NSW | Australia and Japan – A bright future for hydrogen

Elizabeth works with private and public stakeholders to assist Australia’s clean energy transition and help large mining companies and industrial users find pragmatic solutions to decarbonising their energy use.

Simon Currie is the co-founder of Energy Estate. Energy Estate is an Australian company with a mission to accelerate the transformation of the energy sector. Energy Estate’s portfolio of projects includes over 20GW of onshore and offshore wind, solar, pumped hydro, green hydrogen and ammonia and SAF projects in Australia, NZ and other markets globally. Simon is a passionate advocate of local supply chains for clean energy and delivering enduring economic development outcomes for host communities and First Nations.

Bruno joined Societe Generale in 2010 as Market Risk Assessor. In 2012 Bruno became Co-Head (until 2015) and then Head of Risk on Capital Market activities.
In September 2021, Bruno was appointed as Representative Director and Group Country Head of Societe General Securities Japan Limited and he was appointed as Branch Manager and Group Country Head of Societe General, Tokyo Branch in December.
Before joining Societe Generale, Bruno was Global Head of Market Risk for Natixis, Global Risk Manager for Gaselys (Gaz de France), and held several senior positions in market risk on Capital Market activities in Paris and London for Credit Lyonnais and Credit Agricole.

Taku Hasegawa is the manager of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Hydrogen Strategy Division.
In the division, he is in charge of the liaison and project manager for the demonstration project.
He has been involved in the HESC project and others.
He joined the Kawasaki Heavy Industries in 2014

Kam is the Managing Director (APAC) for TEH2 and has over 18 years’ experience in the renewable energy sector. Previously Kam was responsible for establishing Total Eren’s renewable platforms in Australia and Indonesia and today leads the 20+ GW renewable H2 pipeline in Australia from inception through to development and decarbonised solutions for our partners.

Yoshihiro Ueno began his career in Japan with Air Liquide Group in 1996 as a marketing specialist. He was transferred in 1999 to the Silicon Valley in the US to start new product market development for 2 years and another 2 years in Paris headquarters to serve as a global product manager of advanced material for Electronics Business line. He spent next 10 years on various products management and business development positions in Electronics Business line in Japan with increasing responsibility. In 2015, he was appointed as a president of AL Kogyo Gas, a package gas subsidiary in Japan and increased his scope in 2018 as a general manager of Industrial Merchant Business line. In 2021, he was appointed as a general manager of Hydrogen Energy Business line in Japan, based in Tokyo. Yoshihiro Ueno holds a Bachelor's of Mechanical Engineering, and speaks fluent Japanese and English.

Matthew Walden is a Partner within Deloitte’s Energy and Climate Advisory Practice with over 20 years' experience as a corporate finance and strategy specialist and spent eight years as an Investment Director at ARENA, where he was responsible for the Australian Commonwealth’s investment into the renewable hydrogen sector, establishing ARENA’s hydrogen investment team that has invested over $200m in the sector. Matt advises both Governments and industry on opportunities in the renewable hydrogen and broader energy sectors.