Energy transition
and Green Hydrogen development in Vietnam

Chey Tae-won (born December 3, 1960) is a South Korean business magnate. He is the chairman of SK Group, Korea's second-largest conglomerate, mainly in energy, chemicals, telecommunications, semiconductor, and biopharmaceutical businesses. As of June 2021, he is the 14th richest person in South Korea with an estimated net worth of US$3.6 billion.

Laurel is an experienced leader whose background spans nonprofit, public policy, private sector, and governmental roles. Before joining The Asia Foundation, she served as director of the Asia Program for the International Crisis Group, an organization dedicated to conflict prevention and resolution. Previously, she was a senior foreign policy expert at the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit policy research and analysis organization. Her work covered a wide range of subjects, including peace processes, institution-building, economic and security assistance, and governance.

François Michel joined John Cockerill on June 1st, 2022, as Group Chief Executive Officer. A graduate of the École Polytechnique de Paris and Ingénieur en Chef des Mines, François Michel began his career in 2001 as an engineer at Alstom Power. After a spell at the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, he joined the International Monetary Fund in Washington in 2006 where he worked as an economist. Back in Paris in 2009, he worked for three years as a technical advisor in public finance for the presidency of the French Republic.

Mr. Choo Hyeong-wook has held the role of CEO and Chairman of SK E&S since 2021. In 2022, he will take on the additional role of Member of the Hydrogen Economic Committee (under the Prime Minister) and President of the 7th Association of Independent Electricity Manufacturers (under MOTIE).

Mr. Markus has leadership and management experience in a variety of topics related to energy and water supply such as network operator duties, regulatory management, metering, TSM, energy efficiency, energy renewables, energy services, etc. In addition, he also has in-depth knowledge of energy efficiency in Vietnamese industry.

Asheesh Sastry joined Boston Consulting Group in 2014. He is a core member of the firm's Energy practice, specializing in oil & gas, and renewable enegy. He also has broad experience in downstream and petrochemicals. Asheesh is also a member of the firm’s Strategy practice. He has worked extensively with national and international energy companies on topics across the energy value chain. His project experience spans Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia on topics covering strategy developemnt, operational improvement, people and change management, and joint-venture set-up.

Dr. Nguyen Anh Duc serves as the General Director of the Vietnam Petroleum Institute , the sole science and technology research and development unit of Petrovietnam. Under his leadership, VPI conducts studies across the oil and gas value chain including exploration, production, transportation, processing, and distribution. The institute also researches renewable energies, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage.

Gil Shaki, Founder of InnoValue and Chief Growth Officer at Capital Nature, is an expert in the designing and implementation of national innovation strategies, and the development of innovation ecosystems. Since 2020, after 20+ career holding senior economic positions in the Israeli government, Gil has been acting as a strategic consultant, being involved in projects related to national innovation strategies and ecosystem building strategies for international development banks, including the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. Gil has been also in the position of VP in Capital Nature, Israel's leading Climatech investment group.

Tuyet Vu is Innovation Advisor to the Minister of Planning and Investment. In her capacity, she has served to conceptualize the National Innovation Center and help grow its ecosystem in some focused areas.
Prior to her current role, she spent multiple years working at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as one of the founding members of the BCG Vietnam office. Her work on the energy and climate sector extended further before BCG time. She spent several years working for the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) in Vietnam on Energy Efficiency and Landfill Gas to Energy. At CCI, she co-authored a paper on solar thermal energy application in India. Then, while she was at UC Berkeley, she co-led a multi-disciplinary project at the university’s Cleantech to Market program on biofuel.

Ji Young Lee is Head of Global Hydrogen Business Group at SK E&S, SK Group’s flagship green energy company. In this capacity, she leads SK’s strategic alliances, joint ventures and investment in the global hydrogen markets. She recently led SK’s $1.6B equity investment into Plug Power, world’s No.1 hydrogen pure player. Throughout her career, she developed projects and partnerships in the global energy markets, including North and South Americas and Southeast Asia.

2016. SK SUPEX Council, Vice President of Global Development Support Team 2013. GE, GE Marine Director 1999. McKinsey & Company, Associate Partner

Mr. Craig Richard Bradshaw has over 25 years of experience in the mining business, spanning mining and processing operations, logistics, and sales and marketing in Australia, Thailand, and Lao PDR. Mr. Bradshaw was previously Senior Commercial Manager for Lang Xang Minerals Ltd Sepon Mine. He has previously served as the Country General Manager for Thailand for Toll, Australia’s largest fully integrated logistics service provider. Prior to this, Mr. Bradshaw worked in management roles for Mount Isa Mines Limited (“MIM”) and Xstrata.