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2026 SPEAKERS & VIP GUESTS
SAFAPAC26 Early Confirmed Strategic Speakers
Fiona Messent
Chief Sustainability Officer
Qantas
Stephen Beckett
Chief Executive Officer
Airlines for Australia & New Zealand
Billie Moore
Chief Executive
New Zealand Airports Association
Dr Kimberly Camrass
Head of Sustainability Engagement and Partnerships, APAC
Boeing
Alex Grant
General Manager, Transport
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Edward Mason
Chief Executive Officer
Jet Zero Australia
James Williamson
General Manager
Neste
Matt Doyle
Chief Executive Officer
Wagner Sustainable Fuels
Andrea Martelli
Global Head of BIO
Eni Trade & Biofuels
Ash Salardini
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Sugar Manufacturers
Richard Barker
Chief Executive Officer
CAIRNS & MACKAY AIRPORTS
Michelle Khundakar
General Manager of Strategy and Sustainability
Queensland Airports
Elena Nikonova
VP Strategy for North America and APAC
Skytree
More will be updated soon...
SAFAPAC25 Strategic Speakers
Dr Frances van Ruth
Head of Investment, Europe, Middle East and Africa Net Zero Investment Lead
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
Ian Smith
Executive Director, Regional Economic Development
NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Todd Settle
Principal Policy Officer
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Angus Mitchell
Principal Industry Development Officer
South Australia Department for Energy and Mining
Rupert Maloney
Executive Director, Alternative Fuels
Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)
Alex Grant
Director of Business Development and Transactions
Australia Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Harry Jobberns
Head of Climate Strategy
Qantas Group
Frosti Lau
Regional General Manager, South West Pacific
Cathay Pacific
Daniel Dott
Head of Fuel and Aviation Decarbonisation
Virgin Australia
Michael Hart
General Manager, Hydrogen & Next Generation Fuels
Ampol
Robert Cavicchiolo
Carbon Solutions Manager
Viva Energy Australia
Yosuke FUNAKI
Deputy General Manager, International Projects, Carbon Neutral Transformation Department
Idemitsu Kosan
Hardeep Kirpal-Singh
General Manager, Commercial Business
Petronas
Stephen Forshaw
Senior Vice President, Airbus Chief Representative, Australia, New Zealand & The Pacific
Airbus
Matthew Connolly
Sustainability Lead for Energy Transition
Air New Zealand
Prue Newall
Director, Sustainability, Infrastructure
IFM Investors
Yasushi Hashimoto
Deputy General Manager, Technology Development
IHI Corporation
Richard Barker
Chief Executive Officer
Cairns and Mackay Airports
Billie Moore
Chief Executive
New Zealand Airports Association
Shannon McFadden
Chief Strategy, Sustainability and People Officer
Queensland Airports
Patty Therrios
Head of Strategy and Sustainability
Adelaide Airport
Wendy Weir
Senior Manager, Sustainability
Sydney Airport
Jessica King
Head of Sustainability
Brisbane Airport
James Williamson
General Manager, ANZ
Neste
Steven Bartholomeusz
Head of Public & Regulatory Affairs, APAC
Neste
Shahana McKenzie
Chief Executive Officer
Bioenergy Australia
Richard Whewell
Senior Manager, Australia
Honeywell UOP
Tine Høj Andersen
Senior Licensing Manager
Topsoe
Jesse Scott
Head of Agri Energy
GrainCorp
Adam Kirby
Senior Sustainability Manager - Sustainable Fuels
ISCC
Noah Deich
Senior Advisor (Former US DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Carbon Management)
Carbon180
Ryan Edwards
Director of Policy
Oxy
Gates Moss
Partner and Associate Director
BCG
Matt Walden
Partner, Energy and Climate Advisory
Deloitte
Mitchell Shannon
Director
Pollination
Rumi Hoshino
President Director
Santomo Biomass Indonesia
James Veale
Managing Diector APAC
123 Carbon
Matthew Kronborg
Founder & CEO
Grainstone
Himanshu Rai Sharma
Managing Partner
VURDHAAN
Scott Trevean
Principal Engineer & Team Lead, Hydrogen and CCUS, ANZ
DNV
George Woods
Senior Partner
LEK Consulting
Niki Wang
Regional Director APAC Biofuels
S&P Global
Marni Riley
Special Counsel
Hamilton Locke
Tom Stonier
Senior Commercial Director Oceania
S&P Global
SAFAPAC25 Innovation Pioneers
Warren Flentje
Industrial Decarbonisation Lead, Towards Net Zero Mission
CSIRO
Dr. Cathryn O’Sullivan
Senior Research Scientist, Towards Net Zero Mission
CSIRO
Mac Irvine
Chief Financial Officer
Jet Zero Australia
Flyn van Ewijk
Regional Director, Asia Pacific
LanzaJet
Patrick Sieb
Partner
Climate Tech Partners
James Christian
Business Manager
NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub
Andrea Polson
General Manager, Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
Licella
Varman Ramachandran
Chief Development Officer
HIF Asia Pacific
Jorge Martin Gistau
Director Energy Infrastructure Transition Australia and New Zealand
Ricardo
Ash Salardini
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Sugar Manufacturers
Jeff Caton
Commercial Director, Asia Pacific
Axens
Jo Clarke
Country Head Australia
Argus Media
Patricia Lim
Director of Commercial and Business Development
Vopak
Sachin Joshi
Chief Commercial Officer
Velocys
Samuel Wong
Vice President, Sales and Service
PAC LP
James Scudamore
Performance Engineer
Zero Petroleum
SAF APAC26 VIP Guests
More will be updated soon...
Kim Rasmussen
Chief Executive Officer
Tasman Cargo Airlines
Glyn Butchard
Head of Flight Operations
Tasman Cargo Airlines
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