Panel: Financing the Energy Revolution! How can we Incentivise Private Investment in the Hydrogen World?

Friday, June 21, 2024

Time
10:30 am - 12:15 pm
Hall
Messe München
Room
Hall B2, Booth B2.550

In this panel session, the challenges to finance hydrogen projects are discussed. What are the obstacles and risks for private investors? Do we need more safeguarding for private investors? How can investors make an impact with their investments? How will private investors support the energy transition?

10:30 am - 10:35 amWelcome & Intro by the Moderator

Silke Frank

Managing Director (Moderatorin)

Hydrogen Moves GmbH

10:35 am - 11:05 amKeynote

Werner Diwald

Chairman of the Board

German Hydrogen Association

11:05 am - 11:15 amImpulse Lecture

Dr. Alexander Budzinski

Partner Advisory

Grant Thornton AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

11:15 am - 11:25 amImpulse Lecture

Rainer Gehrung

CFO/CSO

Home Power Solutions

11:25 am - 12:15 pmPanel: Financing the Energy Revolution! How can we Incentivise Private Investment in the Hydrogen World?

Marcel D. Werner

Partner

SENCO Capital

Rainer Gehrung

CFO/CSO

Home Power Solutions

Silke Frank

Managing Director (Moderatorin)

Hydrogen Moves GmbH

Werner Diwald

Chairman of the Board

German Hydrogen Association

Dr. Alexander Budzinski

Partner Advisory

Grant Thornton AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

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Speakers
Speaker
Marcel D. Werner, SENCO Capital

Partner

Germany

Marcel Werner is an awarded clean tech entrepreneur and company founder. Before setting up SENCO, sustainability and clean energy solutions have long been the focus of his professional interest. He shares his insights as a guest speaker at various industry events. He started his career in the financial industry working for a small cap asset management firm in Hanover and a Berlin based real estate holding company. During his international studies of business administration Marcel attended the Otto-Friedrich-University in Bamberg and the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Gujarat, India.

Speaker
Dr. Alexander Budzinski, Grant Thornton AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

Partner Advisory

Dr. Alexander Budzinski is a Partner in the Advisory service line and has a leading role in the Energy & Natural Resources sector focus teams at Grant Thornton in Germany and in the global Grant Thornton network. Alexander has been looking into the planned future of companies for many years in the context of company valuations and economic expert opinions. This planned future increasingly includes major transformational challenges on the road to CO2 neutrality. Alexander's fields of expertise are - Business valuations for all occasions and transaction-related advisory services - Energy-specific valuation topics (generation, renewables, grid infrastructure and cleantech) - Valuation of companies in regulated industries and of (regulated) infrastructure - ESG-related valuation topics - Expert opinions and analyses on complex economic issues (economic consulting) - Expert opinions in judicial and extrajudicial proceedings and arbitration proceedings and in conflict situations (Dispute Consulting)

Speaker
Rainer Gehrung, Home Power Solutions

CFO/CSO

Germany

Rainer Gehrung is CFO/CSO at HPS. He has many years of experience and knowledge in financial management, sales and strategy development. Rainer Gehrung is (co-)founder of several companies such as Steinbeis Hochschule Berlin, SCMT, Venture One Capital, Energy Venture, Thermo Venture or Smart Solutions for Industrie.

Speaker
Silke Frank, Hydrogen Moves GmbH

Managing Director (Moderatorin)

Germany

Meet the person: Silke Frank Silke Frank, otherwise known as Miss Hydrogen, has been active in the Hydrogen industry for the past 19 years. Having started out in the events sector, she has organized over 60 Hydrogen events around the globe since 2004. Between 2020 and 2022, Silke Frank and her team provided infotainment and support on all matters concerning Hydrogen to many thousands of people - digitally and interactively through webinars and 24-hour events. She maintains one of the largest personal H2 networks, based on mutually supportive and long-standing relationships. Silke Frank is an expert and empathetic communicator and networker. She guides institutions, companies, associations and policymakers interested in Hydrogen toward a prosperous Hydrogen future. One of the things that is particularly important to her is making her clients happHY! Her motto: Nothing else in the world is so powerful as an idea whose time has come. (Victor Hugo) Meet the entrepreneur: Hydrogen Moves GmbH In May 2022 Silke Frank founded Hydrogen Moves GmbH. True to the company slogan 'Push the Market!', she and her colleagues ensure their clients are successful in Hydrogen through their role as independent and proactive marketers and strategic Hydrogen consultants. 'We listen, think and act alongside you and for you - both locally and internationally. Our experience, well-established connections and personal contacts around the world are channeled into your success!' www.hydrogen-moves.de/en Meet the Vice President: honorary position at the German Association DWV Since December 2020 Silke Frank has been serving at a national level as Vice President of the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (DWV). In December 2022, she was reelected onto the steering committee by a significant majority, confirming her appointment as Vice President. In her role she is passionate about communication, representation, member relations and bringing together the right partners. www.dwv-info.de Behind the scenes: at home in Berglen, Germany Silke Frank lives with her husband and two sons. In her leisure time she enjoys family time, music, gardening, nature, reading and wine.

Speaker
Werner Diwald, German Hydrogen Association

Chairman of the Board

Germany

- born 12 November 1966 in Essen Graduated as Technical MBA in Hamburg - 2000 to 2008 Signatory/Project Manager at Uckerwerk Energietechnik GmbH/Enertrag AG - From 2001 Director of ENERTRAG Systemtechnik GmbH. - 2008 to 2013 Member of the Board at Enertrag AG, the leading project developers and operators of wind farms and hybrid power stations - Since 2011 Member of the Federal Expert Commission for Energy Policy of the German Economic Council - Since 2013 Director of ENCON.Europe GmbH - Since 2014 Chairman of DWV - Since 2016 spokesman of of the Expert Commission performing energy

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