JUAN DE BLAS POMBO

Independent Senior Advisor

A Hydrogen and Renewable & e-Fuels very senior expert officer, pioneer in Spain, founder of the Spanish Fuel Cell Association (APPICE secretary) in 2001, having combined technical positions (Director of Engineering and R & D) with trade and business development positions (Director of Operations and Business Development) and top-level management positions (General Manager and/or founder on 4 companies).

Experienced Senior Advisor, Industrial Engineer specialized in Energy and Organization. Executive MBA, Master in Energy Business, Master in Renewable Energy Financing, Master in Hydrogen Technology and Master’s Degree on International Trade. having developed the career in the field of research, development and innovation, working initially at Gas Natural SDG, ACS group (Dragados-Urbaser) and lately in different SMEs where finally assumed the responsibility of the General Management; BESEL (Hydrogen and fuel cells company), ENERMAN (PV company), Qi EUROPE (EU Research grants) and Qi ARROW (Hydrogen sector). 

Large expertise in consulting, engineering, R&D and management activities. More than 27 years in sustainability and clean energy. Currently, advisor for top multinationals in the hydrogen and Renewable sector (including Big Four). Having been secretary or member of the Board in several national associations facing new technologies such as AEDIE (public and private engineering companies’ association), APPICE (hydrogen and fuel cells association, founder and secretary), AEH (Spain Hydrogen association, founder), ENEBC (Spanish heat pumps association, secretary) and assigned member of the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance. Official Business Coach for the EU and the Community of Madrid.