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2026 Speakers Line-up
Strategic Speakers at FFMS2026 and CCMS2026
Eng. Nawal Alhanaee
Director of the Future Energy Department
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, UAE
Kamil Al-Awadhi
Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Nicolas Poirot
CEO Africa, Middle-East, South & Central Asia
Air Liquide
Michael Karnitschnig
Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf
European Commission (Virtual)
Noriyuki Ueda
Chief Executive Officer
JERA Middle East and Africa
H.E. Iñigo Febrel Benlloch
Deputy Ambassador
Delegation of the European Union to the United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Hababou
President Middle East and India
Air Products
H.E. Olav Myklebust
Ambassador
Royal Norwegian Embassy in Abu Dhabi
Markus Exenberger
Executive Director and Chairman
H2Global Foundation
Omar Bin Ghaleb
Deputy Director General
UAE General Civil Aviation Authority
Hamead Ahrary
Chief Sales Officer
SEFE Securing Energy for Europe
Meet the Pioneers Shaping Next Era of CCUS
Manu Verma
Chief Executive Officer
RAK Gas
Amir Hermes
Head of CCS Bussiness Development US & MENA
SLB
Masoud Ahmed Al Hamadi
Executive Director, Upstream
Sharjah National Oil Corporation
Majed Alawad
Director
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
Ehab Tasfai
Chief Technology Officer
44.01
Dr. Dharmesh Kumar
Business Development Director Middle East
WSP–Ricardo
Ranjith Nair
Chief Executive Officer
Gulf Cryo
Steve Kelly
1PointFive President
Oxy
Vipulkumar Shantilal Mehta
Cement Operation Director
Cemex UAE
Dr. Gyuhwan Jo Director
e-Technology Innovation Center (e-TEC)
ENEOS Xplora
Sudip Mukhopadhyay
Co-founder and CEO
AirMyne
Hoz Khaznadar
Business Development Manager
ILF CONSULTING ENGINEERS
Olivier Milhaud
Chief Financial Officer
Holcim UAE
Dr Mohammad Abu Zahra
Chief Regional Officer MEA
Global CCS Institute
Tim Legerton
Technical Director
JERA
Elie Adaimy
Group Head of Business Development & Innovation
Gulf Cryo
Yash Aggarwal
Co-founder, Carbonetics Carbon Capture
Gas Lab Asia
Isabel Conradus
Global Licensing Technology Manager Gas Processing
Technip Energies
Vibhuti Bhushan
Chief Governance and Sustainability Officer
RAK Ceramics
Floris Mackor
Vice President, Large Industries and Strategy CCS
Air Liquide
Ali Mohammadi
Head of Business Development
OQGN
Manal Al Badawi
ESG & Sustainability Manager
EMSTEEL
Mania Neisiani
VP Technology Deployment
Svante
Emmanuel Pradie
SVP Offshore Assets
TotalEnergies EP UAE
Samya Salem Alsereidi
Director of Geology and Mining Department
Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation
Tony Aslam
Department GM Steel GX, CCUS Department
Sumitomo Corporation Middle East FZE
Karan Khimji
Chief Commercial Officer
44.01
Ashraf Abufaris
Head of Gas Treatment Middle East and Central Asia
BASF
Building the Global Hydrogen Economy & Its Derivatives
Akram Azerbayev
Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive
OQ Alternative Energy
Ali Russell
Managing Director, Co Founder
EXTREME H
Xiaowei Duan
Head of MEA Region&Int'l
Sungrow Hydrogen
Maria Paula Torres
Manager
Frontier Economics Ltd
Carlo Stella
Managing Partner, Global Practice Leader, Sustainability Practice
Arthur D. Little
Arnava Sinha
EVP and Head of Business Development, Green Hydrogen & Ammonia
ACME Group
Benjamin Dennhardt
Business Development,Energy Transition & Industrial Decarbonization
EnBW
Dr. Sören Dresp
Director of Advanced Technology Institute
Sungrow Hydrogen
Smriti Priya
Principal
Roland Berger
Vijeet Singh
Vice President, EVCI & H2
ADNOC Distribution
Kenny Kitamura
Chief Representative for the Middle East
JBIC
Dr. Jimmy Rojas
Chief Executive Officer
EVOLOH
Aditya Harneja
Principal
Strategy&
Tony Nieman
Head of Middle East
InterContinental Energy
Cihan Yilmaz
Director, Energy & Water
KfW IPEX-Bank
Dr. Changsheng Yao
Founder & CEO
HydoTech
Stefan Krümpelmann
Editor, Hydrogen and Future Fuels
Argus Media
Ali Zerouali
Executive Vice President Middel East, Africa
HIF Global
Carlo Terragni
Managing Director
Neuman & Esser Italia
Zainab Yaqub
Senior Licensing Manager
Topsoe
Alejandro Longueira
Senior Principal
Oliver Wyman
Youth Special Session Speakers
Sarah S. Alharthey
Chairwoman of Youth Leadership Council
ACWA Power
Ahmed Al-Shahrani
Chief
Saudi Energy Leaders Assembly
Imad Aljunaid
Stakeholder Manager
NEOM Green Hydrogen Company
Tariq Najar
Sustainability - Demand Side Management
TAQA Distribution
Eng. Aysha AlRemeithi
Youth Council President and Deputy Manager
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority
Ammar Fahad Aljohani
Technical Workshop Specialist
Energy and Water Academy
FFMS2026 VIP Guests
More will be updated soon...
Driss Berraho
EVP, Global Green Hydrogen
ACWA Power
Omar Germouni
Executive Director, Synthetic Fuels and Green
Hydrogen lnitiatives
ACWA Power
Hammad Masood
Executive Director
ACWA Power
Abdulrahman Abdulaal
Executive Director of Green Hydrogen, KSA
ACWA Power
Ashwani Kumar Raina
Executive Director Business Development Green Hydrogen
ACWA Power
Joana Bel
Aviation Sustainability & Environment Manager
Emirates
Anil Padhra
Sustainability and Environment Manager
Emirates
Fariz Ali
Managing Partner
Twin Towers Ventures
Chee Ho Woo
Partner
Twin Towers Ventures
Marcel Botha
Commercial Director
GAC Marine L.L.C
Emre Veldet
Business Development Manager
GAC Marine L.L.C
Mohammed Benchekchou
Managing Director – Middle East & Central Asia
Topsoe
Zainab Yaqub
Senior Licensing Manager
Topsoe
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