On the road to Ammonia

Blandine holds an engineering degree from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées and she specialised in naval architecture (2009). She has previously worked as a safety engineer in Bureau Veritas, performing plan approval on new buildings and existing ships, involving hazardous cargo safety and as well as early gas propulsion, hydrogen or fuel cell projects. She has worked 4 years in R&D center at Flexifrance flexible pipe manufacturing facility (subsidiary of TechnipFMC). Blandine is now in charge of rules development and international rules follow‐up on various subjects including cargo safety and alternative fuels and her team currently has a particular focus on alternative fuels including ammonia, hydrogen, methanol etc. and alternative sources of power including batteries.

Cyril has started his career as a technical expert in the french FIVES group. Afterwards, he succesfully managed several industrial companies in the energy sector such as the french biomass boiler manufacturer WEISS or the leading hydrogen producer AREVA H2GEN. Meanwhile, he joined the VIESSMANN group to develop its industrial branch worldwide and develop first Power-to-X projects. He is focussed not only on technology fit to the need but also on the business models coherence when attached to production, storage and use of energy (in particular hydrogen for industrials, biofuels, grid flexibility, mobility use…).
Cyril co-founded the HY2GEN Group to design, build, finance and operate 100% carbon free green hydrogen production facilities and hydrogen-based bioproducts production facilities (renewable ammonia, SAF, e-fuels, …) worldwide.

Kjeld Aabo holds a degree in mechanical engineering and a special diploma in marketing. He joined MAN Diesel in the Stationary Installation Department in 1983. In 1992, he was appointed section manager in the Marine Installation Department and in 1994 he was appointed manager of the Marine Installation Department. In 2002, Kjeld Aabo took over the Engineering Services Department and was appointed Senior Manager. In 2005, he took over the Research Centre Department.
From November 2006, Kjeld Aabo was director of the department for Promotion & Customer Support and from March 2009 head of the Two-stroke Promotion department at the head office for two-stroke engines in Copenhagen, Denmark.
From 2011 to 2014, Kjeld Aabo took over a position in Brazil as head of MAN Marine and Offshore division.
After returning to Denmark in 2014 Kjeld Aabo is Director of new technologies in the Promotion and Sales department for two-stroke engines and GenSet engines.
Kjeld Aabo is Chairman of the CIMAC Heavy Fuel Working Group (WG), and a member of the ISO 8217 Heavy Fuel Oil Working Group.

Ulrik Dan Frorup is Chief Commercial Director based in Paris. He has a long career of 30 years in the Bureau Veritas Group as Technical and Operations manager - taking him from Denmark to France, US, Singapore and Korea. Ulrik Dan Frorup graduated as Naval Architect from Denmark Technical University in 1989 and holds a Diploma in Business Economics from Copenhagen Business School in 1995.