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Stefan works at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Europe’s second largest port hosting the largest petrochemical cluster, in the Sustainable Transition team where he is focusing on hydrogen and CO2 and in particular the connection of the port with the German hinterland. Before he was already active for 2,5 years in the hydrogen sector at WaterstofNet, a nonprofit organization that founded and coordinated a hydrogen cluster of 180 Dutch and Belgian companies active in the BeNeLux. The organization also launched the Belgian Hydrogen Council (BHC) in 2022. Stefan was in charge of public affairs and international relations for both WaterstofNet and BHC. In 2020 he started his career at the Belgian Steel Industry Association, where he followed up European and Belgian climate and energy policy for two years. Stefan graduated in 2016 as a Master of Laws and subsequently completed a Master's degree in International Relations and Diplomacy at the University of Antwerp. In 2021 he followed the Postgraduate Diploma in Climate and Energy at the same university.