ISC 2022 Speakers

Enam Akoetey-Eyiah has worked in development, sustainability, and environment in a variety of organizations across the United Kingdom and Africa for the last 18 years such as the Ghana government and the World Bank. Of Enam’s many accomplishments, she has focused on environmental driven projects such as the replacement of 6 million incandescent with CFL, she facilitated the Programmatic CDM for CFL4All, and developed the first voluntary forestry project sold in Africa – 100 hectares reforestation of degraded forest, she developed a tree-tracking and monitoring app. Enam has also worked on the first GHG Protocol – Scope 2 corporate greenhouse gas report in Sub-Saharan Africa, she has planted 300 hectares of mixed species forest, and facilitated the reforestation and enrichment planting of 35,000 hectares. Enam is the first Ghanaian women to start a tree planting initiative and has been successful at doing so by equipping communities with inputs to raise over 500,000 seedlings for distribution in schools, communities and for agroforestry with a target to plant 5 million tree seedlings ten years in Ghana.

Enam specializes in the design and implementation of nature-based solutions projects, corporate greenhouse gas emissions audits and reporting, renewable energy, ecosystem services, and carbon and climate finance. Enam has a Master of Science in Development Studies from London Southbank University and is starting an LLM Energy and Environmental at the University of Birmingham. As part of the I-REC Standard, Enam has led the growth and adoption of the I-REC Standard’s facilitation of renewable attribute tracking systems in Africa.

Wael Almazeedi has over 25 years of industry experience in energy and infrastructure acquired while working for Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (1984-1990); the World Bank Group (1993-97); BTU Ventures (1999-2011), an infrastructure private equity firm; and since 2012, FATE Consortium, a collaborative energy technology platform. Much of Wael’s experience was acquired while stationed in (in alphabetic order): Boston, Dubai, Hong Kong, Kuwait, London, Yokohama, and Washington D.C. He was also awarded the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year™ Award in the energy category for the New England region of the USA.

He has several authorships under his name, having been the lead author on the Kuwait Hydrogen White Paper/Preliminary Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap (2019-2021), the coordinating author of “Roadmap for an Inclusive Customer-facing Hydrogen Ecosystem to Expedite the Energy Transition,” in T-20 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2020), and will be an author for a MENA Hydrogen Chapter in a Book (forthcoming) titled: “Saudi Arabia and the Hydrogen Economy: Domestic and International Opportunities,” sponsored by King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Can is the Managing Director of Foton, the local I-REC(E) Issuer in Turkey. He started his career in corporate credits & internal audit positions in the banking industry, then worked as a power & gas trader in the energy industry. Foton has worked with Energy Web to develop a blockchain-based I-REC platform, which was implemented in 2021.

Scott Bartos serves as Regional Energy Advisor at USAID’s Regional Development Mission for Asia where he helps partners accelerate the deployment of clean energy technologies and strengthen energy security. Prior to joining USAID in 2016, Scott designed and led climate change and air quality programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and was recognized as a recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Scott received his M.A. in Environment and Natural Resource Policy from the George Washington University and a B.S. in Biology from James Madison University. Scott also served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer teaching sustainable aquaculture techniques in rural Northeast Thailand. In his free time, Scott enjoys playing sports and exploring the outdoors on two wheels.

Thomas has over 15 years of international experience as a director, program manager, and team leader in areas such as energy, sustainability, green economy, and climate change. His primary focus areas include carbon management, environmental commodities markets, climate mitigation projects, and sustainability and green economy strategies and frameworks.

Some of his most significant work includes managing emission reduction projects and programs (CDM, JI, GS) throughout the entire project life cycle from initial project identification and development up to the point of implementation and project operations; authoring UNFCCC-backed CDM large scale baseline and monitoring methodologies, executing on-site technical and financial project due diligence and environmental impact assessments; conducting capacity building workshops for government institutions, investors, funds, and energy trading companies; developing carbon footprints, GHG inventories, and MRV frameworks at product, project, organization, city, and country-level, in line with international standards (ISO 14067 and 14064, GHG Protocol Product Standard, Corporate Standard, GPC, IPCC); developing and implementing carbon abatement strategies at organization and city level; drafting GHG regulations and policies at city level, developing offset portfolio management strategies and fund concepts for organizations; transacting offsets and environmental attributes, and developing a market for renewable energy certificates across the GCC region.

Currently, Thomas is heading the Carbon Unit at the NEOM Energy and Water Company (ENOWA), where he is responsible for developing and operationalizing a Carbon Management Framework as an enabler to achieve NEOM’s carbon neutrality vision incl. GHG accounting and forecasting, carbon abatement, position management, and offset procurement.

Jared Braslawsky is a leading expert on the use, implementation, and functionality of attribute tracking systems such as the United States REC, European Guarantee of Origin (GO), and the global International REC Standard. His expertise is used by organizations such as RE100 where he is a member of the Technical Working Group. He has participated in workshops, technical meetings, and informational webinars for RE100’s members (with over 200 corporate renewable electricity consumers). He was a key contributor to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) Scope 2 Guidance document and supported the GHGP in organizing workshops to promote the guidance document when it was completed in 2015.

Jared has played a leading role in the development and growth of the Guarantee of Origin system in Europe through his role as Secretary-General of RECS International. Jared is also the Co-founder and Executive Director of the International REC Standard Foundation (I-REC Standard), a not-for-profit organization for energy attribute tracking standardization that enables the simplified implementation of reliable, traceable REC systems, and national renewable energy markets in adherence with electricity market regulations and best practices worldwide.

Travis heads the development of carbon removal and point-source reduction mechanisms, ensuring regulatory compliance to the I-REC Standard. His role in the product development team is to help diversify Evident’s portfolio of Product Codes to track new environmental assets that will enable robust end-user claims and channel finance into burgeoning climate solutions. Travis holds a bachelor’s degree in geography from University College London

Julie leads 3Degrees’ global renewable energy-related policy engagement, working directly with government agencies, NGOs, and trade associations to track and analyze changes to regulations and standards that impact corporate carbon reduction strategies. Her focus is on promoting policies to advance clean energy and commodity markets outside of North America, particularly for scope 3 decarbonization. Prior to 3Degrees, Julie led the development of resources and training opportunities to accelerate corporate procurement of renewable energy and supply chain decarbonization at the Clean Energy Buyers Association. 

Julie brings over 15 years of experience in renewable energy and international development. She previously served as a clean energy consultant for the Asian Development Bank, where she worked with governments in Southeast Asia to identify, finance, and monitor clean energy projects and programs. She also has experience supporting USAID-funded clean energy programs. Julie holds a Master of Regional Planning from Cornell University and bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Dance from Shenandoah University.

Bio to come.

Mourad Dahbi is a vision-driven manager with a career-long record and Founder, CEO of Energroup. He has extensive knowledge and experience in renewable energies, energy efficiency solutions, and green economy. Mourad is well-versed in technology utilization. He has comprehensive public relations, public affairs, government affairs, lobbying, and related public and private sector liaison experience with multiple achievements in sustainable development in different Countries in Africa. He has provided coordination, research, and analysis in support of the Strategy and Advocacy team working with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.

Alongside the world’s top experts, Killian led the drafting of the EnergyTag Standard, which created the Granular Certificate, a robust and widely recognized instrument for hourly energy attribute tracking. The Standard is supported by hundreds of organizations including some of the world-leading sustainability players like Google, Microsoft, AES, Clean Air Task Force, Enel Green, and Vattenfall. Prior to joining EnergyTag, Killian managed a global energy strategy at Air Liquide, one of the world’s largest hydrogen and oxygen producers. There, he worked on large-scale PPAs and time-based electricity sourcing strategies for Green Hydrogen, as well as oversaw the group’s Scope 2 carbon accounting efforts. Killian holds an MBA from the Collège des Ingénieurs in Paris and a Masters degree in Energy Technology from the University of Cambridge.

Oleg facilitates governments, renewable energy producers, and consumers across several regions in the development of voluntary markets and EAC standardization. He is actively involved in the global project development at the I-REC Standard Foundation secretariat. Oleg has a track record of market development in his previous role within environmental commodity trading.

Dirk Van Evercooren was born in 1966 in Antwerp, Belgium, and holds a Master’s degree in Economic Science.

After spending nearly 2 decades as Director of Markets at VREG, the electricity and gas markets regulator in the Flanders region of Belgium, Dirk left the regulator to take the position of Managing Director of the Organisation for Sustainable Energy (ODE Flanders). 

Dirk was also active within CEER, the Council of European Energy Regulators as a Member of the Customer and Retail Markets Working Group and a Co-chair of the Customer Empowerment Work Stream. From May 2014 to February 2020, he was President of the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB is an international non-for-profit organization. The purpose is to develop, use, and promote a standardized system to facilitate the international exchange between energy certificates).

Dirk’s areas of expertise include sustainability, energy regulation, functioning of retail markets for electricity and gas, renewable energy, markets for green certificates, and Energy Attribute Certificates. He is also an experienced spokesperson, debater, and presenter.

With over 25 years’ experience in energy and environmental markets, Ed Everson was a participant in the RECS Test Phase from 1998, a founding member of the Association of Issuing Bodies in 2002, and national representative for a number of countries until 2015, advisor to UK Government on the Renewables Obligation, and advisor to the European Commission on the Guarantee of Origin.

A former director with multinational engineering and environmental consultants Ramboll, Ed has also been Chief Finance Office for several power project developers and advised businesses, banks, and governments on energy markets and project viability. As advisor or operator, he has been responsible for the implementation of verification services for renewable energy production in over 20 countries outside of Europe.

Within the I-REC Standard, Ed is responsible for ensuring that the development of the International Attribute Tracking Standard and the services delivered remain consistent with evolving best practices and technology whilst meeting the need of a rapidly growing group of consumers and stakeholders.

Toby is the CEO and co-founder of Granular – a company building software solutions to support the trading and management of hourly energy certificates. Toby also founded EnergyTag, an industry-led, non-profit initiative to define and build a market for granular energy certificates.  Prior to his current role Toby was a VP at OVO Energy, a large green energy supplier from the UK where he led international expansion.   His previous roles include Managing Director at the demand-response company VCharge (acquired by OVO), and co-founder at UK solar company Engensa (acquired by Hanergy).  He also has experience in working for General Electric and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.  He has a PhD in solar energy from Imperial College London, and an undergraduate in Physics from Cambridge University, UK.

Benjamin Gerber is the President and Chief Executive Officer of M-RETS. Under his leadership, M-RETS developed and successfully implemented an industry-leading environmental attribute registry across all North American Markets. The M-RETS platform brings unprecedented innovation to the industry as well as access to data in pioneering ways such as hourly production and the first-ever hourly REC retirement in electricity markets and carbon pathway tracking for thermal markets.

Andrew Glumac is the Senior Manager for Renewable Energy at CDP and the Chair of the RE100 Technical Advisory Group. He has experience in energy engineering and consulting, specifically with renewable energy project development, energy procurement, energy market analysis, energy management and master planning, and energy efficiency.

Andrew has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, a joint MS in Management and Engineering of Environment and Energy from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, École des Mines de Nantes, and the Royal Institute of Technology KTH, and an MBA focused on energy from Technische Universität Berlin.

Hans supports some of the world’s largest brands to achieve deep decarbonization across their supply chains. He is responsible for the implementation of the Lock23 auditing protocol—a new tool that enables brands to link their Scope 3 emission reductions to Scope 2 decarbonization across their supply chains. In his capacity as Operations Director, Hans is also responsible for ensuring the Lock23 protocol meets brand/supplier needs, and is recognized by the major reporting frameworks(CDP, RE100, etc.). Hans has nearly a decade of experience working as an interpreter, delegate, and IT specialist for the International Committee of the Red Cross, and is an expert in project management with high-level interlocutors.

Nick Gogerty has a deep background in creating innovations and solving large problems in the technology and finance domains. He has advised the G20 on sustainable finance, worked for hedge funds, authored an Ivy league book on Macroeconomics and innovation, won an MIT Solve award, created a solar energy blockchain reward, lead software teams and been the chief analyst for a research institute modeled on the MIT Media Lab. He currently works on innovations in embodied carbon reporting, an open-source language for embodied carbon declarations, and new risk frameworks for carbon defaults and instrument fungibility associated with removals.

Andreas Gunst is a Partner at international law firm DLA Piper and member of the Global Energy and Natural Resources Steering Committee of DLA Piper as well as the Firm’s ESG Decarbonisation Lead.  

Andreas has advised on a broad spectrum of international mandates setting up renewable energy support or certificates schemes, including for IREC, AIB, MIQ, EBRD, WB, IBRD, GIZ, Energy Community, and the European Commission. He is a recommended advisors on renewable energy transactions.

He has acted as external counsel, chair and expert to several industry standard setting organisations, including as lead external advisor to the European Federation of Energy Traders (on EFET Power Purchase Agreement, Certificates Master Agreement, UK Allowance Appendix), as external advisor to the Hydrogen Council, as Member of the Energy Charter Secretariat‘s Legal Advisory Task Force, as Expert Panel Member of Energy Community, as external counsel the RECS International and as external counsel to the Carbon Markets and Investors Association.

With more than 20 years’ experience in the energy sector, Andreas has advised on a variety of conventional ammonia, urea, methanol, ethanol, LNG and piped natural gas sales and trading agreements. He is also a regular advisor on EU and international biofuel, biogas, hydrogen and on RFNBOs.

He has also been a long standing advisor in carbon markets, including in relation to EUA, CER, ERU, VER and Offset transactions, including GCC, VERRA, Plan Vivo, VCS, GoldStandard and ART TREE and related voluntary market claims under the GHG Protocol.

Ken Haig (Ph.D.) is Head of Energy and Environmental Policy for Amazon Web Services (AWS) across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Before joining AWS, Ken helped launch the APAC business for Opower, a startup that pioneered the blending of behavioral science and data science to promote large-scale energy management programs (acquired by Oracle in 2016), and prior to this was a U.S.-based academic teaching/researching comparative politics and public policy at U.C. Berkeley, Harvard University, and Bard College. Ken holds a B.A. from Harvard University, and a Masters and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Bio to Come.

Benjamin is regional director for Latin America of the International REC Standard Foundation, supporting market players from Mexico to Chile and Argentina. He is an electricity market professional with 15 years of experience advising investors, utilities, regulators, and multilateral entities. Benjamin holds an Industrial Engineering degree from the University of Chile and a Masters in Finance from Cambridge University.

Nils Holta has worked on EU policy since 2018 with a special focus on energy and climate policy and has followed the European Green Deal since its presentation in 2019. He has a master’s degree from the University of Heidelberg (Germany) and EPHE in Paris, France and has previously worked with environmental communication at UNEP Europa in Geneva and with bilateral relations at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Vienna.

Ivano is widely acknowledged as the GCC’s foremost expert in the fields of Sustainability and Carbon Emission Management. He is Board Director of the ESG Foundation, formerly the CEO of Dubai Carbon and a United Nations senior official before then. He is a subject matter expert in environmental economics and low carbon strategies.

Ivano has extensive experience in facilitating economically relevant low-carbon pathways. For the past 2 decades, he has aggregated and managed  GHG National inventories across the GCC, NDCs, and State Action Plans with a focus on Private Sector synergies. He is part of the UAE Negotiation team on carbon markets at the UNFCCC COP, as well as part of the ICAO working group on new market-based measures for aviation, and currently supports the UAE’s input into CORSIA.

Ivano is also working with the World Bank’s Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, Partnership for Market Readiness, and the newly launched Task Force for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets. He is currently pursuing his Doctoral Research on CBAM.

Nattachart is the Managing Director of ReAcc. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation and Control System Engineering and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi.

Nattachart has been the Senior System team lead at the PTT Rayong Gas separation plant and the Senior Maintenance planning team lead at PTT. He is currently the Business Development Manager in the digital platform team at PTT, as well as the Managing Director of ReAcc.

Jen-Wee is an industry veteran in the renewable sector, with a demonstrated history of working in the environmental services industry and more than 10 years of deep understanding of the entire Solar value chain, assuming Sales/Business development roles from upstream equipment makers (Applied Materials) to downstream project development and electricity retailing (REC Solar).

He founded T-RECs.ai in 2018, after seeing the gap between corporate RE buyers and RE generators, particularly in Asia. A long-term RE corporate power purchase agreement is not readily available and Renewable Energy Certificates (or RECs) are the only feasible and most efficient and impactful option to achieve their Scope 2 neutral goal.

Jen Wee is building the necessary IT infrastructure for an ESG-focused world. His flagship product, REHash, is on its way to becoming Asia’s largest RECs marketplace, providing price transparency for RECs across 9 countries.

Sam is Director of Energy and Head of RE100 at the Climate Group, RE100 brings together the world’s most influential companies committed to 100% renewable power, working together to open access to renewable electricity in key markets globally. 

Over his 23-year career, Sam has lead sustainability projects across different business sectors including shipping, aviation, and construction. 

Prior to leading RE100, Sam spearheaded Forum for the Future’s Sustainable Shipping Initiative. He is currently non-executive director of the Ethical Consumer Research Association and holds an MSc in Pollution and Environmental Control from the University of Manchester and a BSc in Natural Environmental Science from Sheffield University.

Malchutar Kingnet is part of the Renewable Energy and Digital Utility Business Development team of EGAT (the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand). She is responsible for renewable energy business-related activities for EGAT, regulators, and other stakeholders in Thailand. She has over 10 years of working experience in various aspects of business development including renewable energy, decarbonization, technology, and innovation in the energy sector.

Malchutar holds an LLB in Laws, a Masters’ degree in Business Administration in Thailand, and a minor degree in Marketing, Media, and Global Communications from the University of California, Irvine.

Marcelo is the CEO of Eternum Energy, a company focused on helping businesses in Latin America capture the economic value of embracing the low-carbon economy. Eternum Energy advises and partners with international renewable energy developers in their plans for Latin America and helps multinational companies on the best path to decarbonize their operations in Latin America. Prior to Eternum Energy, Marcelo co-founded Ledesma Renovables, a joint venture in renewable energy between Eternum Energy and publicly-listed Argentine group Ledesma.

Marcelo began his career in energy working for AES in the development of gas-powered plants in the US. In 2011 he joined a venture between AES and private equity group Riverstone. The company, later rebranded as Silver Ridge Power, was one of the first solar power generators and in four years became one of the leading global solar power producers. During his time with Silver Ridge Power, he was based in Washington DC, in London and in Madrid. His combined expertise in business development, finance and operation across multiple countries and continents allowed him to develop a comprehensive understanding of what are the combination of regulatory and market environments that might result attractive for the growth of renewable energy and low carbon economy opportunities.

Marcelo has an undergraduate in Business from Universidad Católica Argentina, an MSc in Public Policy from the University of Bath, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he was awarded the alumni merit-based scholarship.

Tom has led ECOHZ for 14 years and has developed the company into a leading provider of global sustainability solutions, providing clear pathways to Net Zero for clients. At the heart of this lies ECOHZ’s broad offering of renewable electricity, green gas, hydrogen, and carbon solutions, coupled with a unique blend of expertise and cutting-edge digital solutions.

As Managing Director of ECOHZ, board member of RECS International and The International REC Standard, member of the Advisory Board of EKOenergy and the Chairman of the Board of ECOHZ Renewable Energy Foundation Tom has played an active part in developing the industry over the last decade.

Doug Miller is a systems entrepreneur with over a decade of clean energy industry experience. Currently, Doug leads CEBI’s Next Generation Carbon-Free Electricity Procurement Initiative to activate new procurement options for customers to advance the systemic decarbonization of electric grids. Previously, Doug gained experience in decentralized clean energy technology development and innovative clean energy business models in his roles at global nonprofits Energy Web and RMI. He also co-founded Zero Labs, a clean energy tech startup. Doug holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a BA in Philosophy, Politics, Economics (PPE), and Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania with top academic honors and awards.

Nadiya Nair will be speaking in Session (6a). Nadiya has always been an advocate for sustainable development. After working for 4 years in the financial sector, she decided to pursue her Masters in Energy specializing in energy storage systems. Upon graduating, she has worked across Europe in various domains from renewable energy to carbon markets. She currently spearheads the development of renewable energy and carbon markets for ACT Commodities in the Asia Pacific Region.

Ranya Oualid is an Associate Program Officer at the International Renewable Energy Agency, working in the Coalition for Action within the Knowledge, Policy, and Finance Centre. Ranya joined the Agency in June 2021 and brings more than 8 years of international experience in the field of renewable energy and finance.

Prior to joining IRENA, Ranya worked in the International Cooperation and Development Division at the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN), as well as in finance at Bloomberg and BCA Research.

Ranya holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in MSc Political Economy of Late Development and BSc Economic History.

Zulkhairi Pasuni is the Director at Go Net Zero Pte Ltd. He is an experienced practitioner, with 23 years of experience in the Asia Pacific and middle east power and utility markets across technical, commercial, business development, and analytics roles. He is on the Board of several utility companies in this region.

Over the past 4 years, his focus has been on decarbonization solutions including the use of environmental attributes such as RECS and Carbon Offsets to meet corporates’ sustainability targets. Today, he is leading the RECs team in Go Net Zero Pte Ltd, a 100% Sembcorp-owned entity, offering, among others, RECs and carbon offsets solutions to customers in Singapore, ASEAN, China, and India in general.

Mitesh brings vast experience in the energy industry with particular expertise in the power business. His career experience ranges from structuring and executing complex deals and project development strategies to serving on the technical teams during the construction and O&M phases of power projects. He is proficient in negotiating project agreements and has been an adviser to lenders, developers, and investors for project finance and investment in green & brownfield power projects. His technology experience includes thermal and renewable power. 

He is currently the Chief Commercial Officer for Sun Cable, which is developing the world’s largest solar infrastructure to position Australia, Singapore, and other Asian markets as world leaders in the intercontinental transmission of renewable electricity.

Roble is the Regional Director of Southeast Asia for the I-REC Standard Foundation and has a decade of experience supporting clean energy development in Asia and the Pacific. He is also the founder of SuSca Group. In these roles, Roble supports governments, utilities, IPPS, and Fortune 500 companies to transact clean energy in line with the I-REC Standard.

Roble’s work focuses on market building in the EAC space, and recently, he has supported governments and utilities across Southeast Asia in engaging with the I-REC Standard Foundation. This has enabled the development of EAC markets across the region and has supported dozens of brands, and their supply chains, in meeting their renewable energy targets in line with the RE100 Science Based Targets initiative, as well as other major reporting frameworks.

Previously, Roble helped process large-scale infrastructure projects for the Asia Development Bank and other development partners in the region. He is passionate about bridging public and private sector interests to support high-yield, low-carbon economic growth.

Peter du Pont manages an Asia-based international consultancy, Asia Clean Energy Partners, which provides services and solutions for clients in the development and business sectors. He is based in Bangkok and has more than 30 years’ experience developing sustainable energy and climate programs in the U.S. and Asia.  He has carried out assignments related to the design, implementation, and evaluation of clean energy policy and plans, energy and climate finance, and climate change programs.

Peter contributes to the clean energy ecosystem in the region through a variety of assignments, including as Southeast Asia Regional Coordinator of the Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN); his founding and continuing role helping to leading the Asia Clean Energy Forum; and through a variety of strategic advisory and capacity-building assignments for public- and private-sector clients.

Warit Rattanachuen serves as Assistant Governor at EGAT, a state enterprise, managed by the Ministry of Energy, responsible for electric power generation and transmission as well as bulk electric energy sales in Thailand. At EGAT, Warit is leading on Research, Innovation, Corporate Strategy, and Business Development with the primary ambition to drive energy transition from renewables to more sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy systems that draw from smart-sited and sustainably-sourced resources.

Warit is recognized as one of the Green Energy Trading experts in ASEAN to support corporate access to sufficient green energy supply and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) that it is a scheme of achieving renewable energy targets and a credible means to report that the consumed energy comes from renewable energy sources. He also initiated many landmarks of the new technology projects, Carbon capture utilization, and storage, or CCUS, Hydrogen, Battery storage, and E-mobility to continue supporting the energy sector and country in achieving their carbon neutrality goal to drive systemic change.

Moreover, Warit is a member of the Investment Committee of Innospace (Thailand) and INNOPOWER, which are innovation companies focused on energy and technology innovation investment in Thailand. Previously, he was the Director of Corporate Strategy where he oversees all activities of corporate strategy, corporate risk management, and State-owned enterprise assessment. Prior to that Warit worked in the field of power system control and operations for 19 years.

Somboon Samakphan is the Advance Specialist in Energy and Environmental Management for the BMW Group (Thailand) with 5 years of experience in industrial’s environmental management systems. Somboon holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management Technology. For BMW Manufacturing Thailand, he focuses on Energy, Water, Waste, Emission, and Sustainability topics. He is a member of Steering Circle Resource Efficiency and Energy Management BMW Group. 

After 2019, Somboon has been responsible for steering the creation of a road-mapping program to achieve BMW group targets to reduce carbon emissions by 80% in 2030 (based on 2019) for the Manufacturing site in Rayong and Non-Manufacturing sites in the APAC region excluding China.

With a background in international management and business as well as entrepreneurship, Joscha joined STX in 2019 as the first dedicated employee of STX’ corporate trading business, STX Climate Solutions.

By the end of 2021, he was appointed the European Head of Climate Solutions and continues to lead and grow this team with great success.

Besides having structured numerous pioneering transactions within STX since his start, he supervised a variety of global business development topics and technically complex transactions.

Over the years he has gained profound expertise in EACs as well as other environmental commodity markets.

Ir. Nirinder Singh Johl, is a professional electrical engineer, who has served Malaysia’s national utility company, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) in multitude portfolios with distinction and charm for more than 36 years since 1986. Nirinder is presently the CEO of AsiaCarbonXChange Plt , an organization involved in the consultancy and management of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).

Upon graduation from University Technology Malaysia (UTM), he embarked on a pathbreaking career as an Electrical Distribution Engineer covering  the frontline for 15 years in Peninsular Malaysia before migrating  to  TNB’s Distribution Headquarters to be in charge of its Customer Service Division for a decade. Nirinder also holds a Master’s in Business Management (MBA) degree from the  University of Bath , that allowed him to fast-track and strategically master indepth expertise in other equally significant areas of the utility business, namely in Transmission, Generation, Strategic Corporate Communications, and International Business during the subsequent years.

Nirinder served as the Managing Director of TNBX Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of TNB formed in 2019 to venture into the non- regulated business aka beyond the meter business over the last 3 years and just retired in early June 2022. Although Nirinder retired from TNBX this June, 2022, he would still be actively involved in the utility business with his new found passion in Renewable Energy and will continue exploring and developing exciting new frontiers in the ASEAN market.

Liesbeth Switten started her career in leading law firms and has been involved in renewable energy certification for over 15 years, both at the Flemish energy regulator and in several roles in the AIB. In 2020 she took over from Phil Moody as secretary-general. Before that, she was AIB’s legal and strategic advisor, she chaired the reorganization of the AIB as well as the professional reviewers’ group, thereby securing the quality assurance of the European Energy Certificate System.

The Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) provides the EECS^tm standard for guarantees of origin (GO) for different energy carriers within Europe, which has been implemented in 28 countries so far, with several more joining in the near future. AIB also operates a European hub for transferring GOs, thereby linking its members, and is this year opening for transfers of gas GOs.

Shailesh Telang is Senior Manager, Renewable Energy Transition at act renewable GmbH– an independent advisory firm on a mission to help companies achieve their full renewable energy potential. Shailesh leads the delivery and development of renewable energy technical services for corporates in Asia, in collaboration with the global team. Shailesh has over 10 years of rich work experience across consulting and not-for-profit sectors. Recently, Shailesh worked as Technical Manager (Renewable Energy) at CDP, primarily on the RE100 initiative. With a deep understanding of renewable energy markets in Asia and corporate carbon accounting through work at CDP and the RE100, Shailesh has been integral in devising best-practice renewable electricity sourcing criteria and methodologies.

Shailesh holds a master’s in Environment Management from the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun, India, and a Bachelor of Science in Life Science from the Institute of Science, Nagpur, India.

Maud Texier leads a team responsible for developing and scaling 24/7 carbon-free energy for Google’s data centers worldwide with various initiatives including new technologies, clean energy supply, and policy efforts. Prior to joining Google, Maud was Head of Industrial Energy Products at Tesla, leading the product management group for large-scale batteries for various applications across the US, Europe, and APAC markets. Previously, Maud worked for Electricite De France as part of the Innovation office in charge of new technologies for the group. Maud holds an MS of Engineering in Energy and Power systems from Ecole Centrale Paris.

Fiona has spent the past twenty years working as a Product Owner across financial products, and domestic and international payment platforms. As a Product Owner at Powerledger, Fiona is launching TraceX, an Environmental Attribute Certificate trading platform in the US and multiple global markets. Fiona can adapt rapidly to the changing needs of both the customer and their business. With a focus on product and process optimization, and the delivery of sustainable outcomes for customers.

Jos is an expert on the functionality, use, and implementation of attribute tracking schemes such as the Guarantees of Origin (GO), the United States REC, and the International REC Standard (I-REC). Through his work in the Secretariat of the I-REC Standard Foundation, he is frequently involved with governments, market players, and other stakeholders to build robust tracking schemes that help businesses with the procurement of renewable energy that is in line with best practices around the world (CDP, RE100) in terms of scope 2 reporting.

Kenneth Wallace-Mueller is an English-qualified solicitor and specialises in energy law, with a focus on renewable energy and climate change.

Kenneth regularly advises generators, developers, utilities, traders, and corporate and industrial buyers in the UK, EU, and internationally on the trade and procurement of renewable source electricity and gas, as well as their respective EACs. He has advised on the development of several market standard agreements, including the EFET standard power purchase agreement (PPA), the EFET Certificates Master Agreement, the RECS International Single Trade Agreement for EU guarantees of origin, and the I-RECS Single Trade Agreement for I-REC certificates.

Kenneth furthermore advises clients on structuring environmental claims and on compliance with voluntary standards such as the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, ReGP good practice guidelines, and RE100 technical criteria. He is extensively involved in energy conversion (e.g. P2X, biogas to power) and in the production of e-fuels, as well as their regulatory treatment.

Kenneth has both private practice and in-house experience, having recently been seconded to a major power and gas utility, as well as to a major international oil company, in both cases tasked with developing their in-house renewables capacity and developing standard internal PPAs and certificate transfer agreements.

Adam White is the Secretary-General of RECS Energy Certificate Association, a non-profit foundation representing the user of energy attribute certificates including renewable energy producers, traders, and consumers. As RECS’ Secretary-General, Adam works to:

• Give organizations and individuals the knowledge, motivation, and confidence to buy 100% renewable energy;
• Advocate for the development and implementation of legislation that supports and encourages renewable energy procurement, and;
• Guide RECS’s strategic development and manage the planning and delivery of its programs and activities

Before joining RECS Adam worked for the WWF European Policy Office as Senior Research Coordinator on Climate and Energy, and before coming to Brussels Adam worked as a researcher for elected members of the UK Parliament and the London Assembly.

Felix Wuentscher finished his studies in Supply Chain Management with a thesis on “Willingness to pay for supply chain optimization.” Felix has a passion for optimization and has worked in various parts of the industry for the past 15 years. In his roles working for MNCs in Europe and overseas, he shaped sustainable transport and renewable energy solutions in multiple projects and international environments. With his expertise in consumer goods, automotive, and sustainability, he now leads the Renewable Portfolio team at South Pole, finding the right solutions for each client to support their journey towards the exclusive use of renewable energy. The team thrives on delivering the maximum value and compliance to every client, regardless of size and location.

Apart from his dedication to effectively using and allocating resources solutions, he is an avid football and basketball supporter. As a father of two, he doesn’t have too much time for sports but likes to spend every free minute with his family, enjoying traveling and outdoor activities.