Charlotte Harris
British Consulate General
Ignacio Pantojo-Titos
Floating Wind Department Manager
Iberdrola
Ignacio, as Iberdrola’s Floating Wind Department Manager, is responsible for engaging the Floating Offshore Wind sector in order to develop and provide the best floating solution for the Offshore Floating Projects of Iberdrola.
During almost 25 years of professional experience Ignacio has participated in more than 50 projects of industrial and power generation facilities (mainly wind farms and combine cycle power plants).
He has been in the Offshore Wind Sector for more than 12 years, gaining experience in technical areas, business development, preparation of call for tenders, project development and project management.
Ignacio has been involved in most of Iberdrola Offshore Wind Projects, taking part in origination, development, engineering and project management of Offshore Projects in Europe and USA.
Chris Wissemann
Chief Executive Officer
Diamond Offshore Wind
Chris is CEO of Diamond Offshore Wind, part of the Mitsubishi Corporation family of companies involved in Offshore Wind including Eneco and Diamond Transmission Corporation.
Chris is one of the leaders of the domestic offshore wind industry. He founded Deepwater Wind in 2005 and drove development of the first offshore wind project in the U.S. off of Block Island, Rhode Island.
Chris has more than three decades of experience developing, building and financing renewable energy, combined cycle and energy efficiency projects in the US.
Chris has an engineering degree from Brown University.
Daniel Kennedy, P.E
Senior Project Manager Offshore Wind
Diamond Offshore Wind
Daniel Kennedy is a Senior Project Manager and Professional Engineer with 20 years of experience in design, underwater inspection and management of waterfront, port and offshore engineering projects. Mr. Kennedy has worked internationally as the Head of the Ports and Terminals group for a multi-disciplinary engineering firm, where his role included the responsibility of managing the design and construction of a new island. Mr. Kennedy is knowledgeable in the development of detailed design packages and time/cost estimates for a wide range of permanent marine related structures. His design capabilities are complimented with extensive experience in site construction phase services including managing and directing site teams responsible for, dredging reclamation and ground improvement, material inspection and testing, rock works, concrete and steel construction, construction of floating structures, piling driving, retaining structures and structural rehabilitation. Prior to joining Diamond Offshore Wind, Mr. Kennedy served as the Ports Manager for the development of the first utility scale wind farm in the US. He is currently the Foundation Package Manager for the development of the New England Aqua Ventus project, for deploying the first offshore floating wind turbine in the US using UMaine’s VolturnUS hull technology.
Becky Gallagher
