About us

Eve Tamme is a distinguished leader in climate policy with over two decades of experience spanning government, intergovernmental organisations, non-profits, consultancy and advisory roles.

Eve leads Climate Principles, a climate policy advisory that provides strategic guidance to public and private sector clients on European and global climate policies. Her focus areas include evolving carbon market mechanisms, scaling carbon dioxide removal solutions, and facilitating the adoption of carbon capture technologies.

Eve has held key climate policy roles in EU governing bodies. She advanced ETS legislative reforms and international climate negotiations at the European Commission’s DG CLIMA. As a diplomat at Estonia’s Permanent Representation to the EU, she negotiated landmark agreements on aviation emissions and circular economy measures during Estonia’s 2017 Council Presidency.

In addition to her role as Chair of Carbon Management Europe, she also serves on the Board of Directors at Puro.earth, and on the Advisory Board of Carbon Gap.

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Winston Beck is Group Vice President Public Affairs at Heidelberg Materials, where he leads the company’s political strategy and engagement as well as the alignment with industry associations and international organisations. His work focuses on enabling the company’s sustainability and transformation agenda and improving access to public funding.

Before joining Heidelberg Materials, Winston was a partner at a leading international public relations firm and held various roles in the heavy transport and energy sectors. Heidelberg Materials is one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions, and a pioneer in Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage for cement production.

Lamberto Eldering is Vice-Chair for Carbon Management Europe’s energy companies constituency.

Nils Rokke is the Vice-Chair of Carbon Management Europe’s Academic and Research Organisations constituency. He is the Executive Vice President of Sustainability in SINTEF, the largest research institute in Norway with 2200 employees.

Nils holds a PhD in combustion from NTH (NTNU). Nils was President of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) until May 2024, and has since then been Vice President in EERA. He was a Gas Turbine Design and Development Manager in Rolls-Royce Marine before returning to SINTEF in 2002 as Vice President Gas Technologies and Director of the Gas Technology Centre NTNU-SINTEF.

He is also Chair of the European Clean Hydrogen Partnership (JU) Stakeholder Group. Contributor in Forbes writing on energy and climate issues, and also actively taking part in the public debate on the energy/climate transition and energy security and resilience. Founder of the TCCS and H2science conference series. Director of the HYDROGENi FME Centre, focusing on the value chain of hydrogen and ammonia. Initiator of the ECCSEL ERIC CCS R&I infrastructure and board member of ECCSEL.

Jonas Helseth is the Director of Bellona Europa, leading its work on the net zero industry in Europe with a focus on energy systems, carbon management, lead markets, and hydrogen. Since joining Bellona in 2010, he has advanced initiatives like CCS deployment roadmaps and decarbonisation guides for EU industries, while collaborating with policymakers, researchers, and industries to promote CCS as a vital climate technology.

Ross Brown, Global Policy Lead for CCS at Shell, is a Co-Chair of Carbon Management Europe’s Policy Working Group.

Before joining Shell, Ross led a CCS project for a waste company, and prior to that, spent several years in consultancy advising energy and industrial majors on corporate affairs. Ross holds an LLM in International Law and an MSc in Carbon Management.

Andrew Cavanagh is a Research Advisor, Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS) at the University of Edinburgh. He is a Co-Chair of Carbon Management Europe’s Policy Working Group and a member of its Advisory Council, where he actively shapes storage policy positions and net-zero planning frameworks essential to carbon management.

Andrew is a geoscientist with deep expertise in geological carbon storage, specialising in basin modelling and reservoir simulation, capacity estimation, plume mapping, site selection, well placement, containment assurance, and pressure management. His technical work spans the full spectrum of subsurface behaviour, from near-field reservoir dynamics to far-field pressure responses, underpinned by history matching and conformance analysis.

This foundation in storage site simulation has informed regional assessments of carbon dioxide storage resources across Europe and Asia, translating geological potential into credible, policy-relevant reserve estimates. His expertise in resource-to-reserve workflows has positioned him as a trusted voice in evaluating project readiness, providing independent technical reviews across exploration, appraisal, and development. His current role as a Research Advisor for SCCS at the University of Edinburgh reflects his experience and contributions to the field.

Codie Rossi is Europe Policy Manager for Carbon Capture at Clean Air Task Force (CATF), and is a Co-Chair of Carbon Management Europe’s Policy Working Group.

Codie leads CATF’s European efforts to develop policies that support the deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, working alongside environmental groups, industry stakeholders, and policymakers to ensure these solutions deliver real climate and societal benefits.

Codie has been involved in carbon removal policy since some of its earliest stages in Europe, including contributing to initial efforts to socialise CDR frameworks through the Open Air Collective. His work spans the full CCS and CDR policy landscape — from industrial carbon capture to novel removal approaches — with a focus on building the regulatory foundations needed to scale these technologies across Europe.

Codie holds a Master of Public Policy from University College Dublin and a B.A. in History and Political Science from Trinity College Dublin.

Dr Marie Bysveen, Chief Market Developer at SINTEF Energy Research, is a Co-Chair of Carbon Management Europe’s Technology Working Group. She holds a PhD in Marine/Mechanical Engineering from NTNU/INRIA and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from NTH.

Since 2006, she has been working at SINTEF Energy Research across a wide range of energy research topics, with a particular focus on CCS, energy systems, bioenergy, and climate-neutral cities, at both national and European levels. She has held several senior roles at SINTEF, including Research Manager, Research Director, Executive Vice President, and Vice President of Research. She has been a member of several European and national expert groups in energy-related Research & Innovation, including the highest-level Advisory Group for Energy (AGE), where she was invited by the European Commission to advise on energy research priorities. She has coordinated the EERA Joint Programme on CCS and led the CO2 capture work on the SET Plan Implementation Working Group 9, as well as coordinating and chairing large R&D projects such as DeCARBit, ACCSESS, and CHEERS, and serving as centre director of the national Centre of Excellence within the energy field.

Toby Lockwood, Director of Carbon Management Practice at Clean Air Task Force (CATF), is a Co-Chair of Carbon Management Europe’s Technology Working Group. There, he helps direct the technical work programme, informs the development of analytical tools, and promotes technical knowledge sharing among Carbon Management Europe’s membership.

Having worked in the field since 2012, Toby has authored a wide range of research papers and reports on CCS technologies and policy. At CATF, he leads work to assess how CCS can be deployed to meet global climate goals and participates in several expert groups at the EU and national level, with a particular focus on the technical and economic challenges facing large-scale carbon capture in heavy industry.

Before joining CATF, Toby worked for nine years with the IEA Clean Coal Centre and also has experience in pollution control development for the lime industry.

Dr Filip Neele is a CCS Scientist at TNO. He is a Co-Chair of Carbon Management Europe’s Technology Working Group, where he contributes to the definition of R&D priorities in the areas of transport and storage of CO2.

With a background in geophysics, Filip has been active in CO2 transport and storage for over 20 years and coordinates the R&D work done in these areas at TNO.

Dr Owain Tucker is Manager, CCS Capability & Project Support, Principal Technical Expert, CCS at Shell. He is a Co-Chair of Carbon Management Europe’s Technology Working Group, bringing deep technical expertise in CO₂ storage exploration, appraisal, and development.

At Shell, he holds a technical overview of all CCS projects and leads a team of experts responsible for guiding exploration and appraisal, technical assurance, integration, technology maturation, the CCS research agenda, and the development of CCS competencies and capacity.

Owain worked directly on the Goldeneye CO₂ store in the UK North Sea for over six years and led the team that delivered the storage permit application and storage development plan. He helped author the SPE SRMS, is active in CCS standards development, and sits on the Executive Committee of the IEAGHG R&D programme. He is also an Honorary Associate Professor at Heriot-Watt University, where he lectures in CO₂ storage.

Peter-Paul Ekelschot is Global Lead for Low Carbon Solutions at ING Bank, and a Co-Chair of Carbon Management Europe’s Finance Working Group.

At ING Bank, he is part of the Energy sector management team, spearheading the global rollout of CCS and green molecules. He also runs the Dutch Energy team (~30 FTE), which is active across Utilities, Renewables & Power, and Hydrocarbons & New Energies in EMEA.

Prior to his current role, Peter-Paul was responsible for the Global Energy Project Advisory teams in London, Houston, and Singapore, and managed client relationships with Upstream Oil & Gas clients in the North Sea.

He has extensive experience originating and executing large, complex transactions across the lending and financial advisory space, with earlier roles in ING’s Global Credit Restructuring team and both ING’s and KPMG’s Corporate Finance/M&A advisory teams.

Peter-Paul holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Dimitri Koufous is Head of Sustainable Business Industry, Agri & Commerce at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and co-chairs Carbon Management Europe’s Finance Working Group.

Based in London, he is a director-level leader with 25+ years of experience in driving sustainable business growth, climate finance mobilisation, and industrial decarbonisation across Europe and emerging markets.

He is a trusted adviser to Boards, C-suite, and governments on low-carbon pathways for industrial decarbonisation, including hydrogen, renewables, battery value chains, and circular economy.

Tom Mikunda, Senior Policy Advisor, CCS, at Bellona Europa, is a Co-Chair of Carbon Management Europe’s Finance Working Group. There, he contributes to the analysis and identification of suitable financing mechanisms for industrial CCS projects.

Bellona Europa being a member of Carbon Management Europe’s civil society constituency, Tom ensures that policy recommendations balance the interests of industry with wider societal goals. Tom has an academic background in Environmental Science and Policy, with over 15 years of experience working on the topic of industrial decarbonisation management.

Kristin Jordal, Chief Scientist at SINTEF, is a Co-Chair of Carbon Management Europe’s Carbon Dioxide Removals Working Group. There, she contributes to shaping the format of and leading the working group’s meetings and discussions.

Kristin holds a PhD in Thermal Power Engineering from Lund University. She has been working in research and project management in the area of CCS since 2002 and has been a SINTEF employee since 2004, with previous experience at Siemens Industrial Turbines, NTNU, and Vattenfall. She is also a member of the European Commission’s Carbon Removals Expert Group.

Mark Preston Aragonès, Head of Carbon Accounting at Bellona Europa, is a Co-Chair of Carbon Management Europe’s Carbon Dioxide Removals Working Group, where he helps steer the group’s strategic discussions and outputs on the role of CDR in European climate policy. He has co-authored reports with Carbon Management Europe on the need for robust definitions and carbon accounting for CDR at the EU level.

Mark has a background in international relations and climate, with an interest in bridging the gap between climate science and climate policy. At Bellona Europa, he was responsible for the work on the governance of CDR in the Horizon 2020 project NEGEM, represented Bellona in the Carbon Removals Expert Group, and currently leads Bellona Europa’s work on carbon accounting relating to CCS, CCU, and CDR.

Omar Zin Abidine, EMEA Engagement Partner at Carbon Engineering, serves as a co-chair of the CDR Working Group at Carbon Management Europe.

There, he plays a role in guiding agendas and discussions between the secretariat and members on CDR topics in support of Europe’s climate neutrality goals. In his position, he collaborates with policymakers, industry leaders, and researchers to advance evidence-based and science-backed positions for scaling evolving CDR technologies. Alongside the other co-chairs, Omar helps coordinate the working group’s activities, facilitates dialogue among diverse stakeholders, and contributes to the development of technical reports and policy recommendations.

Some key areas Omar has been involved in include supporting Carbon Management Europe’s position on the integration of removals into the EU ETS and providing expert input into the EU’s Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) methodologies under the Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming (CRCF) certification framework. By helping align scientific insight with policy and industry perspectives, Omar supports Carbon Management Europe’s mission to accelerate the development of net-zero solutions across Europe.

Omar has been working at Carbon Engineering, a DAC technology company, for 5 years. There, he works primarily on policy and business development across Europe and the Middle East. Omar is skilled in developing novel policy positions, engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders, and supporting the growth of decarbonisation solutions across the region.