GTM Focus: Green Hydrogen in the Next Five Years

Ana Quelhas was recently appointed the Managing Director for Hydrogen at EDP, leading the company strategy the renewable hydrogen business. Prior to that, Ana was the Head of Energy Planning at EDP, being responsible for supporting the Executive Board of Directors in the decision making processes, contributing with a long term perspective of the energy sector and an integrated vision of the company across businesses (renewables, conventional electricity generation, retail and distribution) and geographies (mainly Europe, US and Brazil).

Before joining EDP, Ana worked in the Directorate-General for Research of the European Commission, in Brussels, supporting the development of the strategic research agenda in the field of energy. Prior to that, she was at the California Independent System Operator providing strategic energy consultancy to the wholesale power market and grid operator in the State of California.

Ana holds a PhD with distinction in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University. She also holds a master’s degree in Economics and a master’s degree in Engineering from the same university, being graduated from the University of Porto with a degree in Electrical Engineering.

Filip Smeets was appointed SVP Nel Electrolyser Division in February 2020.  Mr. Smeets has been in the electrolyser industry for more than 10 years and comes from a position as Managing Director for Hydrogenics in Belgium where he was responsible for all Hydrogenics electrolyser activities. Prior to that he held senior positions in several global industrial companies such as Cabot Corporation and Cytec Industries. Mr. Smeets holds a Master degree in Chemistry from the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

Ben is a SME, Carbon & Emerging Technology, for Wood Mackenzie's Energy Transition Practice. Previously at Wood Mackenzie, Ben was a senior solar analyst specializing in PV systems and balance-of-systems components. Before joining Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, Ben worked in China and the U.S. in cleantech manufacturing and for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Ben holds a bachelor’s degree in East Asian studies from Skidmore College and a master’s degree in international environmental policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.

Jonathan has over 18 years experience leading analysis for global energy markets: including power, coal, gas, LNG.
He leads a team of analysts designing research for the Energy Transition. These extend across all segments, all markets, and all fuels and technologies. Prior to that, Jonathan led our global coal markets practice. His areas of expertise were in supply, demand and price forecasting for the international coal markets, competition between multi-fuels in the power generation sector across Europe and Asia, and corporate analyses of the major producers and utilities. Jonathan fulfilled a similar role in European Gas and Power between 2006-08 driving short and long-term European gas market fundamentals and provided expert support on bespoke consulting projects in the European Gas and Power arena.
Before joining Wood Mackenzie in 2006, Jonathan spent five years at Gas Strategies Consulting. He managed their European Gas supply and demand service and also project managed a number of consulting assignments, including; market entry and pricing strategy into Europe for an integrated major, project due diligence for a consortium operating an LNG liquefaction project in West Africa, and a pipeline monetization strategy routing into the Indian Subcontinent. He also provided expert support for QG2 and RG2 LNG liquefaction projects.
Jonathan holds a BA (Hons) and MA (Hons) in Physics from the University of Oxford, UK.