Before Amscap, Michael was the Managing Director at Typhoon Offshore, where he was responsible for the successful structuring and arranging of the EUR 2.8 billion Gemini financing package.
technical director he was responsible for the German CCGT portfolio of Alpiq. Christoph started his career originally at RWE Power.
16:30 Session: Upcoming Talent New ideas, daring innovation and young blood are all elements the offshore wind infustry will remain in need of. This is why several up and comers will pitch their ideas.
Thor Ugelvig Petersen
is Head
of Department at DHI in the Department for Ports and Offshore Technology. He graduated with MSc and PhD from the Technical University of Denmark with focus on marine structures and offshore wind. He has seven years of experience in the field of offshore and coastal engineering, with emphasis on fluid-structure-seabed interaction including physical and numerical modelling. He has done designand consultancy work for projects in Denmark and abroad including physical- and numerical modelling, digital solutions and handling of big data.
•M ax de Feber, student Offshore & Dredging Engineering, Delft Technical University •R ene Bos, Graduate Delft University of Technology and starter at Eneco
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Rene Bos Christoph Mertens
is CEO of Summit
Renewable Power Europe (SRP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation Japan. On behalf of Sumitomo Corporation, SRP takes global responsibility for its mother company’s investments in offshore wind projects, manages the projects and nominates directors. In his previous occupations, Christoph assumed several leading positions in the energy sector. As managing director he developed the German offshore wind branches of DONG Energy and DNV Germany. As
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is a MSc student
Offshore & Dredging Engineering from Delft University of Technology. He is currently working on the last part of his innovative master thesis, which is all about applying Augmented Reality (not VR!) in the maritime industry. Being an enthusiastic student, ready to enter the energy industry, he will give you an inspiring pitch.
recently completed his PhD
research at Delft University of Technology. As part of the European Innwind project, he studied the spatial structure of extreme wind gusts and how they affect the design of large rotors. Since May 2017, René works as a project engineer at Eneco Wind.
17:00 Closing remarks Chairman day 1 Bent Thambo Jenssen followed by networking drinks