Carolien van Tilburg

Senior Trade Officer, Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Japan

Carolien van Tilburg is a Senior Trade Advisor at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Japan. She works on bilateral knowledge exchange, trade promotion, and matchmaking between Dutch and Japanese offshore wind companies, research institutes and governments. In her career she worked also in Paris, Beijing, and The Hague on a wide range of topics. This is her third time in Japan, first as an exchange student, later as a correspondent for Dutch media and currently at the embassy in Tokyo.

Per Christer Lund

Energy and Technology Consellor, Norwegian Embassy in Japan

Dr. Per Christer Lund – short bio: Per Christer is Counsellor for Energy and Technology at the Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo. In this role he supports Norwegian companies for growing cooperation and market opportunities in Japan and Korea and Southeast Asia. Per Christer has held similar roles at Norwegian embassy in Tokyo, Singapore and Dubai since 2006.
With an PhD in chemical engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Per Christer engagement in the maritime and energy industries spans over 30 years, including research institute (Institute of Energy Technology in Norway); software company (director for OMX/HandelScandinavia - now Nasdaq OMZ) in Canada; energy market consultancy (Nordpool Consulting) (advisory on global energy markets) and a Japanese nuclear power company (Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation).

Jacob Rasmussen

Minister-Counsellor for Economic Diplomacy – Energy, Royal Danish Embassy in Japan

Jacob Rasmussen joined the Danish Foreign Affairs in 2018 after a long versatile commercial experience within Energy, Sales and Business Development, Emerging market and Consulting.
The all-round international experience in particular within the wind energy industry has provided the ability to focus on Danish experiences and advisory related to the energy transition to resolve key political and technical barriers for the successful build-out of Renewable Energy Farms.
Jacob has been residing in Asia for the last 10 years and enjoy the challenges of bridging between Governmental and Commercial interests.
Jacob holds a Master’s Degree in International Business from Aarhus University.

Dr. Lucas Witoslawski

Chief Operating Officer, Deputy Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Japan

Dr. Lucas Witoslawski is Deputy Delegate of the German Commerce & Industry in Japan and Chief Operating Officer of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan
(AHK Japan) since 2016. He is also responsible for the service section DE International, which supports German business in starting or extending their business in Japan and
facilitates the bilateral exchange between German and Japanese business in almost all industrial areas. Additionally, he accompanied the setup of the first German Agriculture
and Food Competence Center by order of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Japan, as well as the setup of the secretary of The German-Japanese Energy
Partnership in Japan. Before of his current position he was in charge for global business development of a major German technical service provider as well as head of digital transformation of a business stream for the same company. During his professional career, he facilitated the transfer of innovative products and services from Germany to Japan. He used to work and study for several years in Japan and Germany and has consultancy experience in both countries.
Dr. Lucas Witoslawski has studied business computing at the University of Paderborn in Germany with focus on international management, networking technologies and operations research. He holds also a PhD from Yokohama National University in Japan, where he specialized on the influence of human resource related difficulties of European businesses in Japan and the influence of motivational factors of local employees working for European businesses in Japan.

Els Verhulst

Science & Technology Counselor, Embassy of Belgium in Japan

Els Verhulst is the Science and Technology Counselor for Flanders Investment & Trade Tokyo, focusing a.o. on Green Energy, i.e. offshore wind and hydrogen technologies.
She is a master in Bioengineering from KU Leuven (Belgium) and owns a MBA from the University of Leicester (UK).
Having lived and worked in Japan for more than 30 years, Els has over 20 years of business development experience in several technology sectors and among others has coached more than 400 European technology driven SMEs for their market expansion in Japa. She joined Flanders Investment & Trade in 2021.

吉田昌弘

室蘭洋上風力関連事業推進協議会 MOPA 調査研究グループリーダー

大学院にて材料工学を学んだのち、三菱重工業に入社。入社後は鋼構造物の製造、2005年からは風車の製造・サプライチェーン構築に従事し、MHI Vestas Offshore Windを含め複数の生産部門の立ち上げを国内外で牽引し、日本の洋上風車サプライチェーン構築に貢献。2021年に株式会社レノバに入社し、洋上風力発電事業を中心にエンジニアリング全般を推進。2023年4月より、DENZAI株式会社に入社し現任。MOPAでは調査研究グループを率いている。

Richard Sargeant

 Strategic Development Lead - Wind Energy, Intertek

Richard studied electrical engineering and languages, and has spent over a decade measuring, monitoring and testing offshore wind turbines. He is the SME for offshore wind at Intertek Plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, and has over 43000 colleagues around the world to help bring profitable, green energy to life.