Steven joined the Hydrogen Council in 2021, as the Director Operations and PMO. His first mission was to establish the Council’s headquarters in Brussels, hiring the Secretariat team, managing the operations and the growth of the membership base as well as organizing the support for the Hydrogen Council studies and initiatives. In September 2023, he was appointed as the Interim Executive Director. He started his career in the Shell Group of Companies, with positions in Belgium, Italy, France, in R&D, project management, sales and marketing. For several years he has been the Executive Director of a family owned Belgian SME active in the cork sector (120 staff).  Since 2000, he has been a consultant specializing in strategy (scenario planning), innovation and stakeholder engagement processes,  in a variety of industry sectors and societal challenges. Steven holds a PhD in physics.