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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

