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Speakers for 2025

The conferences at Middle East Energy 2025 featured speakers from across the region and internationally, who shared the latest updates and insights into energy solutions, innovations & technologies. 

H.E. Saeed Al-Tayer
Vice Chairman - Dubai Supreme Council of Energy

H.E. Nani Juwara
Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Gambia

H.E. Ziad-Alexandre Hayek
President
World Association of PPP Units & Professionals

Mohamed Ouhmed
Secretary General
Department of Energy Transition

Francesco La Camera
Director General
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Abdulla AlKhemeiri
Chief Operations Officer
Etihad WE

Abdullah Assal
Co-Founder and CEO
Sahl

Abdulmuain Al Soufi
Products Line Manager
Alfanar

Adeel Irshad
Chief Operating Officer
EV TECHNOLOGY-SUR International Investment Group

Aditya Saraswat
Research Director
Rystad Energy

Adnan Saleh Alzabni
Pre-qualification Engineer
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)

Ahmed Al Shehri
Energy Engineer II
King Abdullah City for Atomic & Renewable Energy

Ahmed Bahei-Eldin
Managing Director
Financial Services & Commercial Leader EMEA, GE Vernova Financial Services

Ahmed Khalfan
Sr. MEP Engineer
A’Sharqiyah University

Ahmed Mulla
Deputy CEO
Infinity Power

Ahmed Radwan
Senior VP, Head of Motion Business Area, Middle East and Africa Region
ABB

Ahmed Shawky
Founder and Managing Director
Exergy for Industrial Service

Ahmed Tarek
Chief Executive Officer
Jadeed

Ahmed Yousry
Post-graduate student
Heriot-Watt University

Alaa El-Huni
Chief Business Officer
CAFU

Alicia Eastman
Co-founder & Board Director
InterContinental Energy

Alida Saleh
Head of Sustainability MEA
JLL

Alvaro Gonzalez
Managing Partner
Vision Grid Energy

Amani Al-Othman
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
The American University of Sharjah

Ameen Hamdon
President and CEO
SUBNET Solutions Inc.

Ana Hajduka
Founder and CEO
Africa GreenCo Group – Zambia

Anas Gahshan
Director of Engineering
Kaizen Asset Management Services

Andrea Di Gregorio
Executive Director of Energy Efficiency and Renewables office
Ras Al Khaimah Municipality

Andreas Florian Kolb
Chief Commercial Officer & General Manager Energy
Intertrust Technologies

Andrew Shaw
Vice President – Electrical Division
Alfanar Electric

Antonio Di Cecca
COO
Tabreed

Asem Al Shamsi
Member
Saudi Leadership Society

Athmane Benzerroug
Chief Strategy, Transformation and Sustainability Officer
ADNOC Distribution

Atifur Khan
VP International Business
FLITE Material Sciences

Avanthika Satheesh
Director- Emerging Technologies MENA
Customized Energy Solutions

Awad Al Seiari
Senior Vice President - Projects
Etihad WE

Ayad Chammas
Energy Partner
Nirman Ventures

Badr Al Awadhi
Chief Commercial Officer
UAEV

Basil Almabrok
Executive Manager, R&D
Alfanar

Carlos Iniguez
Program Director
Venture Hive

Catalina Valentino
Group CEO
ELIXR

Cecilie Kristiansen
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie

Chinmoy Baruah
CEO
ChipX

Chris Wood
CXO, Energy and Petrochemical Market Expert

Christian Wilms
Director EV Programs
Ford Motor Company

Claude Fachkha
Cyber Security Expert and Innovator, Associate Professor
University of Dubai

Damira Tleubayeva
EV Charging Solutions Specialist
Sungrow

Daniel Betts
CEO
Blue Frontier

Daniel Nilsson
Development Director
SAFT

Daniel Peter Fuchs
Vice President
EUPD Research

David Galea
MD & Founder
Two Falcons Consulting

Denisa Fainis
Senior Account Manager
Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd

Dinesh Arjun
CEO
Raptee Energy Pvt Ltd

Dipak Sakaria
Energy Transition Expert
Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure

Dominique Scheider
Industry Marketing Manager Transportation EMEA
Rockwell Automation

Dr. Adnan Alhosani
Director of Electricity & Energy Trade
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, United Arab Emirates

Dr. Hamed Hanifi
Technical Director Global
AESOLAR

Dr. Hannes Weinmann
Head of International Technical Center
Lead Intelligent Equipment

Dr. Hassan El-Sayed
Business Development Manager
UL Solutions

Dr. Ihab Mokhles
Head of Sales
Cuculus GmBH

Dr. Keramat Fakhari
Managing Director, META, CIS & South Asia
HiTHIUM

Dr. Marek Kubik
Director of BESS
ENOWA.NEOM

Dr. Pavel Entin
CEO
Synplanet

Dr. Sankara Subramanian
Sales and Business Development Director
Saft Batteries

Dr. Siyu Huang
CEO
Factorial Energy

Dr. Valentina Dedi
Associate Director
KBR,Inc.

Dr․ Aaron Wade
Business Development Lead
Gaussion

Dr․ Alexander Lemzakov
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
Wize

Dr. Andreas Michael Letsch
Director - Center of Competence Factory Automation Battery
Bosch Rexroth AG

Dr․ Anes Dallagi
Managing Director Ci2T – Middle East
EDF Group

Dr. Florian Wessendorf
Managing Director
Solar Promotion International GmbH

Dr․ Gezim Tosuni
University Corporate Governance Professor, Member
State Quality Council (SQC)

Dr. Hady Habib
Chairman
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society-Egypt Chapter

Dr. Hani Asfour
Vice President, Innovation and Institutional Partnerships
Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI)

Dr․ Hounaida Daly
Assistant Professor of Economics
Hail University

Dr. Jan Haizmann
Chief Executive Officer
Zero Emissions Traders Alliance (ZETA)

Dr․ Jan Lachman
Managing Director
EGU-HV Laboratory

Dr. Jens Heinrich
Director, Technology Development
CTF Solar GmbH

Dr. Lili Wang
Senior Director-Renewable Energy Materials
Technology Innovation Institute

Dr․ Maisam Wahbah
Assistant Professor
University of Dubai

Dr. Mauro Pravettoni
Senior Director Renewable Energy - Systems
Technology Innovation Institute

Dr. Mohamed Elkadragy
Battery & Storage Systems Expert

Dr. Muhammad Rashid
Assistant Professor
University of Warwick

Dr. Nabih Cherradi
Chief Technology Officer
Desert Technologies

Dr. Puzant Baliozian
Lead Consultant of Sector Group Photovoltaic Equipment
VDMA - Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Association

Dr. Radovan Kopecek
Director and CTO
International Solar Energy Research Center (ISC)

Dr․ Raed Sherif
Sr. Renewable Energy Expert
King Abdullah City for Atomic & Renewable Energy

Dr. Raimund Koerver
VP of Business Development
Factorial Energy

Dr. Susan Amat
CEO
Venture Hive

Dr. Zafar Said
Associate Professor, Department of Sustainable Renewable Energy Engineering
University of Sharjah

Ehsan Rahimzei
EMEA Senior Growth Leader Battery Gigafactories
Honeywell Industrial Automation

Ellora-Julie Parekh
Chief Sustainability Officer
Al-Futtaim

Eng. Ahmed Samir Elbermbali
Managing Director - MENA Region
CharIN

Eng. Barnabas Gwaivangmin
Vice President - Power Systems and Clean Energy Engineering
Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (NIEEE)

Eng. Danish Subzwari
Commercial Director
HMS Networks FZE

Eng. Davor Toncic
Business Development Manager
HMS Networks AB

Eng. Mozah Alnuaimi
Director of Productivity and Demand Management Department
UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure

Eng․ Alaa Mahjoub
Digital Business Advisor

Eng. Faisal Rashid
Senior Director - Demand Side Management
Supreme Council of Energy, Dubai, UAE

Eng. Ghaith Bakir
Senior Regulatory Engineer
UL Solutions

Eng․ Gopa Kumar S
President
National Federation of Engineers for Electrical Safety

Eng․ Mohannad ALAshhab
Business Development Manager - MENA
SAGER

Eng․ Omar Germouni
Senior Partner
Transengy

Eng․ Salahuddin Alawadhi
Electrical Engineer
University of Leeds

Eren Engür
VP- MEA
Malta Inc

Eric Evers
Global Sales Management
DEKRA

Esam Al Murawwi
Chief Projects Officer
TAQA Transmission

Evetar Zeqiri
Chief Executive Officer
Kostt

Farah Alqurashi
Technical Analyst for Prequalification
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)

Farzad Khalilpour
Engineering Manager
EenerCom Engineering Corp.

Fatima Zahra El-Khalifa
Director General
Cluster EnR, Climate Innovation Center – Morocco

Fayssal El Kotob
Engineering Solutions Manager
Jubaili Bros

Gesche Maass
Conference Manager
Solar Promotion International

Ghaida Mohammed
Business Development Analyst
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)

Hala Bou Alwan
Lawyer, Regulatory Expert & Media Personality
HBA Consultancy

Hamad Al Sayegh
Vice President, Customer Care
Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority

Hans Juergen Sauter
Senior Advisor
IDEEMATEC

Harvey Zheng
Overseas Marketing Director
Qingdao Yunlu Advanced Materials Technology Co. Ltd.

Hasan Nergiz
Managing Director - Electric Mobility Company
Al-Futtaim Automobiles

Hasan Ozkoc
Director
Mediterranean Energy Regulators (MEDREG)

Hassan Zaheer
Chief Operating Officer
Power Technology Research

Heiko Seitz
Global eMobility Leader and Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers ME

Herald Bonnici
Secretary General
Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Malta

Herve Huisman
CEO
Gradyent

Hisham Alhegelan
Country Manager
Noor

Hong Luo
Deputy Director and First level Inspector
Anhui Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment

Hu xiaobo
Senior Engineer
TBEA Electrical Equipment Group Co., Ltd.

Ishan Kalra
Associate - Sustainability Team Lead
Egis Middle East & South Asia

Jacob Ugbodaga
Founder/CEO
Alabaster Agro-Allied Industries Limited

Jacques Brent
Managing Director, Toyota and Lexus UAE
Al-Futtaim Automotive

James Wroe
Managing Director - Europe, Middle East & Asia
InductEV

Jason Jones
Wildlife Mitigation Subject Matter Expert
Power Line Sentry- Sicame Group

Jason Lu
Chief Technology Officer
ColaSolar New Energy Co․, Ltd.

John Cronin
Executive Chairman
CyanConnode Limited, UK

Kamal ElSoueni
Co-founder and CEO
Rabbit Mobility

Kambis Kohansal Vajargah
Head of Startup-Services and Deputy Head of Founder Services
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

Karim Amous
Managing Partner
SMARTECO UNIVERSE

Karim Megherbi
Executive Director
Orisun Invest

Kenneth Hoffman, CFA, CIM
Founder and CEO
Traubenbach Associates

Khaled Walid Mustafa Saif
Deputy GM & VP of Business Development – Charge & Go
Etisalat Services Holding (e&)

Laila AL Hadhrami
Chairwoman
Women Future Cities

Laurent Gerard Longuet
CEO Generation (Siraj Power)
Positive Zero FZE (Siraj Power)

Lennart van Walsum
Director EMEA & Americas
Global Solar Council

Lewis Cheeseman
Operations Director
NES Fircroft

Lidia Dudko
Head of Product Management
EKF International Business

Luca Garagnani
Founder and CEO
InWave

Maher Al Kaabi
Advisor to Group Chairman
Al Serkal Group of Companies, UAE

Manpuran Chowdhury
Director, Project Finance
Alfanar Global Development

Maria Flouda
Founder and Managing Consultant
Sustainability Switch Consultancy

Mark Blackwell
CEO, APEX Investments
Enercap

Markus Wandt
Chief Investment Officer
Aquila Capital Invest

Marta Mieres Bárcena
Global Business Development Director
Honeywell International, Inc.

Meher Afroz
Chief Technology Officer
GreenEarthX

Menna Zaghloul
Forbes 30 Under 30 Honouree, Co-Founder
Entelaq

Meryem Hamidi
Lab Researcher
ENSET Mohammedia

Michael Heilig
CEO
SwissWatt One AG

Michal Klocek
Head of Business Development and Partnerships
Hyundai Connected Mobility

Mike Ballard
Vice President of Industry Strategy and Innovation
Oracle Energy and Water

Mina Labib
Electrical Engineering Department Manager
Wadi Degla Clubs

Mineshkumar Bhatt
Vice President -Design & Engineering
Atlanta Electricals Limited

Mohamed Ehab Hafez
Forbes 30 Under 30 Honouree, CEO
Entlaq, Egypt

Mohamed Hassan
Grid Modernisation Manager
DAR International Engineering Consultancy

Mohamed Sobhy Fouda
CEO & Founder
Salutes Space

Mohammed Al Sayed

Mohsin Mehmood
Regional Sales Manager for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
Palazzoli

Mousa Saai
Director of Industrial Data Solutions
Iba-Gulf

Mr. Rusty Russell
Executive Director – Mobility
Red Sea Global

Nalinda Ilangakoon
Chief Executive Officer
DHC Energy, Dubai

Nauman Afsar
Regional Vice President, MEA Sales
Oracle Energy and Water

Neeraj Gandhi
Senior Vice President
Product Development (mSMEs), Emirates Development Bank

Neeraj Mense
Principal Consultant
Frost & Sullivan

Nishant Kumar
Renewable & Power Market Analyst
Rystad Energy

Norman Moyo
CEO
Grid Africa, South Africa

Omair Riaz
Zero Emissions Projects Manager
Emirates Transport

Omer Masud Ghani
Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Utility and EV Storage Business
Enercap Holdings Pte. Ltd

Onyekachi Nwafor
CEO
Katexpower Limited

Peter Hall
President, IMEA
Informa

Peter Lundberg
Executive Director
Asia Pacific Urban Energy Association, Bangkok, Thailand

Philippe Macé
COO
Becquerel Institute

Pierre Holstein
Senior Vice President and Global Head of Business Development Industrials

Prasanna Aryal
Business Development Engineer
Max Generation Energy LLC

Prof. Amjad Gawanmeh
Professor
University of Dubai

Prof. Bashar Zahawi
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Khalifa University

Prof․ Girolamo Di Francia
Research Director
ENEA Italian National Agency for New

Prof. Rahul Basu
Professor Emeritus
Visvesvaraya Technological University

Punit Lalwani
Emcee
Emcee

Raji Hattar
Sustainability Advisor
AD Ports Group

Ramachandran Muniandy
CEO & Co-founder
Asia Mobiliti

Rami Ashri
Partnerships & Alliances Manager
ADNOC Distribution

Rathnakumar Devaraj
Industrialisation Manager
CE+T Power

Reenad Alammar
Business Development Analyst
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)

Robert Harvey
President and Executive Director
Florida Opportunity Fund

Robert Willock
Director MENA & Regional General Manager
The Economist Intelligence Corporate Network

Robin Mils
CEO
Qamar Energy

Ronak Monga
Head of District Energy Vertical
Grundfos

Salome Janelidze
Board Member
Elizbar Eristavi Energy Training Center, Georgia & Georgian Technical University, Georgia

Sandra Roksić
Program Manager, Charging
Lucid Motors

Sangeetha Suresh
Partner (Dubai)
EUPD Research Sustainable Management GmbH

Saqib Saeed
Chief Product Officer
Power Technology Research

Sarah Meredith
Global Head of Thought Leadership
Al-Futtaim

Satar Rafie Schahraki
CEO
AS-Energie

Sattam Almotairi
Vice President of Sales
Alfanar

Sebastian Gatz
Vice President Renewable Energies & Strategic Partnerships
VON ARDENNE GmbH

Shailendra Singh
Managing Director
Hammond Power Solutions India

Sheikh Muhammad Noman
Founder and CEO
Pegasus Capital Investments

Siddharth Malik
Chief Executive Officer
Vulcan Green Energy

Simay Akar-Köhler
IEEE, Senior Member, CEO & Founder
AK Energy Consulting

Sivaguru Paramasivam
Director of Application Engineering, MEA
HiTHIUM

Sofiane Allou
Business Development and R&D Director
UTEC

Sohan Gwalani
Research Analyst
MEA Renewables Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables

Stanislav Betin
General Manager Mobile Power Systems
Positive Zero FZE

Stefania Ferrero
CMO
Comau

Stephan Heller
Founding Partner
AlphaQ Venture Capital

Stephanie Wu
Senior Analyst, Energy & Smart Infrastructure
Omdia

Swethal Kumar
Managing Director
The Catalyst

Syed Asad Ur Rehman
Group Head,Renewables Products & Partnerships
Jubaili Bros

Tarek El Kady
Group CEO
KD Group

Thomas Gebauer
CEO
Redox One Ltd

Thomas Lynch
Executive Director - Security Technology
Omdia

Tinaye Makoni
CEO
Skicc Tech

Tiong Keng Poh
Executive Director
Keppel EaaS

Tobi Babalola
Senior Manager, New Energies
CAFU

Uwe Fuchs
Head of Global Sales
BASF Stationary Energy Storage GmbH

Vanessa Welch
Founder & Managing Director
V3

Venkata Krishna M. M.
Chief Marketing Officer - Industrial Business
Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd

Veronica Bermudez Benito
Director Energy Department
Energy Department

Vijeet Singh
Acting Vice President
ADNOC Distribution

Vishal Pandya
Managing Director
REConnect Energy

Vitali Bielski
Director of Mobility
Frost & Sullivan

Walid Baroud
Senior Director of Sales
Voltaiq

Waqas Hussain
Business Development Manager
Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH

Waseem Ashraf Qureshi
Inventor, CEO and Chief Technology Officer
Enercap Holdings

William Pui Martinez
Senior Charger Hardware Manager, Circle K
Founder & CEO, Greenspace E-Mobility

Yasin Kasirga
Decarbonization Leader
GE Vernova

Youssef Ammar
VP of Product Development
Yellow Door Energy

Zain Peracha
Head of New Ventures
Emirates Transport