INDO-GERMAN ENVIRONMENT FORUMSPEAKERS‘ PROFILES18 /19 November 2008, New Delhi

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SEVUGAN REGUPATHYMinister of State, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India

Mr Sevugan Regupathy has been Minister of Environment and Forests since May 2007. A lawyer by training, Mr Regupathy joined theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1991. One year later, he became Minister of Labour Wel -fare in the Government of Tamil Nadu. From 1993 to 1996, Sevugan Regupathy held the post of Minister of Urban Development and Housing in the Government of Tamil Nadu. In 2004, he was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha. The same year, he became Union Minister of State of Home Affairs. Mr Regupathy holds a BSc and a BL from the Madras Law College in Chennai.

G. N. AGRAWALGeneral Manager, Mawana Sugars Ltd., New Delhi

Mr G. N. Agrawal has been working in the Power Generation Business for more than 30 years now. Presently, he is the Power Generation Business Head of Mawana Sugar group. He has an in-depth knowledge of technical, commercial and legislative aspects of Power Business. In recent years, he has successfully implemented the CDM activities in the group including reg-istration of four Bagasse Based cogeneration projects with the UNFCCC. Mr G. N. Agrawal holds a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from the Faculty of Man-agement Studies, New Delhi.

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DR RAJIV ARORADirector, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources, Government of India

Dr Rajiv Arora is presently working as Director, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources, Government of India. His expertise is in the areas of Renewable Energy policy and develop-ment issues, environment/climate change mat-ters, International Trade (WTO, Trade Protection Measures including Antidumping, Foreign Trade Policy), Modelling, Economic Analysis, E-Com-merce/E-Governance.

DEEPAK ASHERVice-President | Corporate Finance, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd., Noida

Mr Deepak Asher is a Chartered Accountant and a Cost Accountant by profession. He has been working for Gujarat Fluorochemicals, a part of the prestigious Inox Group of Companies, for the past eighteen years now. He is the Group Head (Corporate Finance) and a Director on the Board of several Inox Group Companies. Mr Asher’s functional area is Corporate Finance and Business Strategy. His responsibilities include identifying and implementing new business opportunities in line with the growth targets for the Group. Mr Asher has pioneered the CDM Project Development of Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited.

NITIN M. DESHPANDEManaging Director, Neel Water Treatment Systems Pvt. Ltd., Aurangabad For almost 15 years, Mr Nitin Deshpande has been working for Neel Water Treatment Pvt. Ltd., a company speacialising in water and wastewater treatment. After being in charge as the technical director for the development and design of water and wastewater equipments, Mr Nitin Deshpande became Managing Director of Neel Water Treatment Systems Pvt. Ltd. in 2005. Since then, he has been responsible for the company’s export business. Mr Nitin M. Desh-pande holds a B.E. from Bombay University and a Master in Management Studies (Finance) from Welingkar Insititute of Management in Bombay.

DR PRODIPTO GOSHHonorary Environment Advisor, FICCI; Chairman FICCI Climate Change Task Force, New Delhi

Dr Prodipto Gosh concurrently is a Member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change, a Member of the National Expert Committee on Climate Change, and Scientifi c Consultant in the Offi ce of the Principal Scientifi c Adviser to the Government of India. He is also a Member of the Independent South Asia Commission on Poverty Alleviation (ISACPA). He was the Former Secre-tary of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, and has held consultancy positions with the UNDP, FAO, and IAEA, and Visiting Faculty Positions in several national and international institutions. Dr Prodipto Ghosh has a Ph.D in Economics and Policy Analysis from the Carnegie-Mellon University, a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and was a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

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D. K. JAINExecutive Director (ENGG), National Thermal Power (NTPC) Ltd., New Delhi

Mr D. K. Jain presently heads the Engineering Division of National Thermal Power (NTPC). He is involved in the engineering of thermal and hydro power projects from concept to commis-sioning, coal mining and even in Renovation & Modernization of thermal projects. D. K. Jain has headed NTPC-Alstom Power Services Ltd. as Managing Director guiding the overall busi-ness portfolio of NASL primarily in the fi eld of Renovation & Modernization of thermal power stations. He has handled various other assign-ments in CEA as well as in NTPC primarily in Engineering of power projects, and he headed the project execution team for (2x500MW) units at NTPC Vindhyachal. He also headed R&M Engineering at NTPC Corporate Centre. Mr Jain holds a B.Tech (Hons) in Mechanical Engineer-ing from IIT, Kharagpur, West Bengal.

R. H. KHWAJAAdditional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India

Mr R H Khwaja belongs to the 1976 batch of the Indian Administrative Service. He is presently dealing with Pollution and Water management matters as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. As a career bureaucrat he has served with dis-tinction in many key assignments in the central and state government. During his tenure as Chairman and Managing Director of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), he turned around this loss making Public Sector Under-taking to a profi t making company. He is a com-mitted environmentalist with special interest in the conservation of Biological Diversity.

KOLLURU KRISHANChairman, Malavalli Power Plant Pvt. Ltd. (MPPL), Bangalore

Mr Kolluru Krishnan has three decades of experience in the energy sector, primarily in power generation, transmission and distribu-tion. He is the Founder and Chairman of MPPL Renewable Energy Pvt. Ltd., he created EnviTec Biogas Pvt. Ltd., Green Planet Energy Pvt. Ltd. and a hand-full of other companies in the realm of green energy production. Concurrently, he is President of Grameena Abhivrudhi Mandali, a not-for-profi t company pursuing pilot projects related to dezentralised management of rural electrifi cation serving 10,500 consumers in 46 villages within Kurgaval section of Mandya divi-sion between July 2004 and February 2008. From 1995 to 2001, Mr Krishnan was the Managing Director and later the Vice Chairman of Ansaldo Services (P) Ltd. Before that, he served as Vice President of Dodsal (P) Ltd. (1986 to 1989) and as General Manager of Tata Merlin Gerin / Voltas Ltd. For two years. Kolluru Krishan holds a B.Tech (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur.

SARVESH KUMARDeputy Managing Director, RRB Energy Ltd., New Delhi

The former Chief Operating Offi cer of RRB En-ergy Ltd., Mr Sarvesh Kumar was elevated to the Board of Directors of the Company as the Deputy Managing Director with effect from 1 February 2007. Mr Sarvesh Kumar started his career after post graduation in Commerce. He has been part of various Committees formed by the Govern-ment of India and national level Associations like FICCI and ASSOCHAM. Presently, he is a Member of the Advisory Committee of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) and he is an Executive Member of the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers’ Association (IWTMA). In the past he has also been the President of the IWTMA. He has been representing IWTMA in all Interna-tional Forums. In addition, he is a Life Fellow of All India Management Association (AIMA), a national Apex Body of professional management in the country.

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DR AJAY MATHURDirector General, Bureau of Energy Effi ciency, New Delhi

Dr Ajay Mathur, the fi rst Director General of Bureau of Energy Effi ciency has interests in the promotion of technological change for the enhancement of energy effi ciency and of sustainable development. After completing his doctorate in Chemical Engineering he has worked with University of Illinois, CNT, Chicago, TERI in Washington and New Delhi, the World Bank, Washington to name a few. His expertise is in the areas of climate change, energy plan-ning, and in coal utilisation technologies. His work experience in these areas encompasses technology development, policy analyses and planning, and programme management.

A. K. MEHTAJoint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India

Mr A.K. Mehta is an IAS offi cer of 1988 batch with over 20 years of experience and has a Mas-ter’s degree in Civil Engineering. He has worked in the Ministry of Environment and Forests for a period of 5 years dealing with issues related to Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism, Bio Diversity and desertifi cation. He is currently posted in the Ministry of Urban Development as Joint Secretary and looks after policy issues in the urban sector.

DR AMIT MITRASecretary General, Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), New Delhi

Dr Amit Mitra reived his Masters in Economics from Delhi School of Economics and attained a Doctorate Degree in Economics from Duke University, USA. Dr Mitra sits on the Advisory Committee to Union Commerce Minister of India on WTO. He serves on the National Manufactur-ing Competitiveness Council and on the Plan-ning Commission’s Expert Group on Equitable Development. Dr Mitra is a Member of several Forums formed by the Government of India such as India-China Eminent Persons Group, and the Indo-EU Round Table. He is also a Member of the `Eminent Persons Group’ established by the UNCTAD Secretary General on Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs). Dr Mitra is also an Independ-ent Board Member of some of the largest public sector companies in India and a Member of the Advisory Board of Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. He was also the Chairman of the Radio Broadcast Policy Committee set up by the Min-istry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India. He is the Recipient of highest civilian Awards, among them the prestigious National Civilian Award “Padma Shree” conferred by the President of India in 2008.

DEVIN NARANGCo-Chairman, Renewable Energy Committee, FICCI; Chairman, Freeplay Energy India, New Delhi

After receiving an MBA from Harvard University, Mr Devon Narang joined the management of ‘The Narang Group’. Currently, he is the group’s Co-Chairman. His main business interests lie in Non-Conventional Energy Sources and Real Estate. Mr Narang has recently acquired Freeplay Energy group based in the U.K. who are the pioneers and global leaders in self generat-ing eco-friendly products which are capable of converting human/animal energy into electrical energy by a patented hand-cranked mecha-nism and alternator. Consequent, his company has acquired the global operations of Freeplay Energy. Devon Narang is now the Chairman of Freeplay group globally. Mr Narang is also the Chairman of Indian operations of Turner & Townsend Pvt. Ltd. – U.K.’s biggest Project Management Company. Mr Narang is also an active participant in several Industrial and Social organisations: He is President of the All India Distillers’ Association (AIDA) and he is a Mem-ber of the Executive Committee of Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

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T. N. NINANEditor and Publisher, Business Standard, New Delhi

T. N. Ninan is Editor and Publisher of the fi nancial daily Business Standard. Previously, he served as Editor of the Economic Times, Editor of Business World, and Executive Editor of India Today. He is Chairman of the Society for Environmental Communication and has been on the Executive Committee of the Editors Guild of India, and a Member of the Board of Trade. He is also a Member of the Indo-German Consulta-tive Group and the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London.

E. P. NIVEDITADirector, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India

Ms E.P. Nivedita belongs to the 1993 batch of the Indian Administrative Service. Currently, she is posted as Director in the Ministry of Urban Development where she is involved in framing of National Urban Sanitation Policy, the formulation of service level benchmarks, the administration of schemes for the ben-efi t of North Eastern State including Sikkim, and she is responsible for issues relating to externally aided Urban Water Sanitation and the SW sector. Previously, she was in charge of the computerisation of State Government Accounts in the State of Maharashtra. Before that, Ms E.P. Nivedita was responsible for the audit of State level commercial undertakings includ-ing the State Electricity Board, the State Road Transportation Corporation, the State Electricity Board as well as Central Ministries in the Social Sector such as the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, and the Ministry of Culture.

SHAILESH I. PATWARIChairman, Naroda Enviro Projects Ltd., Ahmedabad

Mr Shailesh I. Patwari is Chairman of Naroda Enviro Projects Ltd., a company that runs a common effl uent treatment plant, a hazard-ous waste landfi ll site and a cleaner production centre in Ahmedabad. He also holds the post of President, Naroda Industries Association and he is the Director of Novel Infrastructure Ltd. Mr Patwari is a Principal Co-ordinator of the UN Development Programme – Global Environment Facility Project (UNDP-GEF) and he is a member of the Executive Committee of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as Chairman of its Environment Committee. Mr Shailesh is active in many charities and profes-sional organisations, such as the Confedera-tion of Indian Industries (CII), the Ahmedabad Initiative for Reduction in Air Pollution (AIR), the Federation of Industries Association (FIA), the Gujarat Dyestuff Manufacturers Association (GDMA) as well as the NIS Charitable Hospital, the Nehru Foundation for Development (VIKSAT) and other charities.

R. R. RASHMIJoint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India

Mr R R Rashmi belongs to the 1983 batch of the Indian Administrative Service. He has been dealing with Climate Change matters as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India for the last 8 months. He has participated in several important bilateral and multilateral negotiations on behalf of India. In his career spanning more than 25 years, he has acted as trade negotiator on behalf of India.

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ANIL RAZDANSecretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India

Mr Anil Razdan is an offi cer of the Haryana cadre of the Indian Administrative Service and an alumnus of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. He holds a BSc in Physics and studied Law at Delhi University. He has been Director/ Joint Secretary with the Department of Atomic Energy, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, Additional Secretary and Special Secretary with Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in the Government of India. He has also been Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Government of Haryana in the Power, Irrigation and Public Works De-partments. He has worked as Head of Depart-ment in the Industries, Tourism, Education, Information, Town and Country Planning, Urban Development/Estates Departments in the Gov-ernment of Haryana. He has been Chairman & Managing Director of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation, and he handled World Bank assisted power sector reforms and restructuring in the erstwhile Haryana State Electricity Board and was later Chairman of the Haryana Power Generation Corporation.

R. K. SETHIDirector, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India; Member secretary, India DNA and Vice-Chairman, CDM Executive Board

Mr Sethi holds a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering (with Honours) from Delhi College of Engineering, University of Delhi, and an M.Tech in Energy Studies from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi as well as an MBA with specialisation in Financial Management. He has more than 20 years experience in the power sector in the fi elds of design, engineer-ing and coordination of thermal and gas based power stations. He has been working in the fi eld of Climate Change and Clean Develop-ment Mechanism (CDM) for the last six years as Director (Climate Change) in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. He was instrumental in setting up the National CDM Authority, India’s Designated National Authority and is presently the Member Secretary of the Authority. He has served as the Chair-man Methodologies Panel of the CDM Executive Board and is presently the Chairman of the CDM Executive Board.

VIJAI SHARMASecretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India

Mr Vijai Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Environ-ment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India belongs to the 1974 batch of the Indian Admin-istrative Service. He is a science and law post graduate. As a career bureaucrat, he had served distinct positions and made invaluable contri-butions both at the state and central level. Mr Sharma has gained wide experience in matters relating to industries, agriculture and coopera-tives, pollution control, energy, environment and forests as well as law and justice. Before joining the MoEF as Secretary, he was Special Secre-tary, Cabinet Secretariat.

ASHWIN SHROFFChairman, FICCI Environment Committee and Managing Director; Excel Industries Ltd., New Delhi

Mr Ashwin Shroff is the current Chairman of the FICCI-Environment Committee. After Graduat-ing in Chemistry from Bombay University, he joined Excel Industries. Moving through various operational and functional departments in the company, he rose to become its Chairman and Managing Director. He has been an active spokesman of the Indian chemical industry, interacted with the various government bod-ies and shared his experience in shaping the industry-specifi c policies. He is past President of Indian Chemical Manufacturers Association. He has been a regular participant in various study groups, conferences, seminars and has contributed papers on diverse subjects, and articles in leading journals. He is also Chairman of Excel Crop Care Ltd., Transpek Industry Ltd., Transpek-Silox Industry Ltd. He is on the Board of several companies and Director of Crop Life India.

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JOHN THOMASSenior Director, Weston Solutions India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad

Mr John Thomas is currently serving as Senior Director with Weston Solutions India Private Ltd., a leading worldwide engineering, envi-ronmental, construction, and redevelopment fi rm focused on restoring effi ciency to essential resources: air, land, water, and facilities. Prior to joining Weston, he served as Head and Joint Director (Resource Conservation & Manage-ment Group) of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). He has served as Deputy Director and Senior Consultant with the National Productivity Council of India. He has gained over 16 years of experience and wide exposure in techno-managerial consultancy and research projects, training programmes for various industrial sectors, policy makers / formulators, multi-lateral / bi-lateral funding agencies. He was one among the Senior Profes-sional fellows from Asia, trained on Ground Water Governance, Policy & Management under CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food Project (CPWF) by the International Water Man-agement Institute (IWMI). He is a Postgraduate in Industrial Pollution Prevention and Control, with Diploma in Marketing Management and has done his graduation in Mechanical Engineering.

R. K. VAISHJoint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India

Mr R K Vaish belongs to the 1978 batch of the Indian Administrative Service. He is presently working as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environ-ment and Forests, Government of India dealing with matters relating to National River Conser-vation Directorate, Pollution Control, Hazardous Substance Management and administrative matters relating to Central Pollution Control Board. He has been serving the Central and State governments for last 30 years and has held various positions of distinction.

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SIGMAR GABRIELFederal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany

Sigmar Gabriel was born in 1959 in Goslar. He began his political career in his home town as local president of the “Socialist Youth Group Germany – Die Falken” and joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1977. He studied at the University of Göttingen to become a grammar school teacher. Gabriel was a direct-ly elected member of the Lower Saxony Landtag (state parliament) from 1990 to 2005, becoming SPD parliamentary leader in 1998. During this time he was a member of the Landtag environ-ment committee, County Councillor of the town of Goslar and spokesman for domestic policy of the SPD parliamentary group. In December 1999 he became Minister-President of Lower Saxony and subsequently chair of the SPD parliamenta-ry group. Since November 2005, Sigmar Gabriel is the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

CHRISTIAN BELTLEChief Executive Offi cer, Solar Millennium AG, Erlangen

Christian Beltle is Chief Executive Offi cer of Solar Millennium AG. He held various manage-rial positions at L.&C. Steinmüller GmbH, BBP Environment, Carl Robert Eckelmann AG and was Chief Representative of the Board and Ex-ecutive of the Cleanpipe Polska Sp.Z.o.o. before he joined Solar Millennium AG in 2005. Solar Millennium AG is a globally active company in the renewable energy sector, its main focus be-ing on solar thermal power plants. The company has developed the fi rst European parabolic trough power plant in Southern Spain.

DR WERNER BREUERSBoard Member, LANXESS AG, Leverkusen

Dr Werner Breuers is a member of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG. Prior to this he held various managerial positions at Hoechst AG, Hostalen Polyethylen Gmbh, Elenac GmbH and Basell Polyolefi ns Europe. LANXESS AG is a global player in the chemical industry, employing some 15,100 employees worldwide and will be investing over 30 million EUR in India over the coming years.

BORIS BRONGER Head, CDM Projects at OSRAM GmbH, Munich

Boris Bronger is Head of CDM Projects at OS-RAM GmbH. He previously held other manage-rial positions within the company, including marketing & sales positions in Germany and Japan. OSRAM GmbH is part of Siemens’ indus-trial sector and one of the two leading lighting manufacturers in the World. OSRAM is currently implementing three CDM projects in India where up to two million long-life compact fl uorescent lamps (CFL) will be distributed directly to house-holds, mainly to those that normally cannot afford to buy energy-saving lamps.

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DR ULRICH VON DEESSENPresident of the Competence Center Environment, Health & Safety, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen

Dr Ulrich von Deessen is President of the Competence Center Environment, Health & Safety and Climate Protection Offi cer of BASF SE. A chemist by training, he joined the BASF Research Division in 1987. Since then he has held several executive positions in the head-quarters of BASF SE in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and in Antwerp, Belgium. BASF is the world‘s leading chemical company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fi ne chemicals to crude oil and natural gas. BASF has more than 95,000 employees and posted sales of almost 58 billion EUR in 2007.

MARKUS DÖRINGExport Manager, LAR Process Analysers AG, Berlin

Markus Döring is Export Manager of LAW Proc-ess Analyers AG in Berlin. After studying biology and environmental technologies, he started working for LAR Process Analysers as a service and product engineer. He moved to the Interna-tional Sales Department in 2007, his main mar-kets being located in Asia/Pacifi c. Since 2008, Mr Döring he has been Export Manager and a member of LAR’s management team.

KARL-HEINZ FLICKGeneral Manager, Steinzeug I Keramo, Frechen

Karl-Heinz Flick has been General Manager of Steinzeug I Keramo since 2005. After taking his second degree in water management, he joined the company in 1984 as Head of the Engineering Department. Since 2001 he has held the position of Head of the Vitrifi ed Clay Pipe Association, Frechen/Germany. Prior to his promotion to General Manager, Karl-Heinz Flick held the po-sition of Head of the Engineering and Strategic Marketing Departments at Steinzeug I Keramo from 2004. He is an expert in the planning, con-struction and maintenance of sewer systems.

PROF DR-ING ALBERT GÖTTLEPresident, Bavarian Environment Agency, Augsburg

Prof Dr-Ing Albert Göttle has been President of the Bavarian Environment Agency since 2005. In 1978 he joined the Bavarian Water Manage-ment administration where he was the Head of State Offi ce for Water Management in Kempten (1987 to 1992). After holding different positions in the administration, including Head of section for river training and river restoration and Head of section for torrents and water ecology, he also became the Head of department for Water Management in the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection from 2004 to 2005.

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CHRISTIAN HAASDirector, KfW Offi ce India, New Delhi

Christian Haas is heading the India Country Offi ce of KfW Development Bank since 2005. Previously, he has been in charge of KfW’s project operations in Central Asia and Afghani-stan. Before joining KfW in 1998, he has worked with various research institutes on topics related to environmental economics in developing coun-tries. He has studied Political Science, Econom-ics and Development Studies and the Universi-ties of Berlin (Germany) and Sussex (UK).

PROF DR PETER HENNICKEFormer President, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Wuppertal

Having studied chemistry and economics, Prof Dr Peter Hennicke started his career as consult-ant for energy policy at the Ministry of Environ-ment in the Federal State of Hesse. From 1988 to 1992, Peter Hennicke was Professor of Econom-ics at the University of Applied Sciences Darm-stadt, and in 1994 he was appointed Professor at the University of Wuppertal. At the same time he served as Director of the Energy Division of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. From 1998 to October 2000, he was the Institute’s Vice President. From 2000 until 2003, Peter Hennicke was Acting President of the Wuppertal Institute, from 2003 to 2008 its President. Prof. Hennicke served twice as an expert in Enquiry Commissions of the German Bundestag, and from 2002 until 2006 he was a member of the Scientifi c & Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Professor Hennicke is an affi liate of the advisory board ‘Environmental Technology’ of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

DR MANFRED KONUKIEWITZDeputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Before Dr Manfred Konukiewitz became Head of the Directorate ‘Global and Sectoral Poli-cies’ and Commissioner for Climate Policy in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2006, he lead the Ministry’s Division ‘Water, Energy, Urban Development’. Dr Konukiewitz served as Head of German Delega-tions in many UN and World Bank conferences, mainly in the realm of environmental policy. Dr Konukiewitz started his career at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs where his last position was Chief of Staff of the Minister’s Offi ce. In 1998, he was seconded as Senior Advisor of Prof. Dr Klaus Töpfer to the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi. Dr Konuk-iewitz studied Political Sciences and History at the Free University in Berlin and the Indiana University (USA).

DR HUBERT LIENHARDChairman, India Committee of the Asia-Pa-cifi c Committee of German Business (APA); President and CEO, Voith AG, Heidenheim

Dr Hubert Lienhard is Chairman of the India Committee of the Asia-Pacifi c Committee of German Business (APA). APA voices the concerns of German business to policy-mak-ers in Germany and the Asia-Pacifi c region. It is the most important German forum for the formulation and discussion of Asia-related economic and political strategies pertaining to German and Asian business interests. Dr Hubert Lienhard is also President and CEO of Voith, a leading manufacturer of machines for paper production, hydropower turbines and gen-erators, as well as drive components found in industrial applications, in road and rail vehicles and in ships.

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ANDREAS LÜCKEGeneral Executive Manager, Federal Industrial Association of Germany | House, Energy and Environmental Technology (BDH), Cologne

Andreas Lücke, MA is the General Executive Manager of the BDH. After having previously held various managerial positions within the BDI, including Head of Division (1988 to 1990) and Executive Manager of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations (1990 to 1993), Mr Lücke in 1993 joined the BDH as Executive Manager and the Economic Commission of the European Heating Industry (EHI) as Secretary the same year.

DR JÜRGEN PORSTSenior Advisor, Indo-German Environment Programme (ASEM-GTZ), Bangalore

Currently, Dr Jürgen Porst is Senior Advisor of the ASEM-GTZ Indo-German Environment Pro-gramme. He also serves on the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). Jürgen Porst holds a Doctorate in chemistry with a focus on environmental analytical chemistry and physical chemistry. He is specialized in industrial pollu-tion control, environmental monitoring, cleaner production and related fi elds. In 1982, Dr Porst established a private analytical laboratory and chemical institute and a consulting company with headquarters in Furth, Germany. Dr Porst is an international expert for environmental monitoring, industrial pollution control, cleaner production, waste management and waste water treatment.

FRANZJOSEF SCHAFHAUSENDeputy Director General, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany

Franzjosef Schafhausen is Deputy Director General ‘Environment and Energy’ in the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conserva-tion and Nuclear Safety. Before that he served as Head of the Division KI I ‘Fundamental Aspects Environment and Energy, Climate Protection’. Since 1995, he has been Head of the Interminis-terial Working Group ‘CO2 Reduction’, and since 2000 he has been the chairman of the Federal Cabinet’s ‘Working Group to fi ght Greenhouse Effects’. Mr Schafhausen started his career in 1978 as Head of the Institute on Public Finance at University of Colonge. From 1983 to 1986, he was Desk Offi cer at the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. Mr Schafhausen studied Econom-ics at the University of Cologne.

DR THEO SOMMER Editor-at-Large, DIE ZEIT, Hamburg

Dr Theo Sommer is currently Editor-at-Large of the German weekly DIE ZEIT. From 1973 to 1992 he served as Editor-in-Chief and held the posi-tion of publisher from 1992 to 2000. Dr Sommer headed the Policy Planning Staff of the German Defense Ministry from 1969 to 1970, was respon-sible for the Defense Ministry’s White Book in 1970, and since then has played a prominent part in his posts as Vice-Chairman of the Commis-sion on Common Security and Future of the Ger-man Army (Weizsäcker Commission). He was a Member of the International Commission on the Balkans (1995-1996) and of the Independent In-ternational Commission on Kosovo (1999-2000).

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DR WOLFGANG STINGLWAGNER Head of Division, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany

Dr Stinglwagner is chairman of the International Energy Agency’s Working Party on energy effi -ciency (EEWP), Paris, and Vice-chair of the Ener-gy Charter’s working party on energy effi ciency and related environmental issues (PEEREA), Brussels. Dr Stinglwagner co-ordinates the German government’s delegation on energy effi -ciency issues to the EU Council’s energy working party and other international working groups.

DR ARMIN VOGELManaging Director International Sales, Marketing, Participation, FAUN Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Iserlohn

Dr Armin Vogel is Managing Director Interna-tional Sales, Marketing participation of FAUN Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co. KG the European market’s leading manufacturer of garbage trucks and sweepers. He is President of the Ger-man Standardization Committee for municipal equipment in DIN and Vice President of the Ger-man association of manufacturers for municipal equipment (VAK e.V.).

DR JUR HELGE WENDENBURGDirector General, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany

Dr Helge Wendenburg is Director General of the Directorate “Water Management, Waste Management and Soil Protection” in the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conserva-tion and Nuclear Safety. He has been Head of the German Delegation at the 8th and 9th Con-ference of the parties on the Basel Convention on trans-frontier shipment of waste. He is board member of the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) and member of the Academy on Geological Science. From 1990 to 2005 he served in the Environmental Ministry of Lower Saxony among others as Director of the Directorate of Pollution Control and Waste Management.

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