

CBC Leaders & Experts

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Welcome to the CBC Leaders & Experts Center. Here, you can learn more about our esteemed Leaders and access their contact information, request their services, or schedule an appointment with them. Starting from January 2024, we are excited to offer you the opportunity to browse through our trusted network of CBC Associated Experts and CBI Mentors & Lecturers.
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Paddy Padmanathan
Board Member
ACWA Power


CBC Honorary Chair for the Middle East


Alicia Eastman
President
InterContinental Energy


CBC Co-Chair of Green Hydrogen Hub


Charlie Gay "Dr Solar"
Founder
Greenstar Foundation
Former Director of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office


CBC Honorary Chair for North America & USA


Enrico Carniato
Group Deputy General Manager - Global Finance and Business Development
Upsolar Group


CBC Vice-Chair for Italy


Hans-Josef Fell
President
Energy Watch Group
German MP 1998-2013; Co-author of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act 2000


CBC Visionary Adviser


Mansour Diagne
Director Sales in MEA
Univergy


CBC Co-Chair for Africa


Michael Bellmer
Managing Director
LTI ReEnergy


CBC Co-Chair for Europe


Prof. Anis Jouini
CEO
ECM Greentech
Board Member at ESMC


CBC Chair of CleanTech StartUP & SME Hub


Prof. Eicke R. Weber
Vice-Chairman
European Solar Manufacturing Council
Former Director, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg; Professor Emeritus, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley


CBC Chair of R&D, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Hub; Chair of the World CleanTech Awards


Rami Fedda
Co-Founder & Supply Director
Solar Juice Pty


CBC Chair for Australia & Oceania


Thomas Altmann
Executive Vice President - Innovation & New Technology
ACWA Power


Co-Chair of the World CleanTech StartUPs Awards


Zouhair Kefi
Director Division Energy & Home Automation
Heinrich Kopp GmbH


CBC Co-Chair of Smart Energy Hub

Armita Bayat
General Manager MENA
TEK Solar


CBC Co-Chair of Empowering Women Hub (In Charge of the Middle East)


Adam Hall
Chief Star Organizer
Million Solar Stars


CBC Chair of CleanTech Schools Initiative


Amin Al Yaquob
CEO
GCC Association for Renewable Energy & Sustainability
Advisor, Local content at Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO), Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia


CBC Chair for Saudi Arabia


Apollo Chai
International Marketing Director
GoodWe


CBC Co-Chair of International MarCom Directors Task Force


Chang-Hoon Suh
Chairman
Woosuk University
President, Jeonbuk Daily Newspaper Company


CBC Vice-Chair for South Korea


Delphine Cherpin
Deputy Manager R&D Communication & Development
CEA-INES (French Solar Energy Institute)


Premium Member


Dr. Alex Levran
CEO
EGM inc
Former Global Head of Solar Industry Initiative at ABB Group


CBC Honorary Chair for North America


Dr. Hitesh Doshi
Chairman
Waaree Group
Chairman at All India Solar Industry Association


CBC Co-Chair for Asia & Chair for India


Dr. Rashi Gupta "Batterywali"
Managing Director
Vision Mechatronics


CBC Chair of Energy Storage Hub & Chair of Empowering Women Hub


Engel Tastan
CEO
GoodWe Turkey


CBC Chair for Turkey


Germain Essohouna MEBA
President
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Togo (CCIT) & ECOWAS Countries


CBC Chair for Togo


Gilles Dossa
President
Group Olouwafemi


Premium Member


Jalel Hamila
Vice President Global Strategic Account WAMEA-APAC
JA Solar


CBC Chair for Tunisia & Co-Chair Africa

Joanna (Jing Jing) Pang
CleanTech Enterpreuner


CBC Director Relations South-East Asia


Karim Megherbi
Executive Director
EPDA
Director Transaction Advisory at Dii Desert Energy


CBC Co-Chair of Financial & Investor Hub


Lin Jianwei
Chairman
Jolywood


Premium Member


Mani Khurana
Senior Energy Specialist and Task Team Leader
World Bank
Head of the World Bank’s Battery Storage Program in India


CBC Energy Storage Hub Member


Mi Yue
Founder
SNEC
Director at NEIAPP (New Energy Industry Association for Asia and the Pacific), Board Member at the Global Solar Council


CBC Co-Chair for Asia

Monica Oliphant
Research Scientist and Renewables & Environment Consultant
Past President of ISES (International Solar Energy Society)


CBC Honorary Chair for Australia

Murat Aydemir
Energy Expert


CBC Chair of Bioenergy & Waste to Energy Hub


Paul Van Son
President
Dii Desert Energy


CBC Visionary Adviser


Raj Singh Niranjan
Founder
Trans India Law Associates (TILA)
Legal Advisor at International Solar Alliance (ISA)


CBC Legal Adviser


Sebastian Petretschek
General Manager
TÜV Rheinland Group


Premium Member

Stephen Mwangi
Director
Pathfinder Investments


CBC Chair for Kenya


Sunil Dayal
Energy Sector and Climate Finance Expert
World Bank


CBC Financial & Investor Hub - Member of South Asia Chapter


Goutam Samanta
Head PV Technology
Juniper Green Energy


Co-Chair of CBC Upstream Hub

Miguel Vildosola
Viga Energy Partners


CBC Chair for Mexico


Stefan Heyn
Sales Director
Corinex
Managing Director at Green T GmbH & Co. KG


Full Member


Adamo Screnci
Vice President - Licensing & Business Development
NextChem
Hydrogen Pioneer, Expert & Entrepreneur


CBC Co-Chair of Green Hydrogen Hub


Andreas Fornwald
CEO
Doosan GridTech


CBC Co-Chair of Energy Storage Hub


Cornelius Matthes
CEO
Dii Desert Energy
Investor in emission free technologies


CBC Chair for Middle East

H.R.H Prince of Cambodia Narithipong Norodom
Business Expert & Advisor


CBC Chair for Cambodia


Leonardo Curioni
Founder
SICES Solar


CBC Chair for LATAM & CBC Chair for Brazil


Mary O'Donnell "CleanTech Mama"
Founder & President
Clean Power Inc
Impact investor


CBC Honorary Chair of Empowering Women Hub


Mikaa Mered
Adjunct lecturer on hydrogen markets, diplomacy and geopolitics
Sciences Po
(The Paris Institute of Political Studies)


CBC Co-Chair of Green Hydrogen Hub (In Charge of Geopolitics & Diplomacy)

Prof. Dr. Ad van Wijk
Professor of Future Energy Systems
TU Delft
Member of Dii Advisory Board


CBC Honorary Chair of Green Hydrogen Hub


Prof. Martin Green
Scientia Professor
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Director of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics


CBC Visionary Advisor


Shri K.S.Popli
Solar & CleanTech Financial Expert
Former CMD of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA)


CBC Honorary Chair for India


Tomasz Slusarz
President
CleanTech Business Institute


Founder & Vision Streamliner


Alicja Slusarz
Vice-President
CleanTech Business Institute


VP Membership & Partnership


Sibi Vetha Raj
Business Development Manager
Qi Energy


CBC Membership Manager Middle East


Alexis Issaharoff
Chief Renewable Energy
Jubaili


CBC Chair for South East Asia


Amit Jain
Senior Energy Specialist
World Bank


CBC Financial & Investor Hub - Chair of South Asia Chapter

Barack Baréma Bocoum
Diplomat / Consular Affairs and Communication Officer
The Embassy of Mali in Abu Dhabi


CBC Premium Member


Daniel Thielking
Sales Manager EMEA
AMPT


CBC Co-Chair of Energy Storage Hub


Diane Stéphnanie T. Sanhouidi Hounsou
Executive Manager
GCINTER SA


CBC Chair for Burkina Faso & CBC Chair for Africa of Empowering Women Hub


Dr. Claas Helmke
Founder & CEO
newtrail.capital


CBC Co-Chair of Financial & Investor Hub


Dr. Ki-Hae Yang
CEO
Segi Solar Environment


CBC Chair for South Korea

Dr. Winfried Hoffmann
Owner
Applied Solar Expertise - ASE
former CEO and MD of RWE Solar GmbH and RWE SCHOTT Solar GmbH; Former President EPIA: (European Photovoltaic Industry Association", today SolarPower Europe”)


CBC Visionary Adviser


Frank Qiao
Co-Founder and Vice President
Growatt


CBC Premium Member


Gianni Chianetta
Founder & Director
Greening the Islands
CEO at Global Solar Council


CBC Vice-Chair for Italy & CBC Chair of CleanTech on Emerging Island Countries Task Force


Hayrie Shan
CEO
Euro American Solar


CBC Chair for Bulgaria


Jean-Pascal Pham-Ba
CEO
FAST-Infra Group
Secretary General and Spokesperson at Terrawatt Initiative


CBC Chair of Financial & Investor Hub

Justin Gu
General Manager
GF Hydrogen Europe


CBC Co-Chair of Green Hydrogen Hub
(In Charge of China Relations)


Kenta Kagikawa