Stefan recently joint the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Europe’s second largest port, in the Sustainable Transition team where he will be focusing on hydrogen and CO2. 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 in 2022. Stefan was in charge of public affairs and international relations. 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.