[Update | SDG Series] Hydrogen: Fuel of the Future?

As the Programme Manager for Hydrogen Economy at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in China, Ms Wang Wanyi is responsible for the developing and implementation of projects in areas of decarbonisation, hydrogen and fuel cell commercialisation, renewable energy, technical vocational education and training, disaster risk reduction, and resilience building. She is also responsible for UNDP’s liaison with China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development.

On hydrogen and fuel cell economy, she manages a programme portfolio covering 8 demonstration cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Great Bay Area, and the Yangtze River Delta, which are the 3 clusters spearheading hydrogen and fuel cell development in China. Ms Wang is skilled in development programming using participatory approach, managing technical assistance, project management, partnership building, resource mobilisation, coordination, as well as communications and advocacy.

Prior to her assignment with the UNDP China Office, she completed her assignment in UNDP’s project offices in Guangxi, China. She has also worked for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva, Switzerland, and worked in refugee social integration, women empowerment, journalism, and communications in the United Kingdom and in China.

Ms Wang holds a Master of Science in International Development from the University of Manchester, and two bachelor’s Degrees in Business Studies and Financial Management.

Chris is Partner of Commercial Strategy and Research service in Deloitte Shanghai office. Chris started his career in the Deloitte Taiwan practice. Chris focuses on automotive parts and new energy vehicle sectors and had led numerous commercial due-diligence and strategic planning projects in the related field.

Recent selected project experiences include:

• Assisted a global leading hydrogen fuel cell company to get localized in China, covering an in-depth analysis of China hydrogen subsidizing policies and industry ecosystem of each demonstration cities, industrial park screening and negotiation support
• Led a China solar supplier market study. Assessed the demand-supply situation of the market as well as the price and cost analysis along the value chain
• Assisted a leading European chemical manufacturer to search for M&A opportunities in China’s Lithium battery industry
• Served as SME for a commercial due-diligence project for the acquisition of a lithium ion batter manufacturer by a leading SOE clients
• Led a commercial due-diligence of electric logistic vehicle for a local SOE clients
• Helped a leading US Li-ion battery manufacturer to research China energy storage market demand and conduct market feasibility study
• Chris is also a co-author of Deloitte hydrogen fuel cell total cost of ownership white paper

In a career spanning 30 years, Ray has lived & worked in China for 20 of them and before Gleeds worked for ABB, Johnson Matthey and ICI. Ray sits on the Advisory Board of the University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus. Ray was co-author of the inaugural Position Paper on behalf of all four British Chambers in China and was part of the London outreach delegation presenting the Paper to the UK government and other stakeholders.

Ya Ji is Assistant Professor of Power Engineering in China-UK low carbon college at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She got her Bachelor’s degree in Nanjing University and PhD degree in National University of Singapore. Her research interests lie in areas of electrical energy storage and conversion systems, including fuel cells, flow batteries and hydrogen evolution. Her research also involves with advanced materials such as functional polymers, nanoparticles or carbon-based materials. She published more than 10 papers in top journals. She participated in many national projects and industrial collaboration projects in Singapore. She is the PI of Shanghai Sailing program.

As the Director of Wood Consulting China, David Li has extensive experience in petrochemical, chemical and large-scale mining projects. Mr. Li participated in many large-scale domestic and foreign petrochemical and refining integrated consulting projects, and led many planning projects in chemical parks. He has rich experience in the management and execution of strategic consulting, technical consulting and other projects in the petrochemical and mining fields.

Martin Tai is a Partner at ERM Group based in our Beijing office. Martin is a Singaporean with over 20 years of experience in the Chinese energy and renewable sector. His experience covers oil and gas, renewables energy and petrochemicals, both in China and for Chinese outbound investment. His clients include Petrochina, CNOOC, Sinopec, PowerChina, China Energy, TOTAL China, China construction, Gezhouba, ICBC, Bank of China, etc.