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Paul has been working in the energy sector since 1988. Successively at Sep (predecessor TenneT), KEMA Consulting, NMa (now ACM) and before joining Energie Nederland, he was Head Advisor Market Policies and Regulatory Affairs at Statkraft. He has been member of the Electricity Committee, Member of the board at EFET (the European Federation of Energy Traders) and was also Board Member of Baltic Cable AB. Paul Giesbertz holds a master degree in power engineering. On a personal basis he regularly writes for the Trilemma section of Energeia.

Wilko Schuijff is Head of Pricing and Portfolio Management bij Eneco Energy Trade B.V.. He has in-depth knowledge and broad experience in the Energy Business (Grid operator, Trade and Supply) and processes. Over the past 5 years his focus is on commodity risk management, hedging, deal structuring, acquisitions of energy companies/assets and development of new business in the area of the Dutch energy transition.

Jan Willem has over 20 years of experience in the energy market and worked for some of the larger utilities. Early 2020, Jan Willem sold his previous companies Greenspread and Greencrowd to private equity concern NPM Capital. Since his departure in October 2020, Jan Willem works as an independent consultant at Stratergy. Stratergy advises funds, banks, utilities, and large consumers and producers of energy and specializes in maximizing asset value and minimizing financial risk.

Tim de Knegt is responsible for the Investment, Treasury and Subsidiary activities at Port of Rotterdam. He initiated "Accelerate to Zero", a € 3bn investment program to further enhance the existing Port of Rotterdam strategy towards a carbon neutral port & industrial cluster. One of the strategy's main pillars in reducing the industrial cluster's 30 mio annual carbon emissions is to enable sufficient electrification and enable >25% of Europe's of hydrogen production. As CEO of Distro Energy he inspires a team to develop a renewable energy marketplace that enables local, peer-to-peer and predictive trading in an effort to accelerate the energy transition and make the respective benefits available for all that participate. Tim is a board member at several (global) institutions and a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Miguel holds a double degree in Energy Engineering and International Finance. He has previous quantitative analysis and M&A experience. During his 12+ years working in the energy markets, he held the positions of Head of Portfolio Management at Enovos and Vice President for Origination at Danske Commodities amongst others. He develops the project behind Our New Energy to provide an answer to the need for an independent, transparent and reliable partner in the energy transition journey.

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At TenneT, Martijn is involved in policy regarding and procurement of energy and capacity products that are used by TenneT for balancing and congestion management. Martijn has been active in various commercial and advisory roles in the energy market since 2001 and has fulfilled his current role within TenneT since the end of 2014.

Rene Raaijmakers (54) is CEO of Groendus. Rene holds a master’s degree from Delft University, specializing in Hydrodynamics. During his days as a student, Rene co-founded IT company OGD, which he sold in 1993, after which he graduated and moved on to the offshore oil & gas and maritime industry for a period of some 25 years. He held various board positions consecutively with Bluewater Energy Services, Royal IHC and lastly as CEO of Kotug-Smit, the harbour towage company. The latter was sold in 2019, after which he joined the NPM capital in building the new Energy Company 2.0: Groendus. Groendus was recently acquired by pension funds APG and Omers Infrastructure and with this support on a steep growth path.