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Patrick Hinze, is working for Munich RE since 2012. After several functions along the reinsurance value chain he is now heading a team which is providing smart risk transfer solutions for green technologies like EV's, circular economy and hydrogen.

Mechanical engineer with experience in fuel cell development at one of the leading automotive manufacturers. Currently working at VDE in the field of hydrogen technologies and responsible for business and strategy development, technical consulting, education and training programs as well as bankability and insurability services (criteria catalogs, VDE seal of approval).

Natalia Westhäuser is the founder and CEO of Profas Energy Consult GmbH, a consulting and investment practice specialized on development support and implementation coaching for successful clean hydrogen and PtX projects. She is also engaged as Operating Partner of FiveT Hydrogen AG, who launched the world's first hydrogen focused infrastructure fund together with Ardian in the Hy24 joint venture. Natalia is a passionate transformation leader with over 25 years of experience in new technology commercialization and business scaling. She held leading positions at Siemens AG and Siemens Energy in the areas of sales, strategy, procurement, and in-house consulting, including four years in the hydrogen industry as VP and Head of Projects New Energy Business responsible for the worldwide project business with hydrogen electrolysis systems.

born 1968 in Bremen, married, four children, living in Hamburg ▪ Studies of history and economics with a focus on environmental econom-ics in Hamburg, Bordeaux and Heidelberg, graduation in economics ▪ from 1996 to 2002 executive officer in the promotional business of Deutsche Ausgleichsbank for environmental protection investments and cross-border environmental protection projects ▪ since July 2002 corporate client advisor at the Hamburg branch of GLS Bank ▪ since 2010 special loan officer for energy project financing ▪ since 2012 Sector Coordinator for the Renewable Energies' Business Unit ▪ since 2016 Senior Expert and Deputy Head of Competence Center for Renewable Energies ▪ since 2006 Member of the speaker's circle of the financier's advisory board of the BWE ▪ Knight of the Order of St. John's

More than 20 years experience in the Solar Industry Sector, Applied Research Area and Energy Policy Initiatives Since January 2011: Global Marketing Director, Cluster Director PV VDE Institute, Headquarters Germany Since March 2009 Current (part-time): Chief Advisor to the CEO and Management Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) (via Holder Consult) Until January 2009: Vice President International Business Development, Head Regional Office Asia/Pacific, Singapore Solar-Fabrik Group International Spokesman Photovoltaics, German Solar Association (BSW) Since 2001: Management positions in the Board of Directors (Sales), Solar-Fabrik Group 1995 - 2001: Executive Director / General Secretary, International Solar Energy Society (ISES) 1986 - 1998: Different management positions in the internationally recognized Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany - Head of Administration and Technical Infrastructure - Head of Commercialization and International Affairs - Appointment to several expert panels by the Board of Directors of the Fraunhofer Society, Munich (Human Resources, IT, Quality Management) In Parallel 1996 - 2004: Appointed expert for renewable energy policies and industry development to the German Government Speaker during the high-level segments of several United Nations Conferences and Side-Events in New York, Paris, Johannesburg (e.g. Commission on Sustainable Development, CSD) Speaker and Policy Consultant on behalf of the German Government for the German Export Initiative on renewable energy and energy efficiency (e.g. United States of America, Greece, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore, Cuba) Advisor / Executive Liaison Officer to the President European Renewable Energy Centers Agency (EUREC), Brussels