Low Carbon Fuels MENA

Graham Hoar is the Global Head, Hydrogen, Ammonia & Methanol Advisory at Poten & Partners based in London and has successfully delivered value throughout his 34-year career in plant operations, energy & chemicals advisory and technology licensing.

Graham has strengths in strategic planning, commercial and techno-economic analysis as well as extensive experience in project and business evaluations/privatisations.  He has also led commercial and technical/environmental due diligence support for many project finance and M&A activities as well as expert witness/litigation support.

Previously Graham was the vice president leading the global Ammonia, Syngas & Fertilizers business for KBR Technology.  Before KBR, he was a VP at Nexant Energy & Chemicals Advisory leading its global C1 chemicals & fertilizers activities and its West European region having previously led its Middle East region from Bahrain.  He has also worked for ICI (Petrochemicals), ICI/DuPont (Nylon Intermediates) and ICI/Terra Nitrogen (Ammonia & Fertilizers) in roles including technical and operations management as well as project and commissioning management. 

Graham holds a 1st class honours degree in Chemical Engineering from The University of Birmingham, UK, and is also a chartered member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.

Mrs. Klavers has been working in the global energy industry for 30 years and has deep experience in the entire energy chain including energy commodity markets, refining operations and vehicle engine design, petrochemicals and transportation fuels markets. Since moving to the U.S. in 1996, she has worked in energy market consulting, first launching and building the global consulting business at Hart Energy, focusing on global fuel quality, biofuels and refining. 
 

At Argus, Ms. Klavers built their Americas consulting business reflecting subject matters from crude, gas, LNG, metals, fertilizers, petrochemicals and biofuels and biomass. Prior to coming to the U.S., she worked as a process engineer, designing refineries for JGC in Japan and as an Oxygenated Fuels Specialist for Arco Chemicals (LyondellBasell) in the United Kingdom. 
 

She is from Norway and holds a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering from Twente University in the Netherlands, and Tokyo Institute of Technology holds a patent for her methane coupling catalyst. Ms. Klavers is the President of the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce, actively participates in the Executive Women of Energy, and participated in the National Petroleum Council.

Gary Hubbard is the SVP responsible for all Commercial & Operational matters at TBFCo in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.  Founded in 2022, they are now the largest producer of European-compliant net zero biofuel in the GCC. 
 

Having worked across the Middle East since 2000, his focus is on providing high quality net zero fuel to the logistics, power generation, FMCG, hospitality, maritime, events and construction industries within the Kingdom to achieve Saudi Vision 2030.
 

He was also responsible for the first maritime bunkering of biofuel within the UAE in 2020 and has been involved in almost every biofuel bunkering in region, since then. 
 

He specialises in environmental supply chain optimisation and strategic planning, reducing client costs and enhancing their sustainable business operations.  His extensive international experience has been gained in the Middle East, North and South America, Asia Pacific, Africa and Europe, holding senior leadership positions for MAERSK, DSV, DHL, Geodis, Hapag Lloyd, Transmar Line & Neutral Fuels. 
 

Married for 24 years to Julia, they have two sons, Jack & Alex, both in their twenties. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.

Dr Iman Nasseri, Managing Director - Middle East, is based in Dubai. He received his PhD in Economics in the United States, focusing on energy economics, in 2013.

In FGE, he is primarily focused on downstream oil and NGLs. Iman is responsible for Middle East oil research; he also works closely with the refining team and has been involved with FGE’s Annual World Refining Outlook since 2014.

Since Jan 2018, as MD of Middle East, Iman has been in charge of the FGE analysis and coverage of the Middle East for oil, NGLs, and power.

Iman holds a Master’s degree in Energy Systems Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Iran, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He previously worked for Iran’s Institute for International Energy Studies (IIES), the research arm of the Ministry of Petroleum.

Before relocating to FGE-London in 2014 as a full-time consultant, Iman joined FGE's Hawaii office in 2009 on a part time basis, where he was involved with several refining and gas-related projects.

Sukh is the regional head of energy project financing and advisory for Société Générale based in Dubai. He has over 15 years’ banking experience in London covering transactions across Europe, Middle East and Africa. In 2024 he moved to the UAE to specifically focus on the GCC region. His career has allowed him to follow the evolution of energy transition financing; from offshore wind projects in the early 2010s to complex green hydrogen projects in the GCC more recently. Sukh’s banking pedigree is underpinned by roles at leading project finance banks including Société Générale, MUFG and Standard Chartered. He holds a Masters degree in Financial Economics.

Mohamed Ali ZEROUALI is a Moroccan-born sustainable energy advocate with a special focus on Africa and Middle-East. Ali is Executive Vice President MEA at HIF Global, world leader in Renewable Hydrocarbons. He is in charge of developing HIF activities in the region, relating to the production of eMethanol and eFuels from renewable energies.

Previously, Ali Zerouali held the position of Executive Director in charge of Cooperation & International Development at Masen with a particular focus on Africa and Middle-East.

In this capacity, he piloted Masen's projection in some twenty countries on the African continent and worked to strengthen its position with international institutions, in particular through Desert to Power with the AfDB for the benefit of the Sahel countries, the launch of an international coalition at the UN, based on the principle of South-South cooperation, or even a strategic partnership with the IsDB to support African member countries of the IsDB in exploiting their renewable potential. He also developed South-North cooperation, coordinating the SET Roadmap project integrating renewable energy markets between Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and Morocco.

Ali ZEROUALI, through his first positions (BNP Paribas, Accenture), has acquired extensive experience in managing corporate restructuring projects and international business development. On his return to Morocco, he notably assumed the general management of the company MCS, a subsidiary of the American Holding UTC.

A graduate in engineering from Paris-Saclay University with a master degree from the Ecole des Mines de Paris and HEC Paris, Ali Zerouali is a militant of Afro-optimism, convinced that a bright future lies ahead for the African continent, particularly through energy, a fundamental factor to sustainable development and growth. As such, he is working towards a green revolution dynamic on a regional and continental scale.

As Vice-President of the Africa Commission at the CGEM (General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises), and President of GreenH2’s International Commission, he strives to promote the development of the Moroccan private sector in Africa. Ali has also been appointed in the Council of Engineers on the Energy Transition (CEET), an Independent Advisory Council to the UN Secretary-General.

Ali is married and the father of 2 children.

RAUL MANZANAS OCHAGAVIA is the Development Director at ACCIONA NORDEX GREEN HYDROGEN for EMEA since 2023. He has been working in the Renewable & Wind Industry since 2004. First as Acciona Energia Head of International Asset Manager, then from 2007 till 2014, he was leading Technical R&D Technology within Acciona Energia, Offshore Wind Technical and Business development, with special focus on Floating solutions, Supporting Acciona Group activities in Offshore O&G, Developing BESS solutions, with 1st World Containerized 1MW BESS connected to PV (ILIS Project) in partnership with SAFT in 2008. During this period of time He was Chairman of Industrial EUROGIA+ Cluster, supported by EU Member States and EU Commission to promote Decarbonisation solutions. In 2014, he moved to Acciona Windpower as Head of O&M and After Sales, being part of the Key group driving the Merge process with Nordex during 2015 and post integration and he was Head of Services for International Division (Americas, Med, Africa and APAC.

Raul has a MSc Industrial Engineer (TECNUM – Navarra University), an Executive MBA (UPC) and a Master in Renewable Energy (CENIFER)