Argus Green Marine Fuels Conference

Berit is Head of Decarbonization Business Development at Maersk and is working on projects to decarbonise shipping with a focus on future marine fuels. Before joining Maersk in April 2020, she worked for Haldor Topsoe for 13 years in roles within R&D, business development, technology scouting and corporate strategy, covering technical and commercial projects across ammonia, methanol, syngas and refinery catalysts and technologies. Berit has also worked as a research scientist in materials science at Princeton University. She has a master’s in physics from the University of Duisburg-Essen and a PhD in physics from the Technical University of Denmark with a focus on catalysis and ammonia synthesis. Read less

Ajay came to Mol following a 25-year career in the oil and gas industry, during which he delivered new projects and deals in the LNG, exploration and production, and downstream segments across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, west Africa and North America. During his time at Shell in 1995-2014, Ajay helped establish the company’s LNG business in India and its upstream business in Iraq. He was a special advisor to the chairman and president of Japanese upstream firm Japex from 2014 to 2020. Ajay holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Walchand College of Engineering in India, an MBA from Manchester Business School, and he has taken part in the advanced management programme at Harvard Business School. Read less

From 1998 to 2002, Constantinos was Legal Counsel at Excel Maritime Carriers, a Piraeus-based shipping company listed on the NYSE. Between 2004 and 2013, he was a shareholder and Director of family-run Quantum Shipping, where he was responsible for investment strategy and managerial, commercial and legal issues. In 2014, Constantinos joined Starbulk, initially as General Manager of the group’s private vessels and then as Executive Vice-President - Control Director of the Ship Procurement Services SA. He has been in his current role since 2019. In 2020, Constantinos was elected to the board of the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA), and will be the association’s new Vice-Chairman from 1 April. He also chairs the IBIA’s Future Fuels Working Group. Read less

Rustin has worked in the oil industry for more than 20 years. Before becoming head of fuel oil procurement at Euronav, he worked at Macquarie Commodities Trading, leading the IMO 2020 strategy. Before this, he was the global head of fuel and feedstock trading at Cargill. He also spent seven years at Chevron, managing fuel oil and feedstock trading businesses supporting the US refinery base and managing bunker supply and trading businesses in Latin America and the US. Prior to this, he spent seven years at Hess working in supply and trading operations and as a port captain at the Hovensa refinery in St Croix. Rustin is a licensed master mariner and a graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy. He has an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in North Carolina. Read less

Established in 2021, ZeroLab is dedicated to the decarbonisation of seaborne supply chains. Ingrid joined last year from her position as Chief Operating Officer at Katapult Ocean, an accelerator for ocean-tech start-ups. Before that, she spent several years working on EU public and regulatory affairs, including as Brussels representative for the Norwegian Shipowners Association. She currently sits on the board of Solstad Offshore. Ingrid holds an MSc in European studies from the London School of Economics and a BA in political science from Maastricht University. Read less

Stuart Neil is the Director of Strategy and Communications for the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), where he leads the communications activities of the ICS Secretariat based in London and supports the Secretary-General and Board in delivering the organisation’s strategic agenda. Stuart began his career in the British Foreign Service before moving to the private sector, advising governments and international companies. Stuart spent nine years as a press secretary to Queen Elizabeth II before moving to the energy sector. He was a Senior Director at the World Energy Council, where he was the industry representative to the Clean Energy Ministerial, the Apec Energy Working Group and UN Sustainable Energy for All. Stuart also worked for the UN as Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Sustainable Energy for All. Read less

Torben is responsible for research into and development of carbon-neutral shipping initiatives, specifically derisking fuel pathways to enable the scaling-up and timely availability of alternative fuels?. He spent 14 years in commercial roles in the oil and gas industry and eight years in the chemical process industry. Torben holds an MSc in chemical engineering and a diploma in business administration. Read less

Ayça is the Market Development Director at Methanex, the largest methanol producer in the world and the parent company of Waterfront Shipping, operators of the world's largest methanol-powered ocean tanker fleet. Ayça’s background is as an economist and she got her MBA degree from Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management in 2013 prior to joining Methanex. She is currently working on developing the emerging fuel applications of methanol with a focus on the transition to a low-carbon economy and green methanol. She also serves as the Chairman of the Methanol Institute's Market Development Committee. Read less

Charles is Vice President of Argus Media’s consulting practice in London. Charles specialises in providing market due diligence analysis in the bio and fossil fuel industries, helping clients to plan investment, acquisition and market entry strategy. Over the past five years, Argus has advised oil majors, national oil companies, fuels wholesalers, feedstock providers and national governments, on the development and outlook for the biofuels industry globally. Beginning in the energy strategy practice at Accenture, Charles spent seven years managing client engagements in biofuels and bio-based specialty chemicals. Prior to joining Argus Media, he worked for the UK government as Head of Foresight, on long-term policy making in the energy and transportation sectors. Read less

Transport & Environment (T&E) is a Brussels-based sustainable transport group advocating for sustainable transport policies in the EU and globally. After a brief career in the natural gas industry, Faig joined T&E in 2016. Currently he leads a team that is the driving force behind, among others, the inclusion of shipping in the EU carbon markets and the deployment of zero-carbon marine fuels in the EU, and advocates for the implementation of global greenhouse gas reduction measures via the International Maritime Organisation. Faig holds a PhD in European energy policy and is trained in ship energy efficiency. Read less

Saleem has invested 51 years in the maritime industry, with hands-on experience in the oil and gas sector on an LNG terminal project. In addition to being a shipowner and operator, in the past he has served as director of the UAE Flag and maritime adviser to the chairman of the UAE’s maritime administration. Previous roles have included director of business development at Dubai Maritime City, senior vice-president of research and strategic planning at DVB Bank in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and logistics and LNG supply consultant with Emirates LNG in Abu Dhabi. Saleem has been published in Petroleum Economist’s LNG gold edition, Lloyd’s List, Tradewinds and SeaNews. In the past two years, he has organised eight international seminars and webinars to raise awareness of methanol as an alternative marine fuel. Read less

Angel Alvarez Alberdi has been Secretary General of European waste-to-advanced biofuels association EWABA since its creation in 2013. EWABA is a Brussels-based trade association defending the interests of waste-based biofuel producers using feedstocks such as used cooking oil (UCO), tallow and other wastes to produce sustainable biofuels with greenhouse gas savings ranking among the highest available on the market. Angel has been working in EU government and institutional affairs in Brussels for the past decade, with a particular focus on energy matters and on EU legislative procedures. He started his career in Brussels with a stint at the European Commission’s Secretariat General, then worked for an international public affairs consultancy, the trade association European Biodiesel Board and a global law firm. A lawyer by training, Angel has an MA in European interdisciplinary studies with a major in EU governance from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. Read less

Sophie joined the Argus Biofuels team in 2020 and is responsible for the daily coverage of European biofuel feedstock markets. Within her role, Sophie analyses relevant legislative and regulatory changes, follows trends in demand & supply, international trade and produces daily price assessments. Furthermore, she has specialised in the main European biofuel ticket markets – Germany, the Netherlands and the UK – by assessing the cost of compliance to national blending targets. She has been with Argus since 2018, reporting on downstream oil markets for some of the company’s flagship products. Prior to joining Argus, Sophie completed a master’s degree in EU Politics at the London School of Economics. Read less

Marieke Beckmann leads the global First Mover project portfolio of the Global Maritime Forum (GMF), an international not-for-profit organisation committed to shaping the future of global seaborne trade to increase sustainable long-term economic development and human wellbeing. These First Mover projects range from defining workable zero-emission concepts to testing and demonstrating technologies and business models, and connecting demand and supply. She also leads GMF’s contribution to the Zero-Emissions Shipping Mission as part of a multinational public-private innovation alliance, aiming to enable at least 5% of the global deep-sea fleet of ships to run on zero-emission fuels by 2030. Before joining GMF, Marieke was developing multilateral public-private energy innovation alliances for the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Prior to that, she headed up the energy and environment research and strategy team at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory and worked at CDP (previously the Carbon Disclosure Project), focusing on the quality of corporate climate data. Read less

Christian has over 20 years of international leadership experience in the oil and gas and offshore wind industries. His background includes top management, offshore chartering, marine consultancy and hands-on experience involving vessels. He has been involved in numerous newbuild projects, many of them featuring alternative fuel solutions such as batteries and LNG. The overall focus on newbuilds have been to cut emissions and lower fuel consumption. Christian joined the Yara Clean Ammonia division in 2021 with a focus on developing the bunkering market and logistics. He is a Master Mariner and holds an MBA in shipping and logistics from Copenhagen Business School. Read less

Tobias is an industrial engineer and senior consultant public affairs, strategy and communication. After studying Energy and Environmental Management at the University of Flensburg he obtained his doctorate at the University of St. Gallen. Before joining eFuels, he worked for more than five years in the technical development department of Audi AG, including on the commissioning of the first industrial power-to-gas plant. Read less

Dennis Chafiâ is Manager of Business Development within G.I. Dynamics/GIDARA Energy and has been with these companies for almost seven years. GIDARA Energy is focused on converting non-recyclable waste into advanced biofuels using patented gasification technologies. Dennis majored in Organic Chemistry in Leiden, the Netherlands and has held several political functions during and after his study. With both chemical industry and public experience he focuses on new business, policy and communications within GIDARA Energy. Read less

Anthony Cottone is VP of Carbon Products and Marketing for 1PointFive, a leading industrial-scale Direct Air Capture company, and is responsible for the sales and marketing of carbon removal credits and other carbon products, such as low carbon fuels. Prior to this role, he was Senior Director of Strategy leading strategy development, planning and execution for Oxy Low Carbon Ventures. His team was responsible for the financing and funding of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration projects utilising 45Q tax credits and developing creative financial and business models to deploy first-of-their-kind technologies that reduce global emissions. He has a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Emory University and an MBA from Columbia University. Read less

Andrew Craig has been Proman's Managing Director of Corporate Finance since 2018, with responsibility for methanol as a marine fuel, sustainability and development of a Sustainable Shipping Fund. He has over 20 years of experience in financial services in the UK, where he led specialist Clean Technology and Renewable Energy teams, most recently at Cantor Fitzgerald. Andrew holds Master's degrees from Cambridge (UK) and Waikato (New Zealand) universities. Read less

Alexandra has over 25 years’ experience at Shell. From fuels research and development, she moved to the business side of commercialising alternative energies, before joining the shipping and maritime division in 2013 in the strategy team, focusing on environmental aspects and policy and advocacy. In 2021 Alexandra was appointed GM Decarbonisation and is responsible for the roadmap for decarbonisation in shipping. She has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sheffield, UK, and a master’s degree in business studies from the University of Hagen, Germany. Read less

Unni joined the IBIA secretariat in April 2016 as its IMO representative, media and communications manager after serving two years as a non-executive board director. She was promoted to director in September 2018 in order to become the association’s global head following a unanimous decision by the board of IBIA. Before joining IBIA, she worked for two decades as a journalist and analyst in the marine fuel and shipping industries. She served as managing editor for the highly regarded Bunkerworld and Sustainable Shipping specialist news services at Petromedia, and later Platts, which acquired Petromedia in July 2015. She has gained expert knowledge through engaging with industry, attending numerous maritime and energy conferences and regularly attending IMO meetings, becoming a sought-after speaker at industry events. Lloyd’s List named her one of “10 women influencing shipping in 2019” ahead of the publication’s annual “Top 100 most influential people in shipping” series and among the “Top 10 in regulation” in 2018. Unni has a master’s degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, with a major in contemporary politics of the Middle East. Read less

Before taking up his position at SEA\LNG, Steve was Head of Energy at managing consultants Xyntéo. He began his career as a geophysicist at BP, subsequently working in various business development, strategy and analysis roles in the company’s gas, power and renewables and energy trading businesses. Steve has also worked in the City of London, for the Intercontinental Exchange, leading the development of financial instruments for the energy sector and for management consultants Afry Energy and Caminus Energy, where he specialised in providing advice on gas and power market policy, commodity trading and risk management and carbon capture and storage. Read less

Alexander has 10 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry in various business units. He was responsible for setting up the Shell Marine LNG business in the D-A-CH countries, and has been chairman of the German Maritime LNG advocacy platform. Since 2019 he has been the Global Business Development Manager at MAN Energy Solutions for the Medium Speed Marine (“Four-stroke”) business unit. There he manages external affairs and business development activities, and is responsible for maritime industry partnerships. His role is to evaluate trends, developments and requirements in alternative marine fuels/propulsion as well as unmanned shipping, and shaping those into products/services for the future. He also represents MAN Energy Solutions on various industry bodies, such as the Getting to Zero Coalition, Waterborne and the Hydrogen Council. He has a university background in Economics and Politics. Read less

Transport & Environment (T&E) is a Brussels-based sustainable transport group advocating for sustainable transport policies in the EU and globally. Delphine works on accelerating emissions reductions of maritime transport, focusing on the use of sustainable alternative marine fuels and zero-emission ships. Before joining T&E, she worked in the gas and heating industries, where she specialised in hydrogen and energy efficiency. Her background is in law and political science. She has a master’s degree in EU public affairs and energy policies from the Institute of Political Studies of Paris. Read less

Jorgen has broad experience in integrating zero-emission technologies in ships. His focus has always been on reducing the environmental impact of the maritime industry. Today he heads maritime investments at Saga Pure ASA, an investment firm dedicated to sustainability, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. With his background in the maritime industry, Jorgen learned that missing links in the value chains for new zero-emission fuels is an issue in the quest for sustainable shipping. He is working on the financing for new initiatives that could fill these gaps, continuing his career’s mission of removing emissions from global shipping. Jorgen holds a master’s degree in Renewable Energy Technology. Read less

Jonathan is Senior Counsel and Director of Transportation Decarbonization for the Clean Air Task Force (CATF). He works with companies, governments and citizen groups on state, national, and international initiatives to address climate change. Much of Jonathan’s work focuses on fuels — he leads CATF’s effort to bring about a fully decarbonised global transport sector by the middle of this century, and works with the Advanced Energy Systems Program to promote the development of zero-carbon fuels for transport, power generation and industry. Jonathan previously led CATF’s Bioenergy Program, which seeks to redirect the production and use of biofuels and biomass-based power so that they contribute to — rather than undermine — decarbonisation and climate stability, and he co-ordinated CATF’s effort to accelerate the deployment of climate-friendly energy technologies by facilitating partnerships between cutting-edge energy companies and institutions in China and the US. Before joining CATF, Jonathan worked at the George Washington University Law School’s Center on Sustainability and Regional Growth; the Ocean Law Project, in Washington, DC; The Nature Conservancy, in Arlington, Virginia; and the City of Boston Environment Department’s Conservation Commission. Jonathan graduated from Tufts University and The George Washington University Law School. Read less

Cailean joined the European Biodiesel Board as Technical and Regulatory Officer in April 2021, having recently completed a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. With a professional grounding in scientific research and political strategy, Cailean has made a career bridging these two realms as he finds satisfaction in promoting robust, science-based public policy. As EBB Maritime FuelS Lead, he is dedicated to finding creative solutions to the problems faced by Europe’s marine industries as they aim to meet the ambitions of the Fit for 55 package. Read less

Jens is Head of Business Development PtX at European Energy and is working to develop and construct PtX projects globally. Projects that include the entire value chain from renewable power projects to and including PtX plants. Before joining European Energy, he worked with Topsoe for more than 14 years in international roles of management and business development. He has worked with all the X’es in PtX covering hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, and jet-fuel for technical and commercial catalysts and related technologies projects within fossil and green industries. Jens has a master’s in chemical engineering from the Danish Technical University in Copenhagen. Read less

Jack Merriott has ten years’ experience working in strategy consulting, strategic planning and market intelligence, spanning fertilizers, industrial products and consumer goods and is responsible for low carbon consulting projects at Argus Media, spanning green hydrogen, green ammonia and carbon markets. Prior to joining Argus, he was a Manager at Integer Research with responsibility for consulting projects in Europe and the America. Jack is a graduate of Oxford University and is fluent in French and Spanish. Read less

Frédéric Meyer is the Head of Strategy and Projects at TotalEnergies Marine Fuels, Total’s dedicated business in charge of worldwide bunkering activities. He oversees a team that focuses on low-carbon alternative marine fuel projects, research and development, and industry initiatives. Frédéric joined TotalEnergies in 1992 and has held leadership positions in its marketing services, and gas, renewables and power branches. His previous roles included managing TotalEnergies’ Special Fluids and Additives business unit in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, and TotalEnergies’ Commodities Trading business for the Asia-Pacific and Atlantic markets. Frédéric is a graduate in chemical engineering from the École Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques in Nancy, France. He also holds a postgraduate degree in industrial engineering from the École des Mines in Nancy, and in industrial marketing from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris. Read less

Alex has been developing projects in the renewable energy-from-waste sector for the past 16 years across a range of disciplines, and is currently Enerkem’s project lead on the Waste-to-Jet (fuel) project under development in Rotterdam together with Shell and the Port of Rotterdam. He has worked with Enerkem in various capacities since 2007, and followed closely the development of the company’s proprietary waste-to-chemicals and biofuels technology from pilot stage through to full-scale, commercial development. He has also worked with other gasification technology providers focused on the production of power and heat. Alex has worked in the renewable energy sector since 2006 on a wide range of projects including landfill gas, onshore wind, solar and waste gasification. Read less

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Valter joined ESPO as senior policy adviser for sustainable development in June 2020, having previously worked with drafting the first annual EU MRV report during his time at the European Commission (DG CLIMA). Valter has dedicated his career to EU climate policy and sustainable development, focusing on the maritime sector. Valter holds a double-degree master in European governance from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and Konstanz University, Germany. Valter wrote his thesis on how European business associations gain access to EU institutions in order to influence climate policy negotiations. Read less

Ruth has been editor of the Argus Ammonia report since 2017, most recently overseeing the report’s expansion into the green ammonia space. She joined Argus in 2009 and covered the coal, biomass and freight markets in the UK and US, before moving into fertilizers in 2016. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Brunel University London. Read less

Maria joined Danish Shipping in 2009 and represents the political interests of Danish ship owners at national and international level. She heads the department of Climate, Environment and Security, which is responsible for the technical, nautical, regulatory and political aspects of these areas. Danish Shipping is committed to carbon neutrality by 2050. Maria is part of the Danish delegation to the International Maritime Organisation, and she has followed the international greenhouse gas negotiations for years. Before 2009, she worked as political adviser to a member of the European Parliament. Maria holds a master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Southern Denmark, as well as a master’s degree in European Politics and Administration from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. Read less

Christopher coordinates several funding programmes for alternative fuels and energy conversion systems in maritime applications. After working in strategy development for DB Schenker he worked as project manager for several R&D projects in shipbuilding and the shipping industry, with a focus on offshore wind and maritime energy systems at Berlin Institute of Technology between 2011 and 2016. Between 2017 and 2021 he was Programme Manager for the mobility and fuels strategy of the German government and Project Manager for Gas-Fuelled Ships at NOW. Since 2021 Christopher has represented cross-technology maritime affairs and funding programmes at NOW as Head of Maritime Applications. He holds a master’s degree in industrial engineering, as well as a PhD in naval architecture and ocean engineering. Read less

Rob started his career at Yara in product and technology development for fertilisers. Over the next 20 years, he held several management positions at Yara related to ammonia production and use in the Netherlands, Qatar, Norway and Australia. Rob brought forward ammonia energy as General Manager at Yara Pilbara in Western Australia. He executed the clean ammonia energy agenda as Vice-President of Technology Scouting and Vice-President of Ammonia Energy and Shipping Fuel at Yara HQ, ultimately contributing to the establishment of the Yara Clean Ammonia business unit. Rob is now Vice-President of Ammonia Opportunities at Saga Pure, facilitating clean ammonia energy investments, and board member with Horisont Energi. Since August 2021 Rob has been the elected president of the Ammonia Energy Association. Read less

Toni Stojcevski is a professional within the area of marine engineering and business development. He has been working in various positions in Wärtsilä for 22 years and has gained broad experience in the marine industry, especially within the field of medium-speed combustion engines and alternative fuels. In 2013 Toni graduated with an Executive MBA from the University of Gothenburg. In 2014-16 Toni was responsible for the “Methanol development project” comprising new product development, application and its market strategy, and the delivery and conversion of the four main engines onboard Stena Germanica, which was the first ship in the world operating on methanol as a fuel and a starting point for change in the marine industry. Toni is currently General Manager Large Projects and is accountable for business development with a focus on large projects in the marine industry in northern Europe. Read less

Jonah Sweeney is a market reporter and marine fuel price analyst, covering the European and African markets from Argus’ Speciality Products desk in London, contributing to the daily Argus Marine Fuels report. He holds a BSc (Hons) in agribusiness and master’s degree in political economy, where he specialised in unconventional monetary policy. Before joining Argus in December 2021, he worked at a quick-service-restaurant start-up, establishing an operations network for the UK market for a UAE-based company. Read less

Sveta leads Neste’s marine fuels and services business. Neste is the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, and renewable feedstock solutions for the polymers and chemicals industry. Sveta joined Neste in 2012, and has held several leadership positions in the oil products and renewables sectors. During her career at Neste, Sveta drove the launch of solutions for cleaner road and marine transportation. Before joining Neste, she worked in mergers and acquisitions, and held sales positions in the pharmaceutical distribution and the steel industry. Sveta has a master’s in economics and an MBA. Read less

Alex Younevitch is the Global Head of Freight at Argus, responsible for the strategy, editorial coverage, market engagement and adoption of Freight & Transportation services at Argus Media. Prior to joining Argus in February 2020, Alex was head of EMEA shipping at S&P Global Platts, overseeing over 100 of daily freight assessments and three daily publications. He drove the rapid expansion of the Platts freight portfolio in the tankers, dry bulk and container markets. Alex previously worked as a tanker broker at Gibson Shipbrokers. Alex has a 1st class BA Honours degree in International Supply Chain and Shipping Management from the University of Plymouth. Read less