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1-2 April 2026 | Virtual Summit, Gulf Standard Time (GST)
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CCMS2026 Speakers Line-up
CCMS2026 Strategic Speakers
H.E. Dr. Alanoud Alhaj
Assistant Undersecretary of Green Development & Climate Change Sector
UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
Eng. Nawal Alhanaee
Director of Future Energy
UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
H.E. Lucie Berger
Ambassador of the European Union to the United Arab Emirates
Delegation of the European Union to the United Arab Emirates
H.E. Olav Myklebust
Ambassador of Norway to UAE & Qatar
Royal Norwegian Embassy in Abu Dhabi
Samya Salem Alsereidi
Director of Geology and Mining Department
Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation, Government of Fujairah
Racim E. Gribaa
Head of Market Engagement, UAE & MENA Region, Executive Council
Government of Alberta
Vibhuti Bhushan
Chief Governance and Sustainability Officer
RAK Ceramics
Ranjith Nair
Chief Executive Officer
Gulf Cryo
Emmanuel Pradie
Senior Vice President Offshore Assets
TotalEnergies EP UAE
Masoud Ahmed Al Hamadi
Executive Director, Upstream
Sharjah National Oil Corporation
Fazil Abdul Rahiman
Senior Vice President
TAQA Group
Dimitrios Dimitriou
Group Vice President of ESG & Sustainability
EMSTEEL
Loris Tealdi
Vice President Business Growth
Dragon Oil
Mariusz Mlodawski
Country Director, UAE
Cemex
Nasir Alshamsi
CEO, Energy Solutions
BEEAH Group
Olivier Milhaud
Chief Financial Officer
Holcim UAE
Dr. Gyuhwan Jo
Director, e-Technology Innovation Center (e-TEC)
ENEOS Xplora
Zafar Samadov
Head of Partnerships
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
René Beerepoot
Head of Regional Business Development Team
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Elie Adaimy
Group Head of Business Development & Innovation
Gulf Cryo
CCMS2026 Innovation Pioneers
Dr Mohammad Abu Zahra
Chief Regional Officer MEA
Global CCS Institute
Ali Mohammadi
Head of Business Development
OQGN
Eng Hashim Al Ibrahim
Chief Business Support Officer
Port of Duqm Company SAOC
Floris Mackor
Vice President, Large Industries and Strategy CCS
Air Liquide
Steve Kelly
President and General Manager
1PointFive International
Ali Abdulla AlAli
Senior Vice President-Regional Client Engagement (GCC)
Petrofac
Majed Alawad
Director, Joint Center of Excellence for Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Applications (CENCEA)
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
Amir Hermes
Head of CCS Bussiness Development US & MENA
SLB
Karan Khimji
Chief Commercial Officer
44.01
Ehab Tasfai
Chief Technology Officer
44.01
Joel Flitton
Head of Commercial for MENA, APAC and SAM
SLB Capturi
Ashraf Abufaris
Head of Gas Treatment Middle East and Central Asia
BASF
Emanuele Gallone
Head of Portfolio Management
ENOWA
Amar Ehsan
Head of Commodities Trading
Emirates NBD
Tony Aslam
Department General Manager Steel GX
Sumitomo Corporation Middle East FZE
Sudip Mukhopadhyay
Co-founder and CEO
AirMyne
Tim Legerton
Technical Director
JERA
Mania Neisiani
VP Technology Deployment
Svante
Ian Kuwahara
Director of Energy and Industrial Innovation
Verra
Dr. Dharmesh Kumar
Business Development Director Middle East
WSP–Ricardo
Catherine Inch
Sustainability Manager
G42
Simon Fraser
Partner
King & Spalding
Salih Yilmaz
Senior Equity Research Analyst, Energy, Oil & Gas, Transition
Bloomberg
Aditya Saraswat
Senior Vice President, Head of MENA Research
Rystad Energy
Jack Mageau
Head of Middle East CCUS Research
Wood Mackenzie
Luca Borboni
Engagement Manager
Oliver Wyman
Yves Takchi
Principal, Lebanon, Middle East, United Arab Emirates
Arthur D. Little
More will be updated soon...
CCMS2025 Strategic Speakers
Manu Verma
Chief Executive Officer
RAK Gas
Dr. Steffen Richter
Managing Director, Head of Cluster Middle East/ Turkey
Linde
Dr Muhammad Muhammadieh
Vice President, Large Industry
Gulf Cryo
Dimitrios Dimitriou
Vice President ESG & Sustainability
Emirates Steel Arkan
Fahad Abdulrahman AlOtaibi
Executive Director, Research, Development & Innovation
Saudi Electricity Company
Ivano Iannelli
Senior Advisor to the CEO for Climate Change
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)
Damian Beauchamp
President & Chief Development Officer
8 Rivers
Radwan Abdallah
Head of Technology, Specialty Agri-Nutrients
SABIC
Kenny Kitamura
Chief Representative for the Middle East
JBIC
Chirag Shah
Executive Director - Sustainable Finance, AME
Standard Chartered Bank
Peter-Paul Ekelschot
Global Lead Low Carbon Solutions
ING
Ingo Kleinschmidt
Chief Financial Officer
AirCarbon Pte. Ltd.
Anthony Sassine
Head of MENA and Senior Strategist
KraneShares
Ayla Majid
Founder & CEO
Planetive
Rob van Straten
CEO
Skytree
Dr Mohammad Abu Zahra
Chief Regional Officer MEA
Global CCS Institute
Ali Mohammadi
Head of Business Development
OQGN
Eng Hashim Al Ibrahim
Chief Business Support Officer
Port of Duqm Company SAOC
Floris Mackor
Vice President, Large Industries and Strategy CCS
Air Liquide
Steve Kelly
President and General Manager
1PointFive International
Ali Abdulla AlAli
Senior Vice President-Regional Client Engagement (GCC)
Petrofac
Majed Alawad
Director, Joint Center of Excellence for Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Applications (CENCEA)
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
Amir Hermes
Head of CCS Bussiness Development US & MENA
SLB
Karan Khimji
Chief Commercial Officer
44.01
Ehab Tasfai
Chief Technology Officer
44.01
Joel Flitton
Head of Commercial for MENA, APAC and SAM
SLB Capturi
Ashraf Abufaris
Head of Gas Treatment Middle East and Central Asia
BASF
Emanuele Gallone
Head of Portfolio Management
ENOWA
Amar Ehsan
Head of Commodities Trading
Emirates NBD
Tony Aslam
Department General Manager Steel GX
Sumitomo Corporation Middle East FZE
Sudip Mukhopadhyay
Co-founder and CEO
AirMyne
Tim Legerton
Technical Director
JERA
Mania Neisiani
VP Technology Deployment
Svante
Ian Kuwahara
Director of Energy and Industrial Innovation
Verra
Dr. Dharmesh Kumar
Business Development Director Middle East
WSP–Ricardo
Catherine Inch
Sustainability Manager
G42
Simon Fraser
Partner
King & Spalding
Salih Yilmaz
Senior Equity Research Analyst, Energy, Oil & Gas, Transition
Bloomberg
Aditya Saraswat
Senior Vice President, Head of MENA Research
Rystad Energy
Jack Mageau
Head of Middle East CCUS Research
Wood Mackenzie
Luca Borboni
Engagement Manager
Oliver Wyman
Yves Takchi
Principal, Lebanon, Middle East, United Arab Emirates
Arthur D. Little
Yasin KASIRGA
Decarbonization Leader - Middle East & Africa
GE Vernova
Richard Freeman
Chief Commercial Officer
Engineurs
Thibaut Burckhart
Exploration Manager
RAK Gas
Youth Special Session Speakers
Sarah S. Alharthey
Chairwoman of Youth Leadership Council
ACWA Power
Ahmed Al-Shahrani
Chief of SELA Planning & Performance Director
Ministry of Energy (Saudi Arabia)
Imad Aljunaid
Sr. Interface Project Engineer
NEOM Green Hydrogen Company
Tariq Najar
Sustainability - Demand Side Management
TAQA Distribution
Ammar Fahad Aljohani
Technical Workshop Specialist
Energy and Water Academy
More will be updated soon...
CCMS2026 VIP Guests
More will be updated soon...
Khaled Maherzi
Managing Director, MENA region
ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions Management (DIFC) Ltd.
Karan Khimji
Chief Commercial Officer
44.01
Ali Said
Chief Executive Officer, UAE & Oman
Holcim
Ehab Tasfai
Chief Technology Officer
44.01
Anna Griffin
Head of Sustainability & Advocacy
Holcim
Hassan Ebrahim
Chief Financial Officer
44.01
Fariz Ali
Managing Partner
Twin Towers Ventures
Tomas Walker
Head of CO2 Sourcing
44.01
Chee Ho Woo
Partner
Twin Towers Ventures
More will be updated soon...
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