Geretsried, Bavaria, Germany
International, C-Level advisor for net-zero strategies, projects, and technologies + Buy-side due diligence + Operating partner for project developers, startups and industrials moving towards net-zero + Hydrogen, CDR, CO2, green ammonia, e-fertilizer, e-SAF, e-fuels, e-methanol + Biocarbon, biomass, biogas and biomethane + CCTUS, and GHG emissions reduction + 27 years at BOC Gases, The BOC Group and Linde Gas + Hands-on expertise in Industrial Gases... - tonnage and pipeline supply of hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen - bulk supplies of liquid oxygen, nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide - energy gases such as LPG, LNG and biogas to biomethane upgrades - production processes such as Electrolysers, ASU, SMR, ATR, GHR, POX, PSA and VSA - the role of industrial gases in decarbonisation and CCTUS - cylinder gases: high pressure compressed gases and cylinders - gas detection and gas analysis instrumentation Private Equity companies have sought my expertise to support their M&A transactions. Investment fund managers have gained sector insights and received due diligence advice to support asset allocation decisions. Industrial gases businesses have used my guidance to develop and grown their profits. Industrial operating companies have benefited from my expertise in decarbonisation, hydrogen, CCTUS, gas analysis instrumentation and gas cylinder / valve technologies and markets. For several years, I supported Nexant Energy & Chemicals Advisory in the DACH region. Clients ranged from major oil, gas and chemical companies, governments to investors and financial institutions. In buy-side and sell-side engagements, I advised numerous M&A transactions. As a member of the H2 View and gasworld editorial advisory boards, I advise the direction of journalistic content for these two leading international publications. I am also an expert trainer for CLASS OF H2. I chaired the e-fuels and hydrogen propulsion track at the Hydrogen Technology Expo in Bremen during Sept 2023 and in Hamburg in Oct 2024. I chaired the CO2 Utilisation Summit in Hamburg in Oct 2023 and Berlin in Sept 2024. In 2025, I chaired the Green Ammonia Summit in Düsseldorf. I am on the advisory board for the 2025 Hydrogen Tech And CCS Expo in Hamburg.
International advisory services... - Technical, strategic and commercial due diligence - Decarbonisation and net-zero transition for operating companies - Strategy, operations and technology advisor to project developers - Growth, scale-up and tech-to-market for startups Product and sector focus... - Industrial Carbon Management: CDR, CCU and CCS value chains - Hydrogen and derivatives: Ammonia, Methanol, SAF, e-fuels - Industrial and specialty gases - Solid, liquid and gaseous biofuels - Gas analysers & gas detection
- Technical assessor - 6x large-scale eSAF projects - Allocation of €2.5 billion grant funding - Individual and consensus evaluations
- Assessment of seven large-scale BECCS, biomass gasification, green hydrogen and e-methanol projects - Allocation of €2.4 billion grant awards - Degree of innovation, technical maturity, project maturity and replicability evaluation
- Assessment of seven large-scale projects - Allocation of €2 billion Innovation Fund - Green hydrogen, green ammonia, e-methanol, and CCS projects
- BRYCK Startup Alliance - H2UB Batch#1 2026 - Industry Expert - Mentor to 2x startups - LDES technology - Novel hydrogen electrolyser
- Thermo-electric cooling technology startup assessment for grant award - Hydrogen storage technology startup assessment for grant award
Assessment of seven CO2 Utilisation projects for grant awards
Net Zero Accelerator Valley Programme in the Lausitz Region of Eastern Germany - Europe‘s first designated NZV - Aligned with the NZIA - Infrastructure readiness and development - Skills readiness - Industry and research integration - Industrial regeneration - Just transition from brown coal - Clusters for net-zero technology manufacturing - Regional socio-economic impact