Our confirmed 2025 Speakers

Mr. Khash Mohajerani is the Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at OrbeNovo Capital. OrbeNovo Capital is a specialist private equity investor in the Energy & Industrial sectors. OrbeNovo is an active investor in the UK and Irish biogas sector through its portfolio company, EAG Bioenergy Ltd. Prior to starting OrbeNovo Capital, he was a senior investment team member of Bluewater Private Equity. He previously worked in private equity and investment banking with Warburg Pincus and Merrill Lynch. He was previously a Non-Executive Director of Siccar Point Energy, Mime Petroleum, Wellesley Petroleum, Apex International Energy and TRG Energy AS. He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of EAG Bioenergy Limited and is a Member of the Development Board of St John’s College, Cambridge.

Philip has 10 years’ experience in the Irish energy industry, working in large utility companies and with the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications mainly on renewable heat technologies such as biomethane. During his time in KPMG, Philip has led the development of Ireland’s National Biomethane Strategy on behalf of the Department of Agriculture and has been involved in multiple M&A transaction on AD assets across the UK and Ireland.

Master of Business Administration, University of Tampere Leading the Renewable Energy business unit in St1, including the management of St1 Biogas operations, while also responsible for the St1 business strategy. Board member in several St1 subsidiaries and joint venture companies in the renewable fuel sector.

Christian is currently VP Biogas, Biomethane and Bio-LNG at VARO ENERGY, a leading European energy supplier embracing the energy transition through 5 pillars: Biogas, Biofuels, H2, E-Mobility and Carbon Removal. Christian is developing VARO’s Biogas business through Investments and Off-take contracts. Christian has got more than 20 years of international project management, sales, and production management experience in the manufacturing and energy industries. His background is in mechanical engineering and holds an MBA from IMD.