Argus Biofuels Europe Conference & Exhibition

Clarissa Atlee

Head of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate Policy, Department for Transport

Clarissa leads the policy team overseeing development of the UK's Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate. With experience across six UK Government Departments and the third sector, Clarissa's career has focused on utilising international collaboration and tackling environmental problems.

David Fisken

Investment Director, United Kingdom and Ireland, Australian Trade and Investment and Commission (Austrade)

Ying Xu Mathis

Managing Director, Fuel Management, American Airlines

Thomas Biering

Head of EU Government Affairs – Aviation and Trade, FedEx

Riku Aho

Vice President Sustainability, Finnair

Andrew Thomas

Director, Sustainability , VistaJet

Andrew Thomas is the Director of Sustainability at Vista. Innovating the industry for 20 years through continuous investment in people, technology and infrastructure, the Group’s mission is to lead the change to provide clients with the most advanced flying services at the very best value, anytime, anywhere around the world. Andrew has been with Vista for over 10 years and has spearheaded its sustainability agenda since 2018.

During Andrew’s tenure, he has led multi-year GHG and TCFD reporting for transparent auditing, introduced a comprehensive Carbon Offset initiative and most recently introduced Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) as a business standard, culminating in the purchase of 4 million US gallons of SAF for 2023-2024.

Olan Ryan

Vice President of Sustainable Aviation Fuel – UK & Ireland, International Airlines Group (IAG)

Joshua Schulnick

Senior Manager, Global Policy & Sustainability, JetBlue

Quentin Payet-Gaspard

Head of SAF Trading Europe, Shell

Gorka Penalva

Commercial Director Northwest Europe, Exolum

Gill Alker

Technical Expert for Book and Claim, RSB

Gill Alker, Book and Claim Manager at the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials is a seasoned environmental and engineering professional with a PhD in Environmental Engineering and over two decades in the field. She manages RSB’s Book and Claim System, which aims to expand the outreach of sustainable fuels and accelerate the decarbonisation of hard to abate sectors such as shipping and aviation.

Menzo Reinders

Director Energy Sector Coverage, ING

Kyle Ferriggi

Sales Manager PID, Chane Terminals

Rafael Schvartzman

Regional Vice President, Europe, International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Tom Taylor

Policy Manager - Aviation, Shipping and Low Carbon Fuels, Transport and Environment (T&E)

Sarah Wilkin

Founder & CEO, Fly Green Alliance- FGA

Giulia Squadrin

Business Development Manager, Argus

Giulia Squadrin is a business development manager at Argus Media in London, contributing to strategy and business development for European biofuels, with a focus on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Giulia previously produced daily assessments for hydrotreated biofuels as part of Argus Media’s editorial team, where she worked on the analysis of the European biofuels market, including regulatory changes and data management.
Prior to joining Argus, Giulia worked with international organisations in Geneva for a year and completed a master’s degree in International Affairs at Middle Tennessee State University.

Camille Bourgeon

Regulatory Development & Policy Coordination - Climate Action & Clean Air, International Maritime Organization (IMO)

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.

Dominic Tasker

Director, Decarbonisation – Maritime Policy & Analysis, Carnival Corporation

Alex Green

Head of New Fuels, Mitsui O.S.K Lines

Rohan Naik

Senior Bunker Manager, Pacific Basin Shipping

Nikolas Nikolaidis

Head of Biofuels Desk, Peninsula

Stefan Dubbeldam

Head of small-scale LNG & LNG Bunkering, Vitol Group

Tobias Troye

Head of Carbon Solutions, Bunker Holding

Tobias has 18 years of business development and leadership experience in the renewable energy, carbon markets and advanced technology platforms space. Having worked across large global companies as well as startups in climate impact and decarbonization, his key focus has been on supporting clients navigate and risk manage the energy transition and related carbon markets. As the world’s largest supplier of marine fuels, Bunker Holding is supporting the maritime energy transition by delivering alternative fuels and carbon market solutions to the shipping industry, where clients face increasingly complex challenges and opportunities in both the compliance (EU ETS) and voluntary markets, which Tobias oversees.

Caspar Gooren

Commercial Director, Renewable Fuels, Titan

Jani Arala

Maritime Commercial Manager, Gasum Oy

Jani Arala is currently in charge of Maritime products and services in Gasum. He has over 15 years of experience in the gas and oil industries and with a focus on sustainability, Jani helps companies to reduce emissions in the maritime logistics chains by steering customers towards eco-friendly logistics solutions.

Gudrun Janssens

Head of EU Engagement, BIMCO

Daniel Gent

Marine Fuels Transition, Soya Group

Sam Rimmelzwaan

Commercial Manager, Chane Terminals

Dr Edmund Hughes

IBIA Representative to the IMO, IBIA

Dáša Mamrillová

Government Affairs Director, EWABA (European Waste-based & Advanced Biofuels Association)

Daša is the Government Affairs Director of the European Waste-based & Advanced Biofuels Association – EWABA since March 2022. She has long years experience working in the EU affairs in the field of renewable energy and low carbon fuels after leading the Brussels office of the biggest Central and Eastern European biofuel holding Envien Group for over 5 years. Daša has been following the EU energy and climate agenda concentrated recently in the Fit for 55 package with special focus on transport sector from the very beginning and analysing the impact of individual legislative proposals on the future of European transport sector. At EWABA, we believe that renewable and low carbon fuels are essential and will work alongside electrification not only on the energy transition but for the long-term decarbonising targets of the European Union’s transport.

Jack Merriott

Senior Manager - Consulting , Argus

Jack Merriott leads Argus Media’s bespoke consulting projects practice in low-carbon fuels in Europe. He has delivered lender due diligence for some of the largest and most advanced green and blue ammonia projects in the world, as well as green fertilizer projects. He also leads the consulting practice in alternative marine fuels, advising shipowners, storage companies, prospective fuel producers and financial institutions.

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.

Carlos Alberto Fernandez Lopez

Head of Bioenergy & Waste Department, Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy - Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition (IDAE)

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.

Andrea Martelli

Global Head of BIO, Eni Trade & Biofuels

Andrea leads biofeedstocks and biofuels activities at Eni. He became the head of biofuels trading at Eni Trading and Shipping in 2019, with responsibility for redesigning and enlarging biofeedstocks and biofuels trading activities. In 2020 he took over the role of head of supply for Eni. Since 2021, he has been a member of the board of directors of Eni Trading and Shipping. With more than 17 years’ experience within the group, he has held roles in several countries, including as German and Austrian branch manager, head of gas and power sales in France, Italy and the Benelux, and lead originator for gas, power and emissions.

Jasmien Vander Beken

Expert in Renewable Energy in Transport at DG Energy, FPS Economy, (Belgian Federal Government Body), FPS Economy (Belgian Federal Government Body)

Bruce Fleming

Chief Executive Officer, Montana Renewables

Bruce Fleming is Chief Executive Officer of Montana Renewables, a controlled subsidiary of Calumet Specialty Products (NASDAQ: CLMT).

Fleming was previously Vice President Mergers & Acquisitions at Tesoro Corporation and an officer of Tesoro Companies Inc. from 2004-2016. He founded and was Managing Director of Hong Kong-based Orient Refining Ltd 1997-2004, and served in various operations, business development and planning roles with Amoco Oil and Amoco Corporation from 1981-1996.

Fleming holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Princeton University) and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (University of Delaware).

Olli Lahdenpera

Director – Value Chain Lead, HVO/SAF, St1

Volker Hasenberg

Head of International Hydrogen Strategy, Daimler Truck

Jonas Stromberg

Global Manager Sustainability, Scania

Mario Mifsud

Vice President, Renewable Fuels Sales & Trading EMEA & APAC, Neste

Judy Wong

Vice President of Advanced Biofuels, EcoCeres, Inc.

Judy has more than 18 years of oil and gas experience in sales, planning and revenue management in Asia-Pacific. She has experience in handling and supporting middle distillate sales in the wholesale and retail sectors, and dirty product for the marine sector. In her current role, Judy manages global sales and business development around HVO, cellulosic ethanol and bionaphtha.

Paulo Macedo

Global Managing Director, Int'l Corp Relations, Market Access, Policy & Advocacy, Raizen

Bjoern Scheid

VP Biofuels Trading, Freepoint Commodities

Koen Ponseele

Renewable Energy and Environmental Policy Manager, Darling Ingredients

Stephen Powell

Head of Product and Sustainability, IVECO

Oleksandr Siromakha

Head of Sustainable Fuels, MB Energy

Jose Marza

Head of Origination and Trading, Engie

Eduardo Gonzalez

Chief Operating Officer, LIPSA

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.

Paula Nava

Director of Sustainability & External Relations, Marquis Energy Global

Raquel Tessarollo

Origination and Business Development – Sustainable Fuels, Petrobras

Doug Berven

VP of Corporate Affairs, Poet

Matej Joroscak

Head of Biomethane Value Chain Management, MOL Group

Ion Cotorobai

Senior Expert Renewable Fuels Supply (Biodiesel/GHG quota DE/UERs), OMV Downstream

Leticia Millward

Senior Certification Expert – Sustainable Fuels, RSB

Manuel Benito

Senior Trader – Biofuels and Renewable Feedstocks, Viroque Energy

Ignacio Leone

Business Development Director, Connex

Peter Hawighorst

Senior Program Manager, ISCC

Steven He

Senior Consultant – Energy Strategy Advisory, DNV

Patrick Lynch

Co-founder, Bioledger

Bioledger is co-founded by Patrick Lynch (former Head of Sustainability & Trader at Greenergy, Project Manager at EBB). At Greenergy, Patrick managed the first EU Commission approved RED biofuel sustainability standard and the industry’s first audit protocol for used cooking oil biodiesel in 2010. In support of sustainable feedstock and fuel diversification, Patrick has been heavily involved in the continuous development of sustainability certification standards and policy. Bioledger has been supported by ISEAL Alliance, RSB, 2BS, Cambridge University, MIT, Techstars VC and the Irish National Digital Research Centre and won UK Rising Star award for tech companies in 2023.

Colin Cowan

Co Founder & CEO, ETTA Energy

Robert Sundmacher

Global Lead - Biofuels & Chemicals, Peterson Solutions

Angel Alvarez Alberdi

Secretary General, EWABA

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.

Felicia Mester

Managing Director Europe and IMO, Methanol Institute

Fabricio Cardoso

Head of Biofuels and Agriculture Analytics & Consulting, Argus Media

James Evans

Senior Manager, Analytics & Consulting,, Argus

Lawrence Templeton

Business Development Manager - European gas, power and LNG, Argus

Lawrence joined Argus Media’s European Natural Gas team in 2014 following an gas industry market analysis role in Berlin. Joining Argus, Lawrence specialised in German and Italian gas market and regulatory developments, working closely with Argus’ coal and electricity teams to develop cross-commodity analysis. Moving to the business development team in 2017, Lawrence now covers European natural gas, power and LNG taking in markets from Italy and the Netherlands to Ukraine and Turkey.

Alex Kauffmann

Manager, Analytics & 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.

Tom Searle

Principle, 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.

Anna Prokhorova

Senior Reporter, Oil Products, Argus

Madeline Jenkins

Senior Reporter, Argus

Leonardo Siqueira

Editor, Pine Chemicals, Argus

Stefan Kruempelmann

Hydrogen and Future Fuels Editor, Argus

Stefan leads Argus‘ Hydrogen and Future Fuels service which provides news, analysis, production cost indicators and datasets on hydrogen, e-methanol and ammonia. He has been with Argus for more than six years and covered European natural gas markets before shifting his focus to hydrogen and its derivatives. Prior to this, he worked for an investment research company in London and studied in Maastricht, Leeds and London.

Benedict George

Editor - Oil Products, Argus

Benedict George is the deputy editor of the Argus European Products report. He began by assessing diesel prices when he joined Argus in 2019 and has since spread his coverage across the European products, during the disruption of the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He leads Argus’ coverage of the European refining industry in particular.