Xavier Vallez

Xavier Vallez serves as Global Head of Renewables Business Unit, where he is responsible for leading sales, marketing, product development and developing go-to-market strategy. A seasoned industry senior with over two decades of experience in electrical products in many different segments: automation and motion control, safety cabinets & electrical protection, utilities sector, nuclear… , is working for Prysmian from 2007 and active on Renewables (PV Solar and Wind) segment from 2016. Mr. Vallez holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering and an executive Master of Business Administration from Barcelona Business School.

Leon Bost

Leon Bost is CRU’s European Economist. Prior to joining CRU, he worked at the Institute for Applied Economic Research in Germany and in the office of the Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. Mr Bost now works in the CRU London office and holds a master's degree in economics from the University of Hohenheim in Germany.

Paul Gustavsson

CEO of Elcowire Group with Headquarter in Helsingborg, Sweden with a MBA from Copenhagen Business School and previously been Managing Director and Head of Business Unit within Buhler Group. Elcowire is one of the leading suppliers in Europe of products based on copper and aluminum wire rod, copper ropes, profiles and conductor materials made of copper, copper alloys for the electrical and infrastructure industry and contributes to the global transition to renewable energy. The solutions enable efficient energy transmission and can be found in everything from electric vehicles to power transmission within and between countries - above and below ground. In short, the Elcowire Group contributes to everything related to electrification.

Paul J. Wagner

In 1985, Paul J. Wagner joined the 56-year-old family business in sales. Mr Paul became President in 1992 and Chairman/CEO in 2000. He greatly expanded the company’s market exposure to include medical, defense, and space technology sectors. He provided strategic direction to evolve the business into a high technology development house primarily through federal research and development grants.

He won the prestigious Tibbetts Award in 2007 for excellence in Small Business Innovation Research and is a currently a member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS). In 2021, Minnesota Wire was nominated for the White House National Medal of Technology and Innovation award.

Juan Mogollon

Juan Mogollon is the Executive Vice President of the Energy Division of the Prysmian Group. Before joining Prysmian, Mr Mogollon spent 2 years at General Cable as Senior Vice President of General Cable Latin America. Prior to joining General Cable, he served as President of Emerging Markets at Tyco International, and President of Security Services for United Technology in Europe. He started his career at General Electric where he held various global leadership positions, including Global Commercial Director for GE Capital Equipment Services; Commercial Director for GE Consumer & Industrial in Europe; General Manager for Global Services of GE Healthcare; and Managing Director for GE Medical Systems Brazil. He has a bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Arizona and a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Mohammed Al Mutawa

Mohammad Almutawa is the Group CEO at Ducab. Mohammad joined Ducab in 2015 as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), and in 2021 took the position of Group CEO - Ducab. Mohammed made significant impact by developing and implementing the strategic initiatives and growing Ducab’s cable business both in local and export markets, as well as spearheading the brand refreshing and communication efforts of the company. Prior to Ducab Mohammad was with Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) for 14 years, developing global markets especially in Southeast Asia, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Mohammad holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from University New Haven, USA.

Michael Hellemann

Michael Hellemann is a Danish citizen, based in Hamburg, Germany. Mr Hellemann joined Aurubis AG in 2020 and is heading the Commercial organisation (Primary and Secondary Raw Material Procurement, Sales & Marketing of Products, Intermediates and Co-products)

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Sebastian Holzer

At HIS they have set themselves the task to provide operators of photovoltaic plants with comprehensive and integrated cabling and switching solutions with which they can achieve their objectives and maintain their long-term position in the market. Together with the owner of the group, Sebastian developed HIS from foundation for 13 years to European´s leading manufacturer for eBOS components & solutions in the PV industry. Since then, HIS supplied PV plants totaling > 40.0 GW across Europe and Overseas.

Sebastian Holzer gained profound knowledge about PV market cable needs collect installation numbers and project lists for all major markets in Europe. Currently Mr Sebastian is working on a extension of current business to convert HIS to full one-stop-provider for integration of Renewables.

Alberto Lampasona

Alberto is Public Affairs Director at Europacable, the European wire and cable manufacturers association in Brussels which includes the largest cable makers in the world providing global technology leadership, as well as highly specialized small- and medium sized businesses from across Europe. Mr Lampasona joined Europacable in 2018 as Public Affairs Manager, after previously working for public affairs consultancies where he advised clients on energy and environmental policies, the Italian Government delegation managing the Italian EU Presidency of the Council in 2014 and the European Commission. He holds a Master’s Degree in EU International and Diplomacy Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.