Hydrogen Impact Investment Awards 2023 | Leader Associates | 13 September 2023 | Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3EE, UK

Clean hydrogen is playing a critical role to reach net-zero carbon emissions. More than 30 countries have released official hydrogen strategies and roadmaps to ramp up their hydrogen consumption and develop the required infrastructure.

This awards aims to recognize and reward excellence in aspects of hydrogen investment, finance, and innovation development. The awards celebrate the companies and individuals for their excellent business strategies, innovative achievements, outstanding accomplishments of projects and their social responsibility throughout the hydrogen supply chain.

2023 Speakers

Gauri Singh
Deputy Director General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Didier Holleaux
Executive Vice President, ENGIE

Dr Sopna Sury
COO Hydrogen; Chair at Hydrogen Europe, RWE Generation SE

Felipe Arbelaez
Senior Vice President Hydrogen & CCS, bp

Sanjiv Lamba
Chief Executive Officer, Linde

Grete Tveit
Senior Vice President, Low Carbon Solutions, Equinor

Marco Arcelli
Chief Executive Officer, ACWA Power

Dr. Axel Wietfeld
Chief Executive Officer, Uniper Hydrogen

Jane Toogood
Chief Executive, Catalyst Technologies; UK’s first Hydrogen Champion, Johnson Matthey

Gabriël Clemens
Chief Executive Officer, Green Gas, E.ON SE

Alicia Eastman
President, InterContinental Energy

David R. Edmondson
CEO, NEOM Green Hydrogen Company

Valérie Ruiz-Domingo
Group Hydrogen Vice President, ENGIE

Jürgen Tzschoppe
Executive Vice President New Energy Solutions, Statkraft

Alex Hewitt
Co-founder & CEO, CWP Global

Tom Hautekiet
Chief Commercial Officer, Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Olivia Breese
Senior Vice President and Head of Power-to-X, Orsted

Ana Quelhas
Managing Director for Hydrogen, EDP Renewables

Andrea Lovato
EVP, Global Head of Hydrogen, ACWA Power

Benjamin Haycraft
Executive Vice President, EMEA Region, Plug Power

Dr. Stefan Kaufmann
Hydrogen Executive Advisor to the Thyssenkrupp Board, Thyssenkrupp

Irina Gorbounova
Head of Xcarb Innovation Fund, ArcelorMittal

Werner Ponikwar
Chief Executive Officer, thyssenkrupp nucera

Hedvig Paradis
Vice President Hydrogen, H2 Green Steel

Naveen Ahlawat
Chief Procurement Officer & Head- Green hydrogen and Gasification Projects , CCSU, Jindal Steel and Power Limited

Margaux Moore
Board Member, Trafigura Foundation and Head of Energy Transition Research, Trafigura

Osamu Ikeda
Managing Director, Chiyoda Corporation Netherlands B.V.

Ryo Kogure
VP Hydrogen Supply Chain & Infrastructure, European Markets, Mitsubishi Nederland B.V.

Dr. Christine Falken-Grosser
Director, Hydrogen Coordination, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany

Sarah Potts
Hydrogen Managing Director, Storegga

Petr Mervart
Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Industry and Trade for Hydrogen Technologies, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic

Israel Hurtado
President, H2 Mexico

Szymon Byliński
Director, Department of Electromobility and Hydrogen Management, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Poland

Will Rowe
Founder & CEO, Octopus Hydrogen

Ralph Ibendahl
Managing Director, Head of Renewables & Energy Transition, EMEA, RBC Capital Markets

Amir Sharifi
Chief Investment Officer, Hy24

Jens Berge
Chief Executive Officer, Norwegian Hydrogen

Dr Fatemeh Rezazadeh
Vice President - Hydrogen and Renewables, VARO Energy

Dr Dimitrios Dimitriou
Senior Advisor to the CEO - Group CEO Office, Emirates Steel Arkan

Chris Moore
Partner, Global Co-chair of International Arbitration Practice, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Lynn Ammar
Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Rebecca Armstrong
Partner, Clyde& Co

Richard Elks
Partner, Clyde& Co

Ramona Ader
Senior Associate, Public Procurement Law, EU State Aid and Subsidy Law, BLOMSTEIN

Bruno Galvão, LL.M.
Special Counsel, Public Procurement, International Trade Law and ESG, BLOMSTEIN

James Chapman
Counsel (Energy, Transport and Infrastructure), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Carina Radford
Partner, White & Case LLP

INNOVATE LEADERS:

Clare Jackson
Chief Executive Officer, Hydrogen UK

Gokce Mete
Co-founder, Women in Green Hydrogen and Senior Expert, Hydrogen and Industry Transition, Hydrogen for Net Zero (H2NZ)

Ana Munoz
Chief Legal Officer, NEOM Green Hydrogen Company

Ajay Singh
Managing Executive Officer, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

Heidi Bergman
Head of Investment Projects, Renewable Hydrogen, Neste

VIP GUESTS:

Roland Kaeppner
Executive Director, Hydrogen & Green Fuels, ENOWA

Ir. Muhamad Nazri Bin Pazil
Managing Director, TNB Remaco

2023 Sponsor and Partners

ENERGY TRANSITION PARTNERS:
RWE
Engie

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
Uniper

SUSTAINABLE PORT PARTNER:
• Port of Antwerp Bruges