Sven GOETHALS
Commercial Director Hydrogen and Decarbonization – Tractebel Belgium

Sven is Tractebel's Commercial Director of Hydrogen and Decarbonization. Passionate about overcoming the challenges of the energy transition, Sven is focusing on bringing to life large-scale hydrogen and decarbonization projects. His almost 30-years career with Tractebel includes 20 years as design engineer and than project manager for multi-contract power and gas projects. He then joined the commercial teams for energy projects, covering renewable and thermal power, power distribution and gas. Currently based in his native Belgium, Sven is deeply committed to engineering a carbon-neutral future..

Louise VANHOVE
Mechanical and Process Engineer – Tractebel Belgium

Graduated in 2019 of a Master degree in Electromechanic Engineering with a specialization in Energy, Louise Vanhove joined Tractebel in 2019 as part of the Hydrogen, Decarbonization and Industries team (Gas-to-X) where she works as Mechanical and Process engineer. She worked on various topics as Heat Recovery Unit for chemical process, classic Power Plants, Cooling Systems or Hydrogen plants. Her expertise includes the use of several software tools such as Thermoflow suite, NOVO PRO and Prosumer.

Vincent MEGANCK
Senior Engineer Team Leader – Tractebel Belgium

Vincent holds a degree in Automation Engineering and obtained a PhD in the field of control system and artificial intelligence. During his 15-years career within Tractebel he has served a variety of roles, from design engineer to commissioning leader for different processes; such as nuclear power plant, gas terminal and hydrogen plant. His latest appointed is as team leader for the I&C (Instrumentation and Control) Simulation department where he notably coordinates modeling efforts for hydrogen projects.