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Gordon Thompson is currently VP of Corporate Development and Partnerships at E.ON ONE. Gordon comes from a private equity back ground focused on Venture Capital and early stage technology companies. He joined innogy Innovation in 2017, where he worked as a Portfolio Manager before joining E.ON after E.On acquired innogy. He was part of the deal excitation teams which acquired gridX and envelio last year, which both are key strategic assets for enabling the energy transition. In his current role at E.ON ONE, he helps structures both Strategic Partnerships and M&A transactions with forward-thinking companies and technology developers. His team’s mission is to secure access to technologies and capabilities needed for E.ON ONE to lead the energy industry toward a greener, more connected, and sustainable future; while continuing to provide their customers and partners with reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy solutions. Gordon has spent most of his career in the Berlin technology space, but as also made Private Equity investments into technology companies in North America, the UK and Eastern Europe. Gordon will be discussing, Tactics for securing key technologies needed for the energy transition, via the structuring of well-balanced Strategic Partnerships, that work economically for all parties involved. 

Marcelo is a senior professional with 20+ years of increasing management responsibility combined with Pharmaceutical Technical Operations experience in the areas of Business Excellence, Operations Strategy, Project/ Program Management, and Engineering. His career profile combines both local and global roles, working in multi-national and multi-disciplinary teams and bringing a generalist perspective from multiple experiences in corporate business environment.

With over 20 years of experience in top-tier Life-Science corporations, I shape and execute large-scale change that delivers strategic value through cultural change, digital enablement, and process reengineering.
I have a passion for building and inspiring global teams, fostering cross-functional collaboration to institutionalize Operational Excellence as a long-term competitive advantage.

Jan is a Strategy & Growth leader with 15 years of industry & consulting experience. He has operated in B2B complex product environments, has been part of the strategy office of Deloitte for a fyll exco cycle, is part of the leadership team of a 500M Global Business Units, facilitated +200 strategy workshops from Atlanta to Shanghai (and back).

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