11 November - 11 November
Norton Rose Fulbright, London
The Marine Energy Transition Forum returns to London in November 2026 with the aim of identifying the chokepoints in global maritime decarbonisation and developing solutions and strategies to overcome them.
METF26 Programme
Programme details are updated regularly and are subject to change as new speakers are confirmed and themes developed.
If you feel you could make a significant contribution to the programme, please email Lesley Bankes-Hughes at [email protected] or call +44 1295 814455 to discuss this further.
Chris Kruger, President, AYK Energy
Martin Wold, VP Business Development, Ofiniti
Holly Henderson, Senior Low Carbon Project Lead, Worley Consulting
Daniel Gent, Marine Fuels Transition Lead, Soya Group
Chris Greenwood, Commercial Director – West Europe & Americas, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore
Peter Borup, CEO, Quadrise
Gavin Allwright, Secretary-General, International Windship Association (IWSA)
Delphine Kaczorowski, EU Advocacy Manager, Opportunity Green/SASHA Coalition
Jan Tore Fagertun, Head of Maritime Transport, Enova SF
Andrea Lazzaro, General Manager – Business Development, WinGD
Dr Thomas Beard, Clean Energy & Future Fuels Growth Initiative Lead at BMT and chair of the Ship Energy and Environment Special Interest Group (SEESIG) at the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
Gianne Middleton, Strategic Partnerships & Capital Advisor, Energy Transition
Neel Shah, CEO & Co-Founder, PuriFire Energy
Kenneth Thorup, Sales Director, FuelTech A/S
Miska Merikukka, VP, Sales, Elomatic
Simon Bergulf, Vice-President Environment and Climate, World Shipping Council
Roland Teixeira de Mattos, President, European Onshore Power Supply Association (EOPSA)
Charles Haskell, Senior Director – Decarbonisation, Carnival UK
James Shiller, Global Head of New Fuels, Dan-Bunkering
Tristan Matthews, Division Manager UK, Ireland & Nordics, Alfa Laval
Dana Rodriguez, Founder, BlueCactus Consulting
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This session will consider how regulatory and industry levers for maritime’s decarbonisation are operating in practice. What is working and what requires a reappraisal? Topics up for discussion will include:
Moderator:
Dana Rodriguez, Founder, BlueCactus Consulting
Speakers:
Daniel Gent, Marine Fuels Transition Lead, Soya Group
Delphine Kaczorowski, EU Advocacy Manager, Opportunity Green/SASHA Coalition
Simon Bergulf, Vice-President Environment and Climate, World Shipping Council
Marine Fuels Transition Lead
Soya Group
Daniel Gent was appointed in February 2026 to lead the marine fuels transition for Soya Group, which partly owns United European Car Carriers (UECC), Wallenius Wilhelmsen and Wallenius Sol. Previously, he worked for UECC for 18 years, was responsible for the companies fuel purchasing and sustainability initiatives. He began his career as a deck cadet with Maersk and also worked as a bunker trader for World Fuel Services.
VP Environment and Climate
World Shipping Council
Simon Bergulf is the Vice President, Environment and Climate, responsible for leading WSC’s global environmental and climate policy work and oversees the organisation’s European Chapter, shaping regulatory frameworks affecting the liner shipping industry at international and regional levels.
He joined WSC in 2026. Before that, Simon spent nine years at A.P. Moller – Maersk as Group Representative for Europe and Head of Energy Transition and Operations. He previously led the Brussels office of the Danish Shipowners’ Association and worked at Hill & Knowlton in Brussels.
Simon holds a Master’s degree in Public and Political Management from the Institut Supérieur de Management Public et Politique Européen and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Universidad de Granada and has served in the Danish Royal Guard.
Speakers in this session will consider the global new marine fuel supply chain – from production to delivery – and examine how it is taking shape and what are the challenges to its execution in terms of commercial resilience, fuel availability on a global and regional scale, fuel production at scale, and stakeholder and cross-sector collaboration. Specific focus areas will be:
Moderator:
Chris Greenwood, Commercial Director – West Europe & Americas, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore
Speakers:
Holly Henderson, Senior Low Carbon Project Lead, Worley Consulting
Jan Tore Fagertun, Head of Maritime Transport, Enova SF
Gianne Middleton, Strategic Partnerships & Capital Advisor, Energy Transition
James Shiller, Global Head of New Fuels, Dan-Bunkering
Commercial Director, Western Europe & Americas
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore
Chris Greenwood is the Commercial Director for Western Europe & the Americas at Bureau Veritas. Chris spent more than 14 years at ABS in various operational and commercial roles in South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Dubai, after which he was a VP at Inchcape Shipping Services.
In each role, Chris’ focus has been on decarbonisation, safety, technology, and regulatory compliance.
Chris has a Bachelors in Marine Technology, a Masters in Project & Program Management, an Executive MBA, and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.
Senior Low Carbon Project Lead
Worley Consulting
Holly Henderson is a Low Carbon consultant supporting large-scale energy transition initiatives, including low-carbon fuels, carbon capture and offshore wind. She leads feasibility studies, go-to-market strategy and logistics trade-off analyses, helping projects align technical performance, cost and sustainability objectives.
Her background in the Royal Navy, Ministry of Defence and Amazon brings practical experience in high-tempo operations, deployed supply chains, through-life support, supplier performance and large-scale distribution, including responsibility for critical maritime, aviation and cross-dock logistics operations.
She is nearing completion of an Executive MBA at the University of Warwick, which she uses to bring a broader business perspective to low carbon project work by linking technical and logistics decisions to commercial value, lifecycle cost, delivery risk and long-term investment viability.
Head of Maritime Transport
Enova SF
Master of Science (Marine Technology) and Master of Business Administration
28 years experience (industry, research and state-owned enterprise)
Maritime, Aquaculture and Oil&Gas
My focus in my career:
Utilise knowledge/ marine technology and the ocean to reduce emissions, enhance energy production and availability, increase food production, increase non-fossil fuel production, improve maritime logistics
Key word; environmental pollution reductions, emissions reduction, energy efficiency with enhanced ship design, energy production from ocean winds, currents and waves, aquaculture food production, aquaculture rest material utilization
Spread knowledge and technology to larger parts of the world
Strategic Partnerships & Capital Advisor: Energy Transition
MarineFifity
Gianne Middleton is a strategy, investment and partnerships professional with experience across energy transition and maritime decarbonisation. Her career spans finance, energy transition and most recently working in maritime investment and fund formation. She focuses on strategic capital, partnerships and scaling solutions across the maritime energy transition.
Global Head of New Fuels
Dan-Bunkering
James Shiller is Global Head of New Fuels at Dan-Bunkering, part of the Bunker Holding Group. He leads the company’s alternative fuels offering, helping shipping companies transition to low-carbon fuels and comply with decarbonisation regulations. His work spans biofuels, methanol, ammonia, LNG and bioLNG, alongside the regulatory frameworks shaping their uptake, including FuelEU Maritime, ETS schemes, RED III and the IMO Net-Zero Framework. He advises clients across fuel supply, compliance strategy and risk management as the maritime sector works toward net zero.
The pace of technology development will be debated in this session – in relation to newbuild and also conventionally fuelled vessels already in the global fleet. Topics for discussion will include engine and fuel system technology, vessel optimisation and efficiency measures, retrofits – and financing technological innovation. Panellists will be drawn from across the maritime sector and will represent OEMs, as well as wind propulsion, battery, carbon capture, and digitalisation specialists. Discussions will centre on four key pillars:
Speakers:
Andrea Lazzaro, General Manager – Business Development, WinGD
Martin Wold, VP Business Development, Ofiniti
Kenneth Thorup, Sales Director, FuelTech A/S
Miska Merikukka, VP, Sales, Elomatic
Tristan Matthews, Division Manager UK, Ireland & Nordics, Alfa Laval
General Manager - Business Development
WinGD
Andrea Lazzaro is General Manager Business Development at WinGD, where he leads global business development helping to shape market strategy activities. He works with customers and industry partners to assess market trends, regulatory developments and emerging opportunities in sustainable shipping. With a background spanning engineering, product development and commercial leadership, Andrea focuses on the business realities of maritime decarbonisation, helping stakeholders navigate fuel transition pathways, evolving regulations and long-term investment decisions.
EVP Business Development & Strategy
Ofiniti
Martin Wold is EVP Business Development & Strategy at Ofiniti, where he helps drive the success of FuelBoss – the industry’s leading operational platform for bunkering. With over 15 years at DNV, Martin built deep expertise in alternative fuels and lead numerous initiatives to accelerate the maritime energy transition. He works closely with shipowners, fuel suppliers, ports, surveyors and technology partners to streamline workflows and enhance data transparency. A frequent speaker at global maritime events, Martin is passionate about bridging the gap between maritime operations and digital innovation, enabling smarter and more sustainable solutions for the shipping industry.
Sales Director
Fueltech A/S
Kenneth Thorup is Sales Director at FuelTech in Denmark, where he works at the forefront of developing advanced fuel systems for emerging alternative fuels. Reaching a 25 year long career that has evolved from hands-on operational roles e.g. sailing as Marine Engineer at A.P. Moller Maersk, to strategic commercial leadership, Kenneth brings a practical and market-driven perspective to the energy transition in the maritime industry.
He has extensive experience in supporting shipowners and shipyards with fuel system solutions for next-generation fuels, helping bridge the gap between regulatory ambition and technical implementation. At FuelTech, he is actively engaged in enabling the adoption of multiple fuel pathways, contributing to the industry’s move toward decarbonization.
Kenneth is known for combining technical insight with commercial acumen, and for driving collaboration across stakeholders to turn complex challenges into viable, real-world solutions.
VP, Sales
Elomatic
Miska Merikukka is Vice President, Sales at Elomatic’s Marine Business Unit, leading global sales activities and driving strategic business growth. With 13 years at Elomatic, he has held a range of leadership and technical roles, including Mechanical Engineer, Project Manager, Head of Digitalization, Managing Director of Elomatic Canada, and Vice President of Business Development. He played a key role in launching Elomatic’s Aura APM solution and establishing the company’s North American operations, including supporting the Canadian Coast Guard’s Polar Icebreaker project.
Today, Miska focuses on sales leadership, customer relationships, international business opportunities, and expanding Elomatic’s marine service offering. He combines engineering expertise with commercial strategy and a strong interest in digitalisation, connectivity and AI-driven analytics to support smarter ship design, engineering and fleet management.
Miska holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Management Engineering and an M.Sc. in Software Engineering, bringing together technical expertise, digital innovation and business development to help advance the future of the maritime industry.
This session will ask how expertise developed in other industry sectors is being applied to the decarbonisation of shipping and it will also look at the business climate for start-ups or more mature companies who are focused on delivering the sector’s energy transition, from a fuel, technology, or ancillary services perspective. The conversation will cover:
Moderator:
Gavin Allwright, Secretary-General, International Windship Association (IWSA)
Speakers:
Peter Borup, CEO, Quadrise
Neel Shah, CEO & Co-Founder, PuriFire Energy
Secretary General
International Windship Association (IWSA)
Gavin Allwright is the founding Secretary General of the International Windship Association (IWSA), established in 2014. and continues in this elected post today. He heads the IWSA delegation at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) where the organisation holds consultative status, along with sitting on the European Sustainable Shipping Forum. He is also a non-executive board member on the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and acts in an advisory capacity for numerous maritime projects and initiatives.
Gavin holds a Masters degree in Sustainable Development, specialising in small scale sustainable shipping and logistics in developing countries. He regularly runs seminars and short courses as a visiting lecturer at a number of universities and colleges, including the UN World Maritime University, Malmo, Sweden. He also regularly writes articles on the development of wind propulsion and sustainable shipping for a number of publications and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Sailing Technology.
CEO
Quadrise
Peter is an accomplished international CEO with over 30 years of experience in the global shipping industry. He began his career at A.P. Moller-Maersk, rising to Deputy Director, and later held senior leadership roles at major cargo operators including D/S Norden (SVP & MD Asia), Lauritzen Bulkers (President & CEO), and NORVIC Shipping International (President & CEO).
Peter has led strategic operations across key maritime hubs such as Copenhagen, Seoul, Beijing, Singapore, and Dubai. Beyond executive leadership, Peter is deeply involved in maritime innovation, serving or having served on investment committees for Rainmaking, Motion Ventures, and The Shipping Collective, and on the board of AI start-up Shipster.ai.
He holds degrees from IMD (MBA), Wharton (AMP), Copenhagen Business School (Board Program), and was a Fulbright Scholar at Georgetown University (Asia Studies).
CEO & Co-Founder
PuriFire Energy
Neel is the CEO and Co-Founder of PuriFire Energy, a Cambridge-based startup transforming wet waste into green fuels and chemicals. Neel has over 20 years of experience in M&A investment banking, private equity, fundraising, and startup operations. MBA from INSEAD in France and Singapore.
Ports are key stakeholders and, potentially, accelerators of shipping’s energy transition. They are developing strategies for the decarbonisation of their own working environment whilst accommodating market demand for the safe and efficient bunkering of new marine fuels, and, in some cases, establishing their individual profiles as import and export hubs for new energy commodities.
In this final session, port representatives will share their views on:
Speakers:
Chris Kruger, President, AYK Energy
Roland Teixeira de Mattos, President, European Onshore Power Supply Association (EOPSA)
Founder & President
AYK Energy
Mr. Kruger is an electrical engineer by training and spent 12 years in the semiconductor industry before deciding to move to batteries. In 2008 he and his team developed the first traction battery for the Fisker Carma series hybrid automobile.
He joined Corvus in 2010 as their director of engineering and developed the first DNV, LR and ABS type approved battery for marine propulsion in the industry. This battery was used in many industry firsts. From there he joined PBES as their CTO in 2015 and developed their high-power battery, the first liquid cooled battery capable of 3C RMS. In 2018 he started AYK with the intention of creating a state of the art, safe yet cost-effective battery, obtaining DNV type approval in 2021.
He and his team in AYK delivered more than 100MWh of marine battery and took the company to positive EBIDA in 2024.
