Santeri Rantala is the Founder/CEO of SOLCOFIN Group and has nearly two decades of experience in the Southeast Asian biomass industry. He was among the first to establish commercial-scale wood pellet factories in Indonesia and has since played a leading role in shaping the country’s biomass sector. 
 

Graduate of the Faculty of Commodity Science at the Maritime University in Gdynia, Poland, with a specialization in Commodity Science and Quality Management, as well as postgraduate studies in Energy and Renewable Energy Sources at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. 
 

For over 15 years, she has been professionally involved in the certification of product quality and management systems, as well as the renewable energy sector. She has served for many years as a third-party auditor for several certification bodies, including the Polish Center for Testing and Certification, and global ones as: SGS Polska Sp. z o.o., Control Union Poland Sp. z o.o., DIN CERTCO GmbH, Bureau Veritas Polska Sp. z o.o., and DQS.
   

An active member of working groups under the European Pellet Council (EPC), part of BIOENERGY EUROPE. Currently, she also serves as President of the auditing company Biocontrol Sp. z o.o. and Vice President of the Polish Pellet Council.

Adam is a graduate of Gdynia Maritime University (Business Management) and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the School of Banking in partnership with the University of Northampton. He began his career in the banking and financial sector (1998–2003), later moving into certification. From 2002 to 2007, he was Lead Auditor at PRS S.A., and from 2007 to 2015, Director of Certification and Audit at SGS Polska Sp. z o.o. Since 2012, he has held the position of Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe at SGS, contributing to international projects within the SGS Group. In 2014, he co-founded Biocontrol Sp. z o.o. and helped develop the National Standard for Biomass Authentication. He is a co-creator of the SNS certification system and the National Biomass Authentication Register (www.ksub.pl)—the most widely used tools for biomass supply chain verification in Poland.

Hasnoel is the Director of BAC Renewable Energy Sdn Bhd, with 28 years experience, playing Senior Leadership roles in Project Development, Structuring and Advisory, in the areas of public policy, corporate finance, strategic reviews, financial advisory, and risk management. 

He has been involved in Renewable Energy and Waste industry since 2010, pioneering the development of integrated biomass, biogas, bioCNG and Liquified Biomethane projects in Malaysia and SEA, winning numerous accolades. He has structured numerous Bioenergy and Biofuels schemes, Renewable Energy concessions, Energy and Power sector financing programs in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam, with more than 20 Private Financing Initiatives (PFI) and Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects across the region, totalling more than USD10bil.

Hasnoel was previously with Andersen and CIMB Bank in Kuala Lumpur. He obtained his degree in Economics & Accounting from UK, and he is a qualified Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Shunsuke Kawagishi specializes in climate change mitigation policy, technology and market research. In recent years, he has conducted numerous surveys in the fields of biomass sustainability including woody biomass fuels and SAF. 
 

After graduated from the School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 2006, he joined Mitsubishi Research Institute in 2006. He seconded to the Global Environment Office of the Industrial Technology and Environment Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry from 2009 to 2012.
   

He was nominated to Expert Reviewer of the IPCC WG3 Fifth Assessment Report (2012), IPCC WG3 Sixth Assessment Report (2020), RIETI Consulting Fellow (2013). He has been an expert nominated by the Japan (since 2020) to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) where contributed to the Long-Term Aspirational Goal Task Group and currently is contributing to the Working Group on CORSIA.

Vinh Dang has over 15 years of experience in the climate and energy sector, with a focus on renewable energy strategy, carbon reduction initiatives. His career has spanned both corporate and regional roles, driving impactful programs across Southeast Asia.

Currently, Vinh focuses on climate and energy execution efforts in Adidas' supply chain in Southeast Asia. He is passionate about accelerating the energy transition and fostering collaboration across industries to address climate challenges.

David McGregor is a Director of New Zealand company Carbona. Carbona is spearheading the development torrefaction and carbonisation projects throughout  Australasia.

With a 30+ year tenure in the industrial energy sector across Australasia. David is a long-time advocate for sustainable energy; his expertise is deeply rooted in the development and promotion of biomass renewable energy sources

Thibault Cheisson is Project Manager for Biocarbon Development at Eramet, where he drives the Group’s strategy to decarbonize metallurgical operations through sustainable carbon alternatives. Based in Paris, he works at the intersection of innovation and industrial transformation, leading efforts to scale up biocarbon use across the company’s global production sites as part of Eramet’s broader commitment to low-carbon metallurgy. 
 

He holds a PhD in chemistry from École Polytechnique in France and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining Eramet’s corporate decarbonization team, he contributed to the Group’s R&D efforts in pyrometallurgy, building on a strong academic foundation in metal chemistry and separation science with more than 40 publications in top-tier journals.

Anna Rellama is a Principal at Arthur D. Little Southeast Asia with over a decade of strategic advisory experience across the region. Anna plays a key role in expanding the firm’s footprint in Southeast Asia—particularly in the Philippines—partnering with leading conglomerates, public-sector stakeholders, and multi-lateral funding organizations such as ADB, APEC, ASEAN, and UNOPS in pivotal areas such as renewable markets design, feasibility studies, and organizational transformation to support energy transition. Her ability to align diverse interests and drive consensus across fragmented markets has been instrumental in accelerating transformation initiatives. 
 

Prior to joining Arthur D. Little, Anna held multiple leadership roles at YCP Solidiance, the consulting arm of the HK-listed YCP Group. During her tenure, she led engagements in heavy industries—supporting clients in navigating disruption and capturing market opportunities. Anna holds a Master of Science in Strategic Management from HEC Paris and a Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering from Ateneo de Manila University.

Max started his career with KOEN's coal procurement in 2012, where he was involved in coal purchasing, logistics arrangement, and supply & demand planning for 4 thermal power plants. The amount of procured coal was approximately 27 million tons per annum, carried by more than 230 shipments (capesize or panamax size vessels).
 

In 2021, he was dispatched to Vietnam to support KEPCO's Vung Ang II Thermal Power Project as a GA & Fuel General Manager.  This project is a joint project with KEPCO, Mitsubishi, Chugoku, and Shikoku power company for 1.2 GW TPP in middle of Vietnam (Ha Tinh). 
 

He returned to KOEN this year and has been working on wood pellet procurement, with annual procured amount of around 1 million tons.