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Mickael Naouri is the Corporate Affairs Director & H2E Senior Business Developer for Air Liquide China, a leading French industrial gases company. Michael is responsible for developing the hydrogen strategy and marketing for Air Liquide in Asia Pacific, having previously worked for Air Liquide on refinery, chemical and energy topics for the large industry business line. Mickael is the former National Vice Chair of the Energy Working Group (2020-23) and is currently based in Shanghai.

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Guy Al Feghali graduated with a bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering. He worked cross-functionally on several waste management projects across Africa and the Middle East, notably leading technical studies, tendering processes, and operational management. Determined to act for climate change, he went on to pursue a Master’s in International Environmental Management at Mines ParisTech and Tsinghua University.
In 2019, Guy visited a fuel cell plant in Beijing which reinvigorated his interest in hydrogen as a low-carbon energy vector.
In 2020, he joined Hynamics, an EDF subsidiary specialized in the production and commercialization of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen for industry and heavy mobility. As a Business Developer within Hynamics, he is focused on bringing hydrogen to market through developing hydrogen local ecosystems in France.

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Karim Fahssis is a global wind energy expert with in-depth experience of delivering high-performance clean energy projects that can secure energy needs and investment returns of utilities and large consumers.
Karim Fahssis was awarded by the MIT Technology Review as the "Innovator of the year 2014" for introducing disruptive software technologies to the global wind industry with a focus on prospecting superior resource sites and delivering bankable energy yield assessments.
He took a gap year in 2009 to ride a bicycle from Beijing to his hometown Paris through the Himalayas and the Silk Roads.
Karim is now heading Key Account Management for Vestas in China with a clear ambition of delivering dedicated value engineered solutions to partners in the world’s largest market while optimizing profitability for both partners and Vestas. He now leads the Power to X strategic projects and help global companies in achieving their net zero carbon emission targets in China.
Karim holds a double master’s degree in mechanical engineering and fluid dynamics from Centrale Nantes engineering school (France) and energy management from the Xi’an Jiaotong University (China).

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Juan Ignacio first came to China in 2003 to open a government commercial office in Shanghai to support Spanish companies doing business in China. He entered the private sector in 2007 to set up the first greenfield manufacturing plant in China for the Spanish multi-national automotive engineering company, Gestamp. In 2009, Juan Ignacio relocated to Beijing to become Managing Director for the Spanish wind engineering company, Gamesa (now Siemens-Gamesa). During his time in Beijing, Juan Ignacio became involved with the European Union Chamber of Commerce and led the sub-working group for Renewable Energy companies. He was later elected vice-president of the Executive Committee of the European Chamber (in Beijing). In 2013, Juan Ignacio was asked to return to Spain to take the appointment of Vice-minister of Industry and Energy for his native Basque region. There, he was responsible for the formation and execution of the industrial, energy and international policy of the government.

Juan Ignacio is now back in Shanghai where he is currently vice president and member of the board of Iraeta Energy Equipment company, a Spanish-multinational with a China JV manufacturing energy equipment mainly servicing the wind power sector.