South Korean Renewable Energy Policy & Corporate Climate Action

Huub den Rooijen is an international leader of the low carbon energy transition for over 25 years, including offshore wind, ocean power, and CO2 storage. Founder of Shell’s wind energy business in the late nineties, he managed delivery of the first offshore windfarms in the UK and the Netherlands. Until late 2022 was the Managing Director of The Crown Estate’s marine business unit. Huub is now a member of several boards including Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult in the UK and Westermeerwind in the Netherlands, and an advisor to The Crown Estate. Passionate about striking the right balance between the many demands placed on the marine space from industry, society, and nature. Educated as an astrophysicist, early career as a geophysicist, and with a lifelong passion as a naturalist, Huub is a Dutch national and British resident.

Han Chen is the Head of APAC Clean Energy Policy in Apple’s Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives team. She works closely with the Apple Supplier Clean Energy Program to improve access to renewable energy procurement in Asia.

Yuki is a policy researcher at Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership (JCLP) , a cross-sectoral coalition of over 230 leading businesses committed to a 1.5°C-aligned net zero transition. Yuki provides insights on Japan's climate and energy policies and monitoring policy-making process in order to support JCLP's development and delivery of effective policy engagement.

Francesca is an engineer and currently working as Head of Climate Change and Renewable Energy Policies in Enel, in charge of: (i) consolidating the Enel Group position on policies referring to electricity, climate change, low carbon, international carbon markets regulation, and promoting it towards institutions, associations and other organizations; (ii) assessing EU policy advancements and performing the related scenario analysis; (iii) defining within Energy Transition Policy Frameworks the global Group position on climate change, low carbon policies, just energy transition policies and international carbon markets regulation. Previously, she worked for 6 years in the Competitor Intelligence, Market Studies & Strategic Analysis team, a department of the staff of the CEO of Enel Green Power. She also previously worked for 5 years in Enel Global Trading, in the Power and Fuel Portfolio Management - Energy Management Italy. Before joining Enel, between 2010 and 2011, Francesca worked in BNL.

At the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), Romain was the project manager for the Think 2030 sustainability platform which brings together various stakeholders, including business and policy makers, to propose solutions for a sustainable future within and beyond Europe, and worked on projects and publications related to the circular economy. Romain was also a Policy Analyst in the Sustainable Prosperity for Europe Programme at the European Policy Centre (EPC) analysing policy developments in the field of resource efficiency, climate action and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. He first gained experience in the think tank world as personal assistant to the Managing Director of Re-Define, an organisation working on the Euro crisis and the Green New Deal. With an academic background in political sciences and international relations and a Master in Geopolitics and Geostrategy, Romain also lived in England, Mexico, Canada and France with professional experiences in the private and cultural sectors.

Youngwoo is leading LG Electronics' Energy and Facility team, focused on global energy policy, renewable energy and carbon neutrality.

Yuna is the Country Manager for Korea and leads InfluenceMap’s research program on corporate climate policy engagement in South Korea. Prior to joining InfluenceMap in March 2021, Yuna was a Partnerships Executive with climate data NGO CDP, focusing on East and Southeast Asia. She was also formerly a Research Manager and Acting Correspondent for the Economist magazine in Seoul.