Energy, Climate & Resource Efficiency Leadership

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Kurt Bock is Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE,
a position he assumed in May 2011. Bock is currently responsible for Legal, Taxes & Insurance, Strategic Planning & Controlling, Communications & Government Relations, Global Executive Human Resources, Investor Relations and Compliance. From 2003 until 2011, he was Chief Financial Officer of BASF SE, and during that time, from 2007, he was also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corporation, based in the United States.

In 1985, Bock started his career with BASF in finance. From 1992 until 1998, he held several management positions in Germany and Brazil for the automotive supplier and electronics company Robert Bosch. Bock returned to BASF in 1998.

Kurt Bock was born in Rahden, Eastern Westphalia, Germany, in 1958. From 1977 he studied Business Administration at the Universities of Münster and Cologne as well as at Pennsylvania State University, United States, and received his diploma in 1982 from the University of Cologne. In 1985, he earned his doctorate in Economics from the University of Bonn. Kurt Bock is married and has three children.

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Effective 8 December 2016 Professor Dr Aldo Belloni is Chief Executive Officer of Linde AG.

Previously, Dr Belloni was a Member of the Executive Board of Linde AG from 2000 to 2014. In this function he was most recently responsible for the Engineering Division and also for the EMEA segment (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and the Tonnage (on-site) Global Business Unit of the Gases Division.

Dr Belloni joined Linde in 1980 and held various executive positions in Munich and New York.

Prior to joining Linde, Dr Belloni worked for Krebs & Co. GmbH in Berlin and for Oxon Italia SpA in Milan.

Dr Belloni attended the Milan Polytechnic Institute between 1968 and 1973 and holds a doctorate in Chemical Engineering.

Aldo Belloni was born 1950 in Milan, Italy.

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Dr. Elmar Degenhart has been Chairman of the Executive Board of Continental AG in Hanover, Germany, since August 2009.  In his capacity, he is also responsible for Corporate Communications, Corporate Quality and Environment, Continental Business System and Automotive Central Functions.

Before being appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of Continental AG, Dr. Degenhart was President of Schaeffler Group Automotive.  From 2005 to 2008, he was Chief Executive Officer at Keiper Recaro Group.  Previously, he served as President, Chassis Systems, at Robert Bosch GmbH.  From 1998 to 2003, he was Executive Vice President, Electronic Brake Systems, at Continental AG; in this capacity, he was also Member of the Management Board of Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG.  From 1993 to 1998, Dr. Degenhart worked at ITT Automotive Europe GmbH, most recently as Director Operations Brake Systems North America.

Dr. Degenhart started his career at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA where he held various positions from 1987 to 1993; most recently, he was Head of the Department Handling and Industrial Robot Systems.

Born in Dossenheim, Germany, in 1959, he studied Air and Space Technology at the University of Stuttgart where he earned a “Diplom-Ingenieur” degree.  In 1992, he earned a Ph.D.; his thesis focused on mechanical engineering in the area of cleanroom Technology.

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Mr. Xabier Etxeberria serves as Onshore Chief Executive Officer at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy since April 2017 and previously served as Business Chief Executive Officer and Executive General Director at Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica S.A. since June 2012.

Before GAMESA, Mr Etxeberria spent and built most of his professional career at GKN Driveline, the world’s leading supplier of automotive driveline technologies and system. He joined GKN in Spain in 1994. Mr. Etxeberria served as Commercial and Industrial Director for GKN Driveline Driveshafts of GKN Driveline Celaya since 2004. He served as Global Operational Systems Director for Driveshafts of GKN Driveline Headquarters Ltd. since 2006 and then moved as Operational Systems Director of Gkn Driveline International Gmbh since November 2008.

Before joining GKN, he served as Managing Director of Aceralia and Harrison Axle SA. Mr. Etxeberria holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering in Bilbao (ETSI), Bilbao Spain.

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In April 2013, Peder Holk Nielsen, born 1956, took over as the second CEO of Novozymes since the IPO. Peder has dedicated his career to the field of industrial biotechnology, beginning in 1984 as a Product Manager in the Enzymes Division of Novo A/S.

Novozymes and Peder Holk Nielsen ranks #9 on Fortune Magazine’s list of companies that are changing the world and was recognized as Global Game Changer by Forbes.   

Peder’s career path quickly took him into a succession of leadership roles. From 1987 he became Head of the New Business Development Group. He took over as Vice President in R&D in 1990. In 1995 Peder joined the management team of the enzyme business in Novo Nordisk A/S initially as Vice President of Development and Quality management, and from 1999 he led Sales and Marketing in the enzymes business. He held this position until the demerger of Novozymes from Novo Nordisk.

During his many years in the management teams of the Novozymes business, Peder has focused his attention on developing the organization and processes to effectively can turn customer insights into product ideas and deliver solutions that excite Novozymes’ customers. Often he has been directly involved in leading such ventures as was the case when Novozymes built its partnerships in biomass conversion.

Peder Holk Nielsen holds a Ph.D. and an M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and a B.Com. in International Business Management from Copenhagen Business School.

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Joanne has worked in the Mining Industry since 1981, following an earlier career as an economist. She has a BSc (Psychology and Economics), a Graduate Dip (Management) and has completed Business Leadership Programmes through the University of NSW and London Business School.

Joanne was appointed Rio Tinto's Group executive, Health, Safety and Environment in July 2016, and additionally holds the position of Managing director Australia, a role that overseas Rio Tinto's representation in Australia.

During her career, Joanne has held a variety of leadership roles in human resources, training, communications, health, safety, environment, government and community relations at both a corporate level and in Rio Tinto's key commodities including iron ore, exploration, energy, aluminium, diamonds and coal. She has worked in most of the states of Australia as well as in the UK and the USA.

Joanne is a director of Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, a member of; Chief Executive Women, the Business Council's Economic and Competitiveness Committee and is a Special Advisor on the Male Champions of Change. In 2012 she was awarded the Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA Women in Resources Champion and recently was recognised as one of the Australian Financial Review and Westpac's 100 Women of Influence for 2016.

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Francesco Starace was appointed Group Chief Executive in May 2014.

Mr. Starace joined Enel Group in 2000, holding several executive positions including Head of Business Power (from July 2002 to October 2005) and Managing Director of the Market Division (from November 2005 to September 2008). Between 2008 and 2014, he was Chief Executive Officer of Enel Green Power, the Group's renewable power generation subsidiary and a leading player in the global renewables industry. In November 2010, Mr. Starace led the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the business, floating it on the Milan and Madrid stock exchanges with a market capitalization of €8 billion.

Mr. Starace began his career in construction management of power generation plants, first at General Electric Group and then at ABB Group and subsequently Alstom Power Corporation, where he was appointed Head of worldwide gas turbines sales.

Mr. Starace's international experience includes periods spent living in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bulgaria.

In May 2015, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the United Nations Global Compact. Since June 2014, he is also a member of the Advisory Board of the United Nations Sustainable Energy 4 All initiative. In January 2016 he was appointed co-Chair of the World Economic Forum's Energy Utilities and Energy Technologies Community and Member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.

Born in Rome in 1955, he graduated with a degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Milan Polytechnic. He is married with two sons, is a keen cyclist and a supporter of A.S. Roma football club, and is passionate about poetry and modern art.

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Ms. Dany Qian has been in the renewable energy industry for more than 8 years.  

March 2016, at Boao Forum, Ms Jing Qian was invited by B20 on behalf of JinkoSolar, participated the “B20 round-table conference – Global Economic Governance: Voices and Appeals from Enterprises” as the only Chinese female leader. At the forum, Ms Jing Qian discussed issues with Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma and BCG President Hans-Paul Bürkner.  In the meantime, Ms Jing Qian was invited to participate “Energy/Resources Industry Leaders round-table conference”, discussing the possibility to establish “Asian Energy Resources Partnerships” with 30 CEOs from the industry.

žSeptember 2016, Ms Jing Qian was invited to attend Hangzhou B20 Summit on behalf of JinkoSolar, raising two  key arguments including “green infrastructure investment will be the main driver of economic recovery across global markets” and “new record set for world’s cheapest solar, now is undercutting coal. Solar is about to replace coal to become one of the primary energies.”