Hydrogen Delivery Council
The Hydrogen Delivery Council (formerly Hydrogen Advisory Council) will inform and advance the development of hydrogen as a strategic decarbonised energy carrier for the UK. The Council is the primary forum for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ministers to engage with senior representatives from the hydrogen sector.
Role of the Council
Through the Council, government and industry will work together to identify and promote concrete actions required across the 2020s and 2030s to establish and grow the UK low carbon hydrogen economy.
This will include guiding the delivery of ambitions set out in the UK Hydrogen Strategy (2021) and the subsequent British Energy Security Strategy (2022) and Powering Up Britain Energy Security and Net Zero Plans (2023).
The Council should seek to promote economic benefit for the UK and help provide the learning and assurance required to realise the potential of hydrogen in meeting our energy security and net zero commitments.
The Council and its working groups will engage with existing industry and government led groups where the remit covers hydrogen or has implications for the development of hydrogen, to ensure alignment as required.
Terms of Reference
Membership
The Council is co-chaired by:
- Minister Jones, Minister of State, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Business and Trade
- Jane Toogood, Sector Chief Executive of Catalyst Technologies at Johnson Matthey
Membership of the Council and its working groups will be reviewed periodically to ensure that it is able to respond to and support government in meeting its strategic objectives for hydrogen.
| Name | Position | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Minister Jones | Minister of State | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Business and Trade |
| Jane Toogood | Industry Co-Chair | Johnson Matthey |
| Amy Hebert | CEO | Arcadia E-fuels |
| Armando Botello | Business President, Region UK & Ireland | BOC Linde |
| Louise Kingham | Business Development Director, Hydrogen UK | BP |
| James Earl | CEO | Future Energy Networks |
| Alex Grant | SVP, UK Country Manager | Equinor |
| Celia Greaves | CEO | Hydrogen Energy Association |
| Clare Jackson | CEO | Hydrogen UK |
| Prof Nilay Shah | Director, Centre for Process Systems Engineering | Imperial College London |
| Wouter Bleukx | Business Director, Hydrogen | Inovyn |
| Dennis Schultz | CEO | ITM Power |
| Eugene McKenna | Commercial and Strategy Director for Hydrogen Technologies | Johnson Matthey |
| Nicholas Gole | Senior Managing Director | Macquarie |
| Andrew Doyle | Executive Director | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group |
| Claire Dykta | Director of Strategy & Policy | National Energy Systems Operator |
| Jon Butterworth | CEO | National Gas |
| Akshay Kaul | Director General, Infrastructure | Ofgem |
| Olivia Breese | CEO | Orsted |
| Chris Manson-Whitton | CEO | Progressive Energy |
| Sopna Sury | COO, Hydrogen of RWE Generation SE | RWE |
| Jo Bamford | Founder & Executive Chairman | Ryze |
| Paul Bogers | Vice President, Hydrogen | Shell |
| Darren Davidson | Vice President, UK and Ireland | Siemens Energy |
| Alistair Phillips-Davies | Business Development Director | SSE Thermal |
| Sarah Potts | Head of Hydrogen | Storegga |
| Kate Bell | Assistant General Secretary | Trades Union Congress (TUC) |
| Rajesh Kedia | Director (Hydrogen & Nuclear) | UK Infrastructure Bank |
The Hydrogen Delivery Council also has observers from:
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)
- Department for International Trade (DIT)
- Department for Transport (DfT)
- HM Treasury
- Infrastructure and Projects Authority
- Northern Irish Government
- Scottish Government
- Welsh Government