Mr. Roland Kaeppner was appointed as the Executive Director Hydrogen at NEOM in 2019. He holds engineering degrees from the Polytechnic Aalen, the University of Manchester, and the Management Center St. Gallen. Kaeppner has been heavily involved in developing the future of the hydrogen economy in various leadership positions for more than a decade. Before joining NEOM, he was Executive Vice President for Energy Storage and Hydrogen within ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions, starting and heading their business activities for electrochemical green hydrogen production and redox flow battery technology. Before that, Roland joined McPhy Energy S.A. as Executive Member of the Board and CEO for their operations in Germany and the Asia Pacific, developing their innovative hydrogen portfolio and preparing the company for an IPO.