After various positions in consulting and banking, Manuela Heise switched to policy making and worked for more than 10 years in leading positions in the State Chancellery and the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Brandenburg. Since 2020, Manuela Heise is head of New Energies at DKB in Berlin with a special focus on financing sector coupling projects.

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).

'My 18 years' work experience united innovative technologies and investment, leveraging my engineering background. My first investments in biogas and hydrogen technologies started from 2010, and I spent the past seven years in charge of hydrogen energy investments and asset management at Air Liquide. There and in roles at Lazard, UBS, and Barclays, I've closed more than 50 transactions that cover a spectrum from M&A to venture capital and infrastructure financing. Hy24 is the ideal place for me to feed my passion for innovative markets and exercise the skills I've gained.'

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