Frank Wouters

Chairman of the MENA Hydrogen Alliance. Frank Wouters has been leading renewable energy projects, transactions, and technology development for more than 30 years and played a leading role in the development of renewable energy projects all around the world. He served as Deputy Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) from 2012 to 2014. He has served on the board of energy companies in Europe, Asia, the US and Africa and currently serves as Chairman of the MENA Hydrogen Alliance and of the Dii Advisory Board (both based in Dubai), Director of the EU Med-GEM Network (Brussels), Fellow of the Payne Institute based in the Colorado School of Mines (Denver), Chairman of the Benelux Business Council Abu Dhabi and of the HyET Group Advisory Board (The Netherlands), Senior Advisor to the Chairman at Welspun New Energy Ltd (Mumbai), and Non-Executive Board Director of Gore Street Capital (London). Frank Wouters has authored several books on renewable energy and green hydrogen, and lives in Abu Dhabi. He has a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Delft University.