Dr Fabian Lehretz

Dr.-Ing. Fabian Lehretz studied industrial engineering and materials science at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. He started his professional career in 2010 at Lapp Insulators (Pfisterer Group) and became R&D manager for HV composite insulators. In 2019, he moved to TenneT TSO, where he worked as an asset specialist for high-voltage insulators and corrosion protection. In 2025 Fabian Lehretz was promoted to Head of Asset Management AC. Mr Lehretz leads several CIGRE working groups on dielectric HV materials and testing and is project manager of the IEC working group PT63264 to create a new standard for insulators with integrated optical components.

Zdeněk Hruška

Zdeněk Hruška graduated from Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. He has been working at ČEPS since 2007. He used to work in the field of ancillary services; currently he is engaged in the development of the Czech electricity transmission system and technical strategy, including cooperation with other European operators. Zdeněk Hruška started working in the ENTSO-E organization in 2009. At the beginning, he was responsible for the preparation and setting up the creation of 10year network development plan. In recent years, he has been working for System development committee and as convenor of the team responsible for processing data and tools for the development of European transmission systems.

Yann Duclot

Yann Duclot is the Nexans Acceleration Units Director at Nexans, where he oversees 4 Business lines, including Nexans Solar Technologies and Nexans MCS (Machines, Cryogenics, Superconductivity). With over 25 years of experience in Business Unit Management, Transformation of organisation, Management of the Innovation, Yann has been instrumental in scaling up business activities and driving company’s growth and profitability and. He hold an MSC from Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM). Yann is also a Board Member of CurrENT and animated by “Making a dent in the Universe”. Prior to joining Nexans, he has spent 11 years at Cavotec and was an Executive Member of the company as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer.

Simon Price

Simon is Director of Energy Transition at CRU, which provides business intelligence on the metals and materials driving the global economy, including steel, aluminium and copper. He focuses on the technologies and materials that will drive decarbonisation, including solar power and lithium-ion batteries. An electrical engineer, Simon began his career in the steel industry before spending several years in the US as a journalist, analyst, and latterly CEO of a software developer. In 2008 he made the switch into renewable energy as a co-founder of a solar cell technology startup, and two years later he co-founded a solar module factory design business. In 2015, Simon founded Exawatt to forecast the cost and performance of technologies that deliver decarbonisation through electrification. These include solar power, batteries, electric vehicles, and power conversion and transmission. Exawatt was acquired by CRU in early 2023.

Charles Mellagui

Charles Mellagui specialized in Energy at Nexans (one of the top cable manufacturers). He has lead businesses under challenging circumstances and delivered good returns to shareholders. He drives strategic planning process, growth, performance, operations and profitability and promotes Health & Safety culture.