With over 35 years in infrastructure both as a banker and for 20 years as an infrastructure partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Paul is a specialist in Carbon Capture and Storage.  He chaired the CCS Advisory Group – the industry group that worked with Government to develop the outline business models to support CCS – and now chairs the commercial working group of the Coalition for Negative Emissions, which is looking to develop an active market that would buy the negative emissions that EfWs linked to CCS will produce.  He also ran the shipping finance team at HSBC and has been taking an active role in developing the business models to help underpin a new CO2 shipping market.

A qualified Mechanical Engineer, Ian Crummack has over 25 years’ experience in Energy from Waste and thermal power generation markets on a national and international basis, with worldwide technology experience. He has worked across Europe, managing projects to fruition from development, through the planning, consultation and tender stages, and then into construction and operation. Ian has significant experience with associated contractual matters and taking financial and management responsibility for energy business units. Ian is the founder and managing director of Cobalt Energy Limited, which is now over 10 years old, which offers Engineering Resources, Project Construction Services and Plant Operational Management.”

Experienced research and innovation professional with a demonstrated history of operating in the intersection of industry, business, and scientific research. Olsen is a Mechanical Engineer and holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from NTNU.