Steering committee

Rene Peters

Rene Peters

René Peters is currently Director Gas Technology at TNO, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research. He is responsible for public private collaboration on innovation in the area of gas transport and storage, LNG, biogas, hydrogen and offshore energy. He is leading the Geo Energy Innovation program under TKI New Gas, also board member of IRO, associated of the supply industry in offshore oil and gas and renewables (www.iro.nl) and World Energy Council NL (www.worldenergycouncil.nl), advisor to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate on metrology.

He is also the focus group leader for Offshore Energy in the ERC community.

Contact
TNO
Jan Prins

Jan Prins

Jan Prins is working as Global Account Manager at Siemens Energy and has a Global Headquarter roll and is based in the Netherlands. With his team he is responsible for the Global Energy, related New Energy activities for e.g. Renewable, Energy & Utilities, Geothermal, Petro-Chemical, Bio markets,Internet of Things (IOT) and Digitalization He reports directly to Siemens Energy AG Headquarters Vertical Market Management Energy in Germany.

Beside his extensive work experience in business development, sales, project management and engineering in several industries, he has got an open mind set for collaborations, partnerships, new opportunities  innovations and new business models. He provides the community with his fundamental knowledge and his well-connected network in the following markets and supply chain:

  • Energy & Utilities, Renewable Industry
  • Oil & Gas industry
  • High-tech industry
  • Aerospace
  • Food & Beverage 
  • Automotive
  • Marine & Shipbuilding Industry
  • IT & Digitalization firms
  • Consultancy firms
  • Banks and Finance
  • Universities
  • Research Institutes
  • Associations
  • Startup and scale ups
He is a strong supporter of the “Energy Transition Journey” and the important role of Digitalization and also a strong believer in Co-creation to Creating Value. 
 

Contact
Siemens Energy
Marlou Bergboer

Marlou Bergboer

Marlou Bergboer is the Programme Manager Energy Transition for Shell in the Netherlands. She is very committed to play an active role ensuring we, as a company and society, will move towards a Net Zero World.
Prior to her current role, Marlou held various positions for Shell, in Project Management, Development and Business Transformation both in The Netherlands as well as internationally.
Marlou is based in the Hague and holds an MSc in Mechanical engineering from Twente University and a MTech in Petroleum Engineering from Curtin University in Australia.
 

Contact
Shell Nederland B.V.
Gisele Widdershoven

Gisele Widdershoven

Gisele Widdershoven is Partner in Deloitte Risk Advisory & the Power, Utilities and Renewables (PU&R) lead and has over 20 years’ experience in the national/international Energy, Oil &Gas, Utilities, Chemicals and Natural Resources companies. She holds a MBA in Sustainability Management of SUMAS Switzerland.  Before Deloitte, she was Managing Director Cyber Security Natural Resources Benelux lead at a Top 3 International Consultancy.

She has worked in UK, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Latin America, MENA and the Netherlands. 
She is an advocate and executer of the energy transition by leading major international transformation programs within the Netherlands and EMEA. In her current role she assists PU&R clients and major Industrial clients, via the broader expertise of Deloitte  to establish responsible and sustainable businesses in the following domains: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Capital Projects Lifecycle, Financing, Compliance, Digitalization, IT/OT/ IoT/Cybersecurity. She has been working at IOCs, NOCs and international utilities as C-Suite advisor and Executive Sponsor for major programs. At the same time, she is known as prolific writer and speaker at international conferences.

She also leads the Energy Scale-Up Ecosystem Initiative within Deloitte, providing advice on organizational growth, while strengthening the ecosystem partnership and innovation.

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Deloitte
Douwe Jan van Leverink

Douwe Jan van Leverink

Douwe van Leverink is currently Director Development at Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN) – a State owned company – in The Netherlands. . It is his strong believe that collaboration is key to create value for society while rebuilding the energy system towards a net zero world. At EBN he is responsible for strategy and new business development for sustainable energy projects and currently focusses on biomethane, gasification, underground hydrogen storage and hydrogen production (green and blue).  In earlier positions with EBN he focused on geothermal energy, energy transition in The North Sea and oil & gas. Before joining EBN in 2018 he held technical (Geoscience) positions with Shell/ NAM and TNO. Douwe is based in Utrecht.

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EBN B.V.
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