Biogas Capital Forum — Biomethane: A European Perspective

Torben Brabo has 30 years of experience in Danish and EU energy sectors, many transformative and multi-country responsibilities and projects: Worked as CEO for Danish Energinet GasTSO (where biomethane and certificate register originated) - thus partner in bringing biogas to 39% in Denmark.

Several board positions in EU including ENNOH, ENTSOG and Gas Infrastructure Europe, where he led sector input to Commission and Parliament on EU legislation, including RED, Methane Emissions and Gas Package. Biomethane and hydrogen were key focuses in Gas For Climate and European Hydrogen Backbone.

Currently he works as an independent consultant, increasingly on financing and business development, asset management and digitalisation.

Carsten holds a Master’s degree in Finance and International Business and brings more than 30 years of experience in executing large-scale international projects within shipbuilding, offshore wind, and the oil and gas industry.
 
In April 2025, Carsten assumed the role of CEO of Lundsby Renewable Solutions – an international EPC contractor specializing in the delivery af large-scale biogas plants for major developers such as CIP, Gasum and ST1/Valio, primarily across the Scandinavian markets.
 
Previously, Carsten has held positions as CEO of K2 Management A/S and Senior Vice President at Semco Maritime.

Anna is Head of Energy and Infrastructure in Denmark at Ramboll Management Consulting, with 15 years of experience advising investors and developers across energy markets.

She has worked extensively on biomethane investments across Europe, leading due diligences that span commercial, regulatory, technical and ESG dimensions, and brings firsthand knowledge of what drives value and risk in this market. Her broader expertise spans bio- and e-fuels, CCUS, electrification, and the decarbonisation of energy and energy-intensive industries.

This gives her a wide-angle view of how biomethane fits into the European energy transition and where the real opportunities lie.

Michael is a Senior Director within the Green Giraffe Advisory London team. He is a Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) accountant and holds an MBA from Manchester Business School. 

He brings more than 20 years of financial advisory experience and is leading the biogas initiatives at Green Giraffe. Before joining Green Giraffe, Michael worked for 15 years as a partner at BDO in London, where he was responsible for the firm’s energy finance team. 

He also served as a Non-Executive Director at Pretoria Energy, which was one of the largest biogas plants in Europe.

Wouter Lakeman is a sector coverage banker in ING’s Hydrocarbons & New Energies team, based in Amsterdam and focusing on Northwestern Europe. 

He plays a leading role in ING’s biogas and biomethane strategy by coordinating the bank’s subsector focus. Wouter works closely with project developers, energy companies, and infrastructure investors to structure bankable financings and scale the production of biomethane. 

He has 9 years of experience in the energy sector and has been involved in multiple closed biomethane and bio-LNG transactions in Europe.

Patrick Gjelstrup Rosenquist is a Director of Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund (EIFO). 

Patrick is a renewable energy and infrastructure financing professional and has 10+ years of experience in originating, analyzing, negotiating and structuring renewable energy assets. 

Patrick heads up the New Energy origination area which covers hydrogen, low carbon fuels & chemicals, biogas and CCS.  Export credits and international non-recourse finance are key focus areas. 

Ari Suomilammi has been working in Gasum for over three decades in several positions, previously in gas transmission and biogas production related tasks and currently in biomethane business as Head of Renewable Gases position.

Task covers European-wide biomethane sourcing, portfolio management and development of utilization of other renewable gases like e-methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Ari actively participates in the work of several industry associations nationally and internationally.

Ari holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering, MBA and MSc in Economics.