Speakers 2017 Archives - BlueTech Forum

Albert Cho, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy & Digital Officer at Xylem

Albert Cho is Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy & Digital Officer at Xylem. In this role, he is responsible for driving Xylem’s efforts to digitize water infrastructure, as well as the continued development of strategies to achieve our vision and create... Read More

Adam Tank, Transcend’s Chief Customer Officer

Area of Specialization: Biosolids Management and Nutrient Recovery Adam has over 10 years of experience in the water industry with a focus on innovation, software, and business development. As the Chief Customer Officer at Transcend he has responsibility for client... Read More

Takashi Kato, Co-founder & CEO of Fracta, Inc.

Takashi Kato is Co-founder & CEO of Fracta, Inc. Fracta uses machine learning and big data to optimize infrastructure investments – starting with a water main pipe replacement prioritization solution for U.S. water utilities. Fracta got acquired (50.1%) by... Read More

Guillaume Binet, LyRE – Head of Networks, Suez

Guillaume Binet has 20 years’ experience in the water sector, during which he has developed expertise in various topics such as modelling, asset management and real-time operation. He is currently in charge of the Urban Drainage department of a SUEZ R&D center,... Read More

Elin Williamson, Research & Development Manager, Southern Water

Elin is R&D Manager for Southern Water, responsible for the R&D programme within the organisation. Elin has a keen interest in driving improvements through different approaches to innovation and gets excited about how advances in research and its application... Read More

Andre Shortell, Partner, GP Bullhound

Andre joined GP Bullhound as a Partner in 2010. He has specialised in investments in sustainability including the water sector. Previous transactions in water include Bluewater-Bio, NewLisi and Voltea. He has also published several research reports on investing in... Read More

Maeve Hall, Group Manufacturing Sustainability Manager, Unilever

Maeve Hall is a Group Manufacturing Sustainability Manager. She works across Unilever’s manufacturing operations on the delivery the Unilever water programme. Working with a network of passionate engineers and sustainability professionals, she uses World Class... Read More

Ashish Aneja, Executive Director – Digital Solutions, Suez

Ashish Aneja is Executive Director, Digital Solutions at SUEZ Water Technologies and Solutions. In this role, Ashish and his team are responsible for all new development of Digital capabilities for the business, including the company website, eCommerce, IIOT, and... Read More

Imran Jaferey, Chief Commercial Officer, Nanostone

Imran joined Nanostone in 2018 as Chief Commercial Officer with responsibility for all outward facing activities of the company including sales, marketing and project execution. Imran is a proven business executive with expertise in implementing successful growth... Read More

Steve Dawson, VP Advanced Technology & Innovation, Xylem Inc.

Steve is responsible for Xylem’s long range technology and business-model innovation. As habitual attitudes to sustainable water are forced to evolve through changes in technology, social attitudes and regulation, it is essential to discover, develop and deploy these... Read More

Speakers 2017