World Energy Council announces Future Energy Leaders 2024

The World Energy Council has announced the selection of 49 young professionals for the 2024-2025 Future Energy Leaders programme cohort.

The new additions bring the total number of current Future Energy Leaders to 108 under the three-year programme.

The addition of the new cohort brings overall global Future Energy Leader representation to 63 countries, with participants coming from a variety of sectors including power and utilities, renewables, technology and innovation, government, consultancy, civil society, and academia.

The programme's mission is to encourage Future Energy Leaders to collaborate with energy leaders across the World Energy Council network to foster understanding and cooperation in the pursuit of faster, fairer and more far-reaching energy transitions worldwide.

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The 2024-2025 global Future Energy Leaders programme participants are:

• Sawadogo Abdoul Faissal, Sank Green Energy; Burkina Faso
• Chadia Michelle Abreu Manon, Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Dominican Republic ; Dominican Republic
• Karikari Achireko, The World Bank; Ghana
• Matthias Agius, The Energy and Water Agency; Malta
• Meirah Alkaabi, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure; United Arab Emirates
• David Arinze, Off-Grid Energy; Nigeria
• Enoc Basilio, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Peru
• Khangalsaikhan Bayaraa, Eurokhan LLC; Mongolia
• Francisco Beltran, KTH/ITM/EGI; Uruguay
• Mariela Colombo, Calden Consultoria; Argentina
• Solène Cronimus, ENGIE; France
• Freyja Björk Dagbjartsdóttir, Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland; Iceland
• Jeffrey Du, Sembcorp Industries Ltd; Singapore
• Ahmed Elmezain, Tsukuba University; Egypt
• Youssouf Eusman, King Abdullah City For Atomic and Renewable Energy; Djubouti
• Runtian Feng, Uniper; Germany
• Eduardo Fernández Castro, Repsol; Spain
• Tomás Goldstein, Equinor; Portugal
• Nikita Gorbatko, Adventum Tech, NGG group, NRG; Latvia
• Noureddine Hamri, Turn up the light; Morocco
• Zhang Han, State Grid; China
• Jonathan Haupert, The Boeing Company; United States
• Martin Heissenberger, VERBUND Green Power and World Energy Council Austria; Austria
• Hossam Hussein, Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC); Egypt
• Rimshah Javed, Arenko ; Pakistan
• Nirmal KC, Water and Energy Commission Secretariat; Nepal
• Wonjae Kim, KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co.,Ltd; Korea
• Kasweka Konga, Africa GreenCo/GreenCo Power Services Limited ; Zambia
• Yifei Liu, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.; China
• Sai Praneeth Macherla, Verdagy; Canada
• Nonhlelo Mathunjwa, Hitachi Energy; Eswatini
• Wojciech Modzelewski, ClientEarth; Poland
• Shipra Mohan, ABB AS Norway; Norway
• Quy Nguyen, Sembcorp Energy Vietnam; Vietnam
• Carolina Parra, Fundación Chile; Chile
• Akshay Sanjeev Patil, Bain & Company; United States
• Edison Andrés Pogo Macas, CELEC; Ecuador
• Robin Puchert, Division of Climate and Energy, Bavarian Environment Agency; Germany
• Ana Karen Rangel Lappe, Siemens Energy; Mexico
• Shiyu Rao, CBRE; China
• Jim Rijks, Iberdrola Renewables; Netherlands
• Yang Loong Siaw, Sarawak Energy; Malaysia
• Annabelle Sibué, Iberdrola Energie France; France
• Joe Sigolo, Kekst CNC; United Kingdom
• Arianna Tapia, Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador; Ecuador
• Jeremy Wong, CLP Holdings; Hong Kong, China
• Alexander Worner Papenberg, Copec S.A; Chile
• Maide Yılmaz, Foton Energy; Turkey
• Eduarda Zoghbi, Climate Investment Funds; Brazil

The Council’s global Future Energy Leaders programme is complemented by National Future Energy Leaders programmes around the world - communities of young energy professionals within individual countries, tied to national member committees of the World Energy Council.

Global and National Future Energy Leaders convene alongside the wider energy ecosystem at the Council’s flagship World Energy Congress every two years.

The next World Energy Congress will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 26-29 October 2026.