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CHM2025 Strategic Speakers
Eng Nawal Alhanaee
Director of Future Energy, Head of the COP28 Energy Taskforce
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, UAE
Najla Zuhair Al Jamali
Chief Executive Alternative Energy
OQ
Markus Exenberger
Executive Director and Chairman
H2Global Foundation
Uwe Zwiefelhofer
Managing Director, Head of MENA Region
Linde
Aurelie Gaidet
Manager, Business Development (UAE)
Masdar
Nabil Nachi
Head of MEA New Business
Hyundai Motor Company
Richard Colwill
Head of Engineering & Innovation
InterContinental Energy
Naveen Ahlawat
Head Power-to-X, Green Hydrogen, Green Steel & CCUS
Jindal Steel & Power
Kirsten Raeymaekers
Manager MENA -Hydrogen
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Special Advisor to Minister, Executive Director at JETRO Dubai
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Japan
Stephan Gobert
Senior Vice President, Hydrogen, AMEA
ENGIE
Moataz Kandil
President of Middle East, North Africa & Central Asia
Fortescue
Seif Eldin H. Mustafa
Head of Finance & Investment
Suez Canal Economic Zone
Takuya Niitsuma
General Manager Europe, New Business Development
ENEOS Corporation
Tony Nieman
Head of Middle East
InterContinental Energy
Chris Wood
Chief Executive Officer
RAK Gas L.L.C.
Kenny Kitamura
Chief Representative for the Middle East
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
Myriam Hosr
Strategy and Business Development Director
Fertiglobe
Mohammad Abdelqader El-Ramahi
Chief Green Hydrogen Officer
Masdar
Nicolas Poirot
CEO Africa Middle-East & India
Air Liquide
Atsushi Suzuki
President & CEO
Marubeni Middle East & Africa Power
Karim Shahin
National Projects Adviser
The Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers
Alessandro Gorla
General Manager OMV Refining & Marketing MEA
OMV
Siddharth Malik
Chief Executive Officer
Vulcan Green Energy
Dr. Dimitrios Dimitriou
Vice President of ESG & Sustainability
EMSTEEL
Kim Thagaard Pedersen
Director, Investments
A.P. Møller Capital
Omar Germouni
Senior Partner & CEO
Transengy
Driss Berraho
Executive Vice President & Head of Global Green Hydrogen
ACWA Power
Waleed Elkalash
Managing Director MEA
Smartenergy
Kim Hedegaard
CEO Power-to-X
Topsoe
François Dao
Vice-President, Middle East & Africa
EDF Renewables
Amir Sharifi
Chief Investment Officer
Hy24
Nawfal EL FADIL
Executive Director in charge of Green Hydrogen
Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN)
Dr Alessandro Zampieri
Partner and Associate Director, Decarbonisation Solutions
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Henry Rushton
Director Energy Sector & EMEA Lead for Hydrogen
ING
Dr. Nikunj Gupta
Vice President, New Energies Technical & Projects
ADNOC
Khalid Saad Mohammed Al Fuhaid
Director
Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC)
Elie Adaimy
Group Director BD, Tech & Innovation
Gulf Cryo
Florian Merz
Associate Director, Business Development (Europe)
Masdar
Ali Zerouali
Executive Vice President Middle-East, Africa
HIF Global
Eiichiro Miyazoe
Managing Director
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Middle East FZE
Javier Doblas
Managing Director & Partner
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Dr Viktoria Nikulshyna
VP- Head of CO2 Utilization and Hydrogen
Holcim
CHM2025 Innovation Pioneers
Clean Fuels MENA Forum Speakers
Maryam Al Balooshi
Chief Environment Lead
UAE General Civil Aviation Authority
Ryan Faucett
Vice President, Environmental Sustainability
Boeing
David Smith
Executive Vice President
Marubeni Middle-East and Africa Power Limited
Piotr Konopka
Group Vice President
DP World
Ahmed Badr
Director, Project Facilitation and Support
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Siegfried Knecht
CEO, aireg & VP Director R&T Affair
Airbus
David Johnston
General Counsel, Legal Division
TA'ZIZ
Rashid Kizhakkayil
Quality& Environment Controller
Sharjah International Airport
Kenneth Lim
Assistant Chief Executive (Industry and Transformation)
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)
Mohammed Alhadher Algarni
Head of Business Development and Products Portfolio
SABIC
Takeo Akamatsu
General Manager, Green Innovation Business Unit
ITOCHU Corporation
Loftur Thorarinsson
Head of New Energies Business India
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
Raghu Viswanathan
Director, eFuels, Supply Chain & Strategy
Smartenergy
Capt. Saif Al Mheiri
CEO at Abu Dhabi Maritime, Chief Sustainability Officer
AD Ports Group
Hiren Mehta
Chief Commercial Officer
ACME Group
Ilona Grzyb
Business Development Manager
H2SITE
Mahdi Allawatia
Project Director
Sohar Port Free Zone
Tom Light
President & CEO
Aviation Climate Taskforce
Mac Irvine
CFO
Jet Zero
Filippo Comelli
Senior Business Development Manager
TES
Youth Special Session Speakers
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