Speakers

Stephen B. Harrison is the founder and managing director at sbh4 GmbH in Germany. His work focuses on decarbonisation and greenhouse gas emissions control. Hydrogen, ammonia, e-fuels and CCUS are fundamental pillars of his consulting practice. Stephen has served as the international hydrogen expert and team leader for two ADB projects related to renewable hydrogen deployment in Pakistan and Palau. In 2021 Stephen specified more than 2GW of electrolysers for projects in Asia. In 2022, he supported the Word Bank and the Government of Namibia with the Southern Corridor Development Initiative for green hydrogen and other synthetic fuels. He also supported a green hydrogen project for the IFC in Pakistan. In 2023, Stephen served as a CINEA technical assessor for seven large scale green hydrogen, green ammonia, e-fuels and CCUS projects for the EC Innovation fund 3rd call. With a background in industrial and specialty gases, including 27 years at BOC Gases, The BOC Group and Linde Gas, Stephen has intimate knowledge of hydrogen from commercial, technical, operational and safety perspectives. For 14 years, he was a global business leader in these FTSE100 and DAX30 companies.  Stephen has extensive buy-side and sell-side M&A due diligence and investment advisory experience in the clean-tech sector. Private Equity firms and investment fund managers and green-tech start-ups are regular clients. Industrial companies have often sought his guidance on their growth strategies to offer products and services to the emerging hydrogen economy. As a member of the H2 View and gasworld editorial advisory boards, Stephen advises the direction for the leading hydrogen-focused international publications. In 2023 he was a conference track chair at the Hydrogen Technology Expo in Bremen and conference chair for the CO2 Utilisation Summit in Hamburg.