Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition

Eirik Pitkethly

VP of Regulatory Affairs Bioenergy, BP

Eirik has been Vice President, of regulatory affairs, and bioenergy at BP since 2023. His role oversees the development of the company’s approach to bioenergy regulation and advocacy.
Prior roles at BP include developing country strategies and leading BP’s approach to transport energy policy. Before joining BP Eirik was a senior civil servant with the
UK government, dealing with aviation and climate change policy and developing the programme of analysis undertaken by the UK’s Airports Commission.
As a diplomat at the UK’s Representation to the EU in Brussels, he represented the UK in the various European institutions, negotiating legislation such as Aviation
Emissions Trading and other climate-related dossiers. Many careers ago he was once a journalist.

Carl Nyberg

Senior Vice President Commercial, Renewable Products, Neste

Jim Davies

Program Director - Sustainable Flight, International Airlines Group

Jim graduated with a First in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Southampton University, UK, and subsequently joined British Airways on their Engineering Graduate scheme. Starting off his career as a flight test engineer, Jim then moved on to hold a number of senior technical positions within Engineering and Flight Operations, mainly related to the safe and fuel-efficient performance of BA’s aircraft.

Jim then switched to the fuel supply side of the business with responsibilities for fuel operations, procurement, supply risk, bulk supply chain development, strategy and enabling the introduction of more sustainable aviation fuels before becoming BA’s Head of Fuel in 2012.

In 2014, following the formation of IAG, Jim became Head of Fuel at IAG and led the transformation of its supply chain business in the UK, Spain and Ireland. More recently, Jim moved to a new role of IAG Programme Director – Sustainable Flight to lead and give greater focus to the realisation of sustainable aviation fuels to underpin the delivery of the Group’s ambition to achieve Net Zero by 2050 – the first airline group in the world to give such a commitment. Jim is also IAG’s shareholder Director of Lanzajet Inc and Nova Pangaea Plc.

Margaux Thoyer-Rozat

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Procurement Manager, Air France

My name is Margaux Thoyer-Rozat, I am 39 years old and I have been in the aviation industry for over 17 years now.
I graduated from the Arts et Metiers Institute as an Engineer and got a Specialized Master's degree in International Project Management at ESCP Business School.
I have been working at Air France in various positions: Engine Maintenance, Network Planning , Global Corporate Account Manager and I currently work as a Sustainable Aviation Fuel Procurement Manager. For an Airline, fleet renewal and sustainable aviation fuel are the 2 main pillars to decarbonize the aviation industry and I am convinced of the importance of the ecological transition for the next generations to come and excited to be part of this decarbonizing journey.

Katharina Kort

Managing Director, Bank of America

Menzo Reinders

Global Lending Innovation Lead, ING

Tamme Mekkes

Business Development Director, Chane Terminals

Alfonso Berrocal

VP Business Development– Middle Distillates & SAF, Argus

Alfonso has extensive experience working in the oil trading industry, particularly in physical trading. Before joining Argus he traded bitumen for GP Global in Europe. He is currently based in London, with bitumen and speciality products as his main focus.

Alex Kauffmann

Manager - Consulting, Argus

Alex works on Argus' short- and long-term market analysis and forecasts covering global biofuels and feedstock demand, supply, trade and prices, with a focus on European markets. He is the editor of the Argus Biofuels Analytics publication, covering a 10-year outlook for global biofuels markets.

Christos Chryssakis

Head of New Energy, Wallenius Wilhelmsen

Christos Chryssakis is Head of New Energy at Wallenius Wilhelmsen since 2023. Prior to this, he worked for 12 years for DNV in R&D and commercial roles related to decarbonization of shipping and marine fuels. Before joining DNV he worked as a researcher at the National Technical University of Athens, and at the Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP), in Paris, France. He has more than 10 years of R&D experience in internal combustion engines for marine, automotive and off-road applications, with particular focus on emissions reduction. He has a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and a MSc and PhD degree from the University of Michigan.

Masanori Nagashima

Senior Manager, Business Planning and Sustainability Department, UECC

Ilyas Muhammad

Director, Head of Green Fuels, Hapag-Lloyd AG

Ilyas is Head of Green Fuels Team at Hapag Lloyd with the responsibility to develop the supply of green fuels. Ilyas has Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering and brings 16 years of technical and commercial experience in green fuels and energy projects.

Michael Green

Senior Quality Manager, World Fuel Services

Michael joined World Fuel Services, as Senior Quality Manager for Marine Technical, in December 2019 following 15 years in the fuel testing industry with Lintec Testing Services / Intertek ShipCare. As a member of the marine technical team his focus is delivering added value to WFS customers. The technical team also offers support for the WFS physical delivery locations, support in relation to continued progression of legislative reform, sustainability initiatives, development of new fuels and technologies, and quality / quantity disputes.
Michael is heavily involved with a range of established industry technical committees and working groups as well as industry associations within the marine fuel sector. He currently represents the UK on the BSI PTI /002 working group as well as number of ISO working groups including the ISO 8217 working group ISO/TC 28/SC 4/WG 6, and the ISO Alternative Marine Fuels group ISO /TC28/SC4/WG18. He is also an active member in a number of different working groups and sub-committees at The Energy Institute as well as having previously spent 9 years as a member of the CIMAC Working Group 7 for Fuels.
Michael is a past Chairman of the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA), a position he held for two years. He joined the IBIA Board of Directors in April 2014 taking an active role in the development and progression of the association. During his time at IBIA he acted as the chairman of the working group for Training and Education and was elected to the position of Vice Chair of the IBIA board of directors in April 2016. Michael took on the role as the Chairman of the IBIA Board of Directors in April 2018 working closely with the Director of IBIA to ensure progression and recognition of the contribution the association provides to its members and the bunkering industry as a whole.

Nicolas Degorce

Sustainability Project Manager, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore

Nicolas is Bureau Veritas M&O's expert in sustainable marine fuel with over a decade of experience in supporting the development of low emissions vessels.

Jack Merriott

Senior Manager - Consulting Services, Argus

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.

Hussein Al-Khalisy

Associate Editor - Alternative Marine Fuels, Argus

Hussein is the Associate Editor for Alternative Marine Fuels at Argus Media covering bunker fuels across Europe and Africa and specialising in alternative marine fuel markets. He is responsible for the development of European marine biodiesel spot price assessments and contributes to price assessments, news and analysis.

Charles Jans

Vice President, Consulting, Argus

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.

Carl Nyberg

Senior Vice President Commercial, Renewable Products, Neste

Geoffrey Mansfield

Global Desk Lead - Low Carbon Fuels Trading, Shell

Geoff brings with him a wealth of experience from over 20 years within Shell's trading organization, now leading the Global Trading Desk for Low Carbon Fuels. His team trades and supplies Low Carbon Fuels (such as fame, hvo, ethanol, bio-lng) as well as biogenic feedstocks. Prior to his current role, he has held several notable positions including the Global Desk Leader for Gasoline Trading, Global Desk Leader for Jet fuel Trading, and the Regional Team Leader for European Middle Distillates Trading, providing him with a comprehensive understanding of Trading and International Energy markets.

Henrik Brodin

Head of Energy Transition, Sodra

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Colin Cowan

Head of HVO Feedstock Supply & Trading, st1

Dan Lieberman

Global Sustainability Strategy & Engagement Lead, Nufarm

Dan Lieberman joined the Nufarm Carinata global team May 2023 in the role of Sustainability Strategy & Engagement Lead. Dan brings over two decades’ experience at the climate-energy nexus across the public and private sectors in both consulting and industry. At Nufarm, Dan is advancing the Carinata program’s sustainability strategy and engagement with external stakeholders globally. His work is focused on unlocking opportunities to remove atmospheric carbon, regenerate soil, and grow non-food sustainable energy sources that can replace fossil oils.

Prior to joining Nuseed, Dan spent 16 years at Chevron, where he held various roles that spanned corporate strategy and sustainability, communications, and government relations, serving most recently as Senior Advisor for Climate Policy for global legislative and regulatory affairs.

Dan has previously held roles in corporate strategy and as a managing consultant for the consulting firm ICF International. There he helped public and private sector clients develop and navigate nascent carbon markets and approaches to greenhouse gas management and accounting. In the standards space in particular, Dan led or contributed to numerous publications on the estimation, modeling and forecasting of GHG emissions and markets and contributed to the development of methodologies and tools under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism, the WBCSD/WRI GHG Protocol, IPCC Good Practice Guidelines, US EPA Inventory of GHG Emissions and Sinks, and others.

In addition to his extensive sector experience Dan also earned an M.B.A. in Strategic Environmental Management from the George Washington University School of Business, and a B.S. in Economics and Environmental Science from Brandeis University.
Dan and his family reside in Livermore, California.

Henrik Rådberg

Head of New Opportunities , Preem

Stephen Walsh

Manager, Energy Transition Components, SCB Group

Josefine Ahlström

SVP, Global Biofuels, Argus

Prior to joining Argus, Josefine spent nine years with Shell Downstream in the strategy, marketing and sales departments. She has a master’s degree in economics from Lund University, Sweden, and is now Vice-President at Argus leading Business Development in Europe.

Tom Searle

Senior Manager, Consulting Services, Argus

Tom is a senior manager in the consulting practice at the price reporting agency Argus Media in London. Having joined the team in 2012, he oversees the delivery of bespoke studies in the bioenergy sector, including biofuels and biomass, in Europe and Africa. Tom’s work involves assessment of the European legislative environment and the impact of proposed changes considering the trends seen in the vehicle parc, production technology and wider energy markets. While the focus remains on road transport, he also monitors developments in alternative markets, such as the aviation and marine sectors.

Fabricio Cardoso

Principal, Consulting, Argus

Maxence Devillers

Senior Analyst, Argus

Louis Springate

Analyst, Consulting & Analytics, Argus

Jamuna Gautam

Associate Editor - Americas Biofuels , Argus