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2025 SPEAKERS
CCGS2025 Early Confirmed Strategic Speakers


Sarah Jones MP
Minister of State
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero & Department for Business and Trade


Lars Erik Aamot
Director General
Norwegian Ministry of Energy


Hon. Brian Jean
Minister of Energy & Minerals
Government of Alberta (Virtual*)


Daniel Maia Vieira
Director
Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP)


Dr. Nick Richardson
Head of Exploration & New Ventures
North Sea Transition Authority


Kelly Ripley
General Manager Commercial Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Shell


Martijn Smit
Vice President for CCS and Hydrogen Market Development and Policy Asks Globally
Equinor


Julia Dubinina
CCS Vice President Commercial and Market
Harbour Energy


Justine Roure
Vice President Strategy & Policy
Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI)


Dr. Katharina Beumelburg
Chief Sustainability & New Technologies Officer
Heidelberg Materials


Mike Lockett
UK Country Chair
Uniper


Eng. Mazin Al Bahkali
Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Principal Buyer


Rozemarijn Wesby
Vice President CCUS, Head of Business Development
Holcim


Floris Mackor
Vice President, Large Industries & Strategy CCS
Air Liquide


Dr. Chris Manson-Whitton
Chief Executive Officer
Progressive Energy


Mads Gade
CEO INEOS Energy Europe
INEOS Energy


Brice Raisin
VP and Commercial Leader, GE Vernova Gas Power, Europe, Middle East and Africa
GE Vernova


Anton Geers
Climate Transition Developer CO2 and H2
Port of Antwerp-Bruges


Nikki Schutte
Senior Vice President Business Development
Vopak


Gavin Templeton
Chief Executive Officer
Veri Energy


Mark Thomson
Chief Commercial Officer
Nordsøfonden


Jorge Pikunic
Chief Executive Officer
VPI


Svein-Erik Losnegård
Vice President Research, Development and Innovation
Gassco


Jaime Casasus-Bribian
CEO, Ammongas; Director, Head of Projects, Power-to-X, (Americas, Iberia and Australia)
European Energy


Shinichiro Saigusa
General Manager
"K" Line Energy Shipping (UK) Limited


Afonso Gois
Managing Director
Global Infrastructure Partners


Dr. Pratima Rangarajan
Chief Executive Officer
Climate Investment


Sol Anitua
Executive Director, Infrastructure & Energies
The Crown Estate


Charlotte Jones
CCUS Transport & Storage Lead Negotiator
UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero


Dr. Tony Rooke
Executive Director, Climate Risk and Resilience
Howden


Joerg Galbermann
Senior Director Business Development
Linde


Andrew Herring
CEO, Energy and Power, Marsh Specialty
Marsh
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CCGS2025 Innovation Pioneers


Ian Hunter
Managing Director
Net Zero Teesside Power


Steve Kelly
President and General Manager
1PointFive International


Jim Stian Olsen
Chief Technology Officer
SLB Capturi


David Zorn
Vice President, Strategic Industry Partnerships
Climeworks


Nic Braley
General Manager Acorn Transport and Storage
Storegga


Nick Flinn
VP Decarbonisation & Emerging Technologies
Shell Catalysts & Technologies


Aniruddha Sharma
Chair and CEO
Carbon Clean


John Picken
General Manager, Head of CCUS
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries


Lee Beck
SVP Global Policy and Commercial Strategy
HIF Global


Andreas Bode
Vice President CO2 and Process Innovation
Lhoist


David Phillips
VP Corporate Development
Svante


Julie Cranga
SVP Decarbonization Solutions Business Line
Technip Energies


Antoine Charbonnier
CO2 Business Unit Director
Teréga


Dr. Niko Bosnjak
Head of Policy and Communications
Open Grid Europe (OGE)


Helena Barrett
Chief of Staff
Evero


Solange Baena
UK Lead for the Aviation Environmental Roadmap
Airbus


Roman van Laak
Strategic Developement Manager for BECCUS Project
RWE


Koh Chin Liang
Director of International Business Department
Jiangnan Environmental Protection


Malcolm Kent
Global Strategy Head, Carbon Storage
Viridien


Tom Shannon
Regional Sales Manager, North EMEA
Sensia (SLB & Rockwell Automation JV)


Paolo Novelli
Technical Sales Director Europe, Caspian, Africa & Energy Transition
Tenaris


Leonidas Papanikolaou
Senior Head of Bespoke and New Schemes
Low Carbon Contacts Company


Nick Terrell
Executive Director
Carbon Catalyst Limited


Erik Rylander
Head of Carbon Dioxide Removal
Stockholm Exergi


Nikolas Rigas
Head of Carbon Storage
EnEarth


Beena Sharma
CEO and Co-Founder
CCU International


Amir Shiner
CEO & Co-Founder
RepAir Carbon Capture


Angel Casal
Vice President Europe
Vysus Group


Paul Davis
Vice President of Commercial Strategy
novoMOF


James Cogan
Carbon Markets and Compliancy Lead
Danube Carbon Storage


Valter Selén
Secretary General
Nordic Carbon Removal Association


Laurence Boisramé
Global Director, Hydrogen and CCUS
Bureau Veritas Group


Shannon Watt
Senior Product Manager
FuelCell Energy


Mhairidh Evans
Vice President, Global Head of CCUS Research, Co-head Carbon Management
Wood Mackenzie


Catherine Horseman-Wilson
Senior Research Manager, EMEA CCUS
Wood Mackenzie


Bas Sudmeijer
Managing Director & Partner
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)


René Willemars
Managing Director & Partner
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)


Trinh Chubbock
Partner
Gibson Dunn


James Chapman
Partner (Energy, Transport and Infrastructure)
Freshfields


Andy Moore
Principal, Decarbonisation
Sproule ERCE


Kevin Atkins
Partner
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner


Sophie Boulter
Analyst, Technical Research
S&P Global Commodity Insights


Belinda Perriman
Co-founder and Commercial
Convert Well


Jon Story
Vice President, Global Head of CCUS Consulting
Wood Mackenzie


Sophie Gallois
CEO and Co-founder
The Climate Agency


Dr. Shengke Zhi
Director
AtkinsRéalis
CCUSGlobal24 Strategic Speakers


Bernhard Kluttig
Head of the Industrial Policy Department
German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action


René Dinesen
Ambassador of Denmark to United Kingdom
Embassy of Denmark, London


Justine Roure
Vice President Strategy and Policy
Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI)


Bernhard Koudelka
Vice President Carbon Capture and Storage
Shell


Nick Flinn
Vice President Decarbonisation, Shell Catalysts & Technologies
Shell


Torbjørg Klara Heskestad
Vice President Global CCS Solutions
Equinor


Etienne Anglès d'Auriac
Vice President, CCS Business Unit
TotalEnergies


Hernan Silva
Vice President CCUS
ADNOC


Tom Glover
Chair of the CCSA Board; UK Country Chair
RWE


François-Régis Mouton
Managing Director
IOGP Europe


Hans Coenen
Member of the Executive Board
Gasunie


Oliver Pfann
Senior Vice President EMEA
Linde


Emmanouil Kakaras
Executive Vice President, GX(Green Transition) Solutions, EMEA
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries


Arno Büx
Chief Commercial Officer
Fluxys


Piero Ercoli
Executive Director Decarbonization
Snam


John McLaughlin
Managing Director CO2 Storage Europe
Storegga


Berte Simons
Business Unit Director, CO2 Storage and Transport Systems
EBN B.V.


Kathrine Høeg Johansen
Program Director CCS
Ørsted


Caroline Rossi
Head of Commercial and Origination
Neptune Energy


Pavan Chilukuri
Vice President and Group Head of CCUS
Holcim


Reinhard Klimeck
Vice President Head of New Products and Transport
Nature Energy


Cathy Shepherd
Global Head Clean Energy Transition - Corporate Banking
Citi


Dimitrios Koufos
Head of Sustainable Business, Industry, Agribusiness and Commerce (ICA)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)


Emily Sidhu
Managing Director, Banking and Investments
UK Infrastructure Bank
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CCGS2025 VIP Guests
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Claudia Payne
Senior Advisor - International CCUS
UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero


Jens Ørum
Special Adviser
Danish Energy Agency


Andreas Bode
Vice President CO2 and Process Innovation
Lhoist


Steven De Ranter
Managing Director
Interconnector


Chris Heywood
Country Manager
Valmet


Lisa Leinert
Investments Strategy Manager
Vitol


Dave Kidd
Commercial Director, Decarbonisation & Emerging Technologies
Shell Catalyst & Technologies





