager
H-TEC SYSTEMS


Belén Moreno Fresneda
Account Executive
HSL Technologies (HySiLabs)




