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  Dr Li Yanfei
  Professor
  Hunan University of Technology and Business

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  Dr. Li Yanfei is a Professor of Hunan University of Technology and Business and serves as the research fellow at Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), and also as an Energy Economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) . At present, his research areas mainly focus on new energy economics and energy transformation.

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  Tim Harper
  Founder & Chief Executive Officer
  Element 2

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  In June 2020, Tim Harper co-founded hydrogen refuelling company, Element 2, which is now actively rolling out a UK network of hydrogen refuelling stations. Element 2 works closely with manufacturers, transport operators and fleet owners to identify and develop sites and support vehicle conversions to accelerate Net Zero strategies. Tim began his career in scientific instruments before joining the European Space Agency (ESA) as an engineer responsible for detecting and identifying failure mechanisms in semiconductors and materials used in space. His initial experience with hydrogen involved launching scientific missions on the cryogenic upper stage of ESA’s Ariane 5 rocket. Since leaving ESA in the mid 90s Tim has founded a number of businesses ranging from scientific instruments (Nanosight, acquired by Spectris) to water treatment (Evove Ltd), to business intelligence (Cientifica Ltd). He has advised on large scale technical and M&A projects across Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East.

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  Dr Zhu Tong
  Director of Energy Economics Department
  Chinese Academy of Social Science

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  Dr Zhu Tong is the Director of Energy Economics Department, Chinese Academy of Social Science. At present, his research areas mainly focus on energy policy, enterprise strategy, and energy system reform under the framework of national energy transformation. In recent years, Dr Zhu Tong has devoted himself to the study of the transformation and development of China's energy (coal, oil, natural gas, renewable energy and power system). He has a profound understanding of the logic of national energy transformation under the trend of technological change, and his achievements have a wide social impact.

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  Hugo Spowers
  Founder and Chief Engineer
  Riversimple

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  Hugo Spowers designed racing cars for 15 years but got out for environmental reasons. He set up Riversimple as a sustainable car company, on the basis that a step change in automotive technology is both essential and possible. Riversimple is developing lightweight hydrogen fuel cell cars along with the strategies necessary for bringing them to market, such as a circular 'usership' model, Vehicle as a Service; this aligns the interests of business with the needs of society, ensuring that efficiency and sustainability are profitable and eliminating the economic barriers to bringing the new technology to market.

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  Dr Liu Yu
  Executive Director of the New Energy Research Centre
  China Development Institute

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  Dr Liu Yu is the Executive Director of the New Energy Research Centre, China Development Institute. At present, his research areas mainly focus on new Energy policy, energy economics, CO2Emission, climate policy and urbanization. Dr. Liu Yu has completed a number of national and provincial research projects, providing strategic planning, financial advisory and corporate governance advisory services for many enterprise groups or listed companies.

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  Dr Ding Ning
  Chief Expert on Energy Research
  CCB Financial Asset Investment Company

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  Dr Ding Ning is the Chief Expert on Energy Research of CCB Financial Asset Investment Company, a subsidiary of China Construction Bank. He led research on energy (new energy, nuclear power, natural gas and coal) for more than 10 years and has participated in a number of new energy enterprise equity investment projects. At present, his research areas mainly focus on new photovoltaic and windpower industry, energy storage industry and hydrogen industry. He published a number of academic papers and industry research reports.

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  Rick Stathers
  Climate Change Specialist
  Aviva Investors

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  Rick Stathers is responsible for the development and implementation of the strategy on the Climate Transition Fund Franchise at Aviva Investors. As the climate change specialist Rick is responsible for facilitating the integration of climate considerations across Aviva’s investment process from the macro to the micro. He has been involved in projects undertaking climate scenario analysis, portfolio climate stress testing and working with the ESG and Sector Analysts on integrating climate considerations into stock recommendation and valuation. He also acts as an advisor on Aviva’s Net Zero Investment Execution Unit, which is tasked with putting our Net Zero ambition into practice. Prior to joining Aviva Investors, he was the Global Director for CDP’s (previously known as the Carbon Disclosure Project) Investor Initiatives programme. Before that, Rick was the Head of Responsible Investment at Schroders for 16 years launching Schroders’ Global Climate Change fund in 2006 (and acting as a climate change specialist on it for the next 10 years). Rick holds a BSc Hons in Environmental Biology and an MSc from Imperial college in Environmental Technology.

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Chairman:

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  Professor Michael Mainelli
  Chairman
  Z/Yen Group

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