ENZA webinar: Industry contribution to 2040 targets strategy through reinforced sector integration

Speakers for this event

• Antoine Hoxha

  Antoine Hoxha

  Director General, Fertilizers Europe

  Antoine Hoxha has been working for the association since 2010, playing an active role in driving industry’s decarbonization efforts.Before joining Fertilizers Europe, he worked for 8 years in the fertilizers industry where he held positions in R&D and licensing. Prior to that, he was a teaching assistant at the University of Liège (BE) and at Warwick University (UK). Antoine holds a PhD in Chemistry from University of Liège as well as an Executive MBA from Louvain School of Management and has completed the Certificate in International Association Management from Solvay Brussels School of Economics and ManagementAntoine speaks French, Albanian, English, Portuguese and Italian.

  Director General, Fertilizers Europe

• Boyana Achovski

  Boyana Achovski

  Secretary General, Gas Infrastructure Europe

  Boyana Achovski has been the Secretary-General of GIE since 2016. Boyana
  started her European affairs career in the European Parliament in Brussels and
  led the Analysis and International Operations Division in Bulgartransgaz, later
  joining GIE in 2012 as the first secondment of the Bulgarian gas infrastructure
  operator to the European association. She also chaired the Steering Committee
  of GasNaturally twice, the coalition of Europe’s whole gas value chain.

  Boyana graduated in International Economic Affairs, specializing in
  International Finance. She holds a master’s degree in finance and management of
  international Associations from the Solvay Brussels School. She also obtained a
  certificate in women’s leadership from the University of Oxford.

  In 2023, Boyana won the award of the most influential Energy Women
  Leader of Central & Eastern Europe. Committed to advocating for greater
  gender equality and diversity in the energy transition, she is a Member of the
  Board of WiRA (Women in Renewables Alliance), a global network of professional
  women in the renewable energy sector and is part of WoNY, an alliance promoting
  gender diversity in the CEE-SEE region.

  Secretary General, Gas Infrastructure Europe

• Catharina Sikow-Magny

  Catharina Sikow-Magny

  Director, DG ENER, European Commission

  Catharina Sikow-Magny joined the European Commission in 1997 and is currently the Director responsible for Green Transition and Energy System Integration in the Directorate General for Energy. Before that, she was the Head of Unit in charge of Consumers, Local Initiatives, Just Transition. Before that she was the Head of Unit responsible for Networks and Regional Initiatives. She has as well worked on international transport, trans-European network policy and financing, internalisation of external costs, and strategic policy research.

  Before joining the Commission, Catharina Sikow-Magny was a team leader and chief economist in the private sector in Finland. She has also worked for the United Nations Development Programme in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She holds a Master of Economics degree from the Aalto University, Finland.

  Director, DG ENER, European Commission

• Frauke Thies

  Frauke Thies

  Managing Director, Agora Think Tanks

  As of
  July 2022, Frauke Thies heads Agora Think Tanks (Agora Energiewende, Agora
  Industry and Agora Agriculture) as Executive Director and in a dual leadership
  with Markus Steigenberger. Thies is an expert of European energy and climate
  policy and therefore strengthens Agora’s European profile.

  Frauke
  Thies was previously responsible for the climate portfolio of the Open Society
  Foundations in Europe. Prior to that, she worked in European associations for
  eight years, including as Executive Director of the European business
  association for digital and decentralised energy solutions, smartEn, from 2015
  to 2020, and as Policy Director at SolarPower Europe from 2012 to 2015. Thies
  started her career at the environmental organisation Greenpeace, where she held
  various positions in EU energy policy from 2005 to 2012, with secondments to
  the USA and India. Thies holds a Master of Environmental Sciences from the
  University of Lüneburg and a Master of Business Administration from Vlerick
  Business School in Belgium.

  Thies
  also serves on the Board of Directors of the Institute for Climate Economics
  I4CE, the Advisory Council of Aurora Energy Research and the Strategic Advisory
  Council of EnergyVille.

  Managing Director, Agora Think Tanks

• Giulia Cancian

  Giulia Cancian

  Chair of ENZA and Secretary General of the European Biogas Association

  Giulia Cancian is the Secretary General at
  the European Biogas association. Before joining the EBA in 2022, Giulia led
  Bioenergy Europe’s advocacy strategy, coordinated the delivery of policy
  reports, and the organization of several working groups.  She gained
  experience on sustainability, energy and transports working with the biodiesel,
  non-ferrous metals and hydropower European trade associations in Brussels.
  Giulia holds a MA in International Relation from the University of Rome and a
  MSc in European Affairs from the Free University of Brussels

  Chair of ENZA and Secretary General of the European Biogas Association

• Pedro Dias

  Pedro Dias

  Policy Director, Solar Heat Europe

  Pedro Dias is a
  passionate advocate for the decarbonisation of heating and cooling systems. As
  the former Secretary General of ESTIF and current Policy Director at Solar Heat
  Europe, he has been devoted to advancing the potential of solar thermal energy in
  Europe. With a background in gas retail and heating equipment
  commercialisation, among other experiences, Pedro brings a wealth of experience
  from both the non-governmental and private sectors. Holding a management
  degree, he combines his expertise with strategic thinking to drive
  collaboration towards a sustainable future, based on a multi-technology
  approach to the energy transition.

  Policy Director, Solar Heat Europe