Recommendations and testimonials
Over the past decades, I have made many friends in business. I have learned much from them and from the feedback that I have received, I know that they have appreciated my work. At sbh4, most of our work is done for regular and returning clients who we have supported over many years on multiple engagements.
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Below is a selection of recommendations from my LinkedIn profile.
- Hydrogen
- CCUS and decarbonisation
- Business Strategy
- Consulting
- Training
- Industrial Gases Industry expert
- Program & Project Management
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Leadership
- Coach and mentor
- Team player
- Making in happen!
Hydrogen
David Strong, Solutions-Oriented Managing Director with Extensive Investment Management Background / Expert Communicator & Relationship-Builder / Highly Skilled in Market Research, Financial Analysis & Corporate Development Strategies:
"Stephen Harrison is far and away the most knowledgeable, strategic thinker I have ever come across in decarbonization. His global understanding of the issues and solutions is matched only by his ability to communicate in a crystal clear manner. Those who can explain the complex, are those who truly understand the complex, and Stephen is the epitome of a domain expert."
Thomas Heinrich, Managing Consultant at NexantECA:
"Stephen and I have been working together on a number of hydrogen projects. It has been a joy to exchange ideas with Stephen, given his excellent technical and market knowledge and collaborative approach."
Preetam Singh, Assistant Professor at Dept. of Ceramic Enginerring, IIT (BHU) Varanasi:
"Stephen`s dedication and passion towards propagating Hydrogen energy technology is immense. He is a straight forward expert who can take right step and ask real questions. His searching abilities, keen interest and ability to judge a technology on new findings especially in the field of alternative energy and hydrogen economy makes him highly valuable for institutional support and making environmental policies. His efforts and achievements are commendable and worth huge recognition. I am sure he will deliver a clean hydrogen powered ecofriendly world with his continuous effort, dedicated work and managing skills."
CCUS and decarbonisation
Gabriel Padín González, Renewable hydrogen and e-fuels project development engineer at AtlantHy/Renewable energies/Green hydrogen/Synthetic fuels/Carbon capture/Power-to-X
"Stephen's articles on hydrogen, carbon utilization and e-fuels production are quite clear and concise, contributing to the dissemination on a topic of such revelance to the energy transition as carbon utilization and synthetic fuels."
Rob van Straten, Entrepreneur, Executive, Strategic Advisor – Climatech, Carbontech, E-mobility, Direct Air Capture (DAC), GRC:
"Last week of February 2024 I had the pleasure listening to Stephen's presentation on the Gasworld European CO2 Summit in Innsbruck. I was impressed by Stephen's excellent analysis and thoughtfull viewpoints on the topic of eFuels and the CO2 supply chains being reconfigured, including comparing Biogenic and Direct Air Capture as future sources of CO2. And his presentation was delivered in a very engaging way. I recommend anyone to join one of his sessions if possible at all."
Simone Satta, Project Officer at GSEO - Green & Smart Energy Organization:
"Stephen is one of the leading experts internationally in CCUS, low-carbon hydrogen, and GHG emissions reduction. In addition to his professional expertise, Stephen’s enthusiasm, dedication, and commitment have made it a great pleasure to collaborate with him."
Business Strategy
Joseph Yu, President and CEO at SN Aboitiz Power:
"Stephen is a very sharp business leader who is able to develop a comprehensive strategy and break them down into coherent programs and initiatives. He is a relentless manager who guides his team in delivering stretch objectives and preparing for future expansions."
Kostas Rallis, Linde Gas, Germany:
"Stephen has exemplary strategic vision, great team player, fair and objective. Hard working, dedicated, passionate and with great networking skills. It was a pleasure working with him for 6 - 7 years."
Jens Waldeck, Head of Region Europe Central by the Linde Group:
"Stephen is a very experienced and succesful manager in the area of Specialty Gases but not only limited to that. Strategy, Business Acumen, Visible Leadership and People Development are strong Learship Competences to mention."
Consulting
Dr. Alastor Coleby, Environmental Specialist & Social Ecologist in Hong Kong:
"Stephen is a knowledgeable expert in CCS and Hydrogen in the oil and gas sector, and is a useful contact for consultations."
Shivan Ahamparam, Segment Leader – Electrical & Electronic Products at BASF:
"I have worked with Stephen for a few years and I am impressed with his people skills and business acumen. He understands the needs of the market and customers very well."
Benjamin Schaller, Project manager and product manager chez PanGas AG – The Linde Group:
"It is always a pleasure to meet Stephen personnaly or in telco. Stephen and his team are helping us to get information from markets; they analyze and give us the global trends. He helps us in introducing new products targeting these trends. His global view and detailed information is welcome. His "human qualities" also. Many thanks!"
Training
Sam Reed, Hydrocarbon Sales Consultant at Holt Energy Advisors:
"I attended two of Stephen's sessions of Hydrogen training for the Class of H2 - an Introduction to Hydrogen and a deeper dive into Electrolysis and Thermolysis. The sessions were very informative, and were delivered in a clear, concise and interesting forma."
Paul Atherley, Chairman:
"Many thanks to Stephen for his enthusiastic and extremely knowledgeable presentation of Hydrogen as a complex, rapidly emerging and extremely important energy source. Highly Recommended!"
Daniel Saxton, CNexantECA Markets & Profitability:
"Stephen was engaging and extremely knowledgeable as one of the lead instructors of NexantECA's Hydrogen course."
Industrial Gases Industry Expert
Susan Brownlow, Freelance PR professional and writer for energy, industrials, science & technology:
"I have worked with Steve Harrison in his capacity as Global Head of Specialty Gases & Specialty Equipment at Linde since early 2009. In my own capacity as an experienced, industry-based, independent PR consultant working for Linde Gases, I can state with real conviction that Steve is undoubtedly not only one of the most adept and intelligent sources for media stories that I have had the pleasure to interact with, but also one of the most enlightened."
Werner Schneider, Global product manager rare gases, The Linde Group:
"Steve has great experience in specialty gases business, his knowledge of markets and applications is outstanding.
I know him as a person who is very focused and has clear visions. His international background and intercultural experience helps him to be very successful in his role."
Martin Schlögl, Country Manager CZ&SK at Hach / Danaher Corporation:
"Steve is a respected professional fully committed to his job. His knowledge in area of Specialty Gases & Equipment is enormous and well balanced with his business acumen. He naturally motivates people around him to contribute and get things done. Steve is a brilliant presenter, with great talent to catch the audience. It is very inspiring to work with him and I am looking forward to other projects and cooperation with Steve."
Program & Project Management
Sandeep Sen, Group CIO at The Linde Group:
"Stephen is very strategically focused and customer oriented and enjoys a high level of credibility within the organisation. Stephen has also a great reputation on delivery of projects."
Marina Hong, VP Human Resources at Becton Dickinson:
"Steve is a very good mentor and manager to his team. He works in a multi faceted role which requires expertise in project management and product knowledge."
Kathy Hocker, Executive Leader / P&L/ Cultural Transformation / Customer Experience / Digital Services / International / General Manager
"Stephen is an excellent business and people leader. He consistently won support from global peers and stakeholders to own and implement programs. He is extremely passionate about customers and focuses on resourcing the right areas to drive growth through customer engagement and market innovation. He has a great blend of technical, marketing and leadership expertise which I highly valued, and was an asset to our team."
Acquisitions and divestments
Kyle Jackson, MBA, Private Equity at Third Bridge Group Limited:
"I've worked with Stephen on several commercial, strategic and operational due diligence projects on industrial gases. In addition to this, we have hosted him via thought-leadership Expert Interviews with a very large number of eager bulge bracket funds joining in to listen to his perspectives. I deal with executives at fortune 500s on a daily basis and Stephen is definitly one of the most intelligent and well spoken experts I've ever dealt with. What impressed me most was not only his deep reservoir of industry knowledge but his ability to convey this information in such a succint manner."
Alan Watkins, EGM industrial specialists at Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety:
"Stephen is both fiercely intelligent and passionate about his work. He played an important leadership role in the Linde-BOC merger through his technical ability and willingness to embrace the major changes personally."
Nigel Lewis, Charity Director and Trustee
"Stephen played a key role in preparing for a possible divestment of part of BOC's business in the UK and reorganisation of the remaining activity. He demonstrated initiative in addressing key areas such as IT, communicated well across all team members and responded rapidly to all anti-trust and M&A information requests. It was great to work with Stephen during such a challenging time for the business."
Leadership
Rajan Varshney, Deputy General Manager at NTPC Limited:
"Stephen has a clear and inspiring vision for hydrogen as a tool for decarbonisation and climate neutrality. I appreciate his global thought leadership and inspiration."
Robinson Leiva, CEO at Cymsa:
"It was a pleasure working with Steve. Very smart, respectful, open minded and with very good technical, personal and leadership skills."
Paul Martin, Senior Partner:
"My time with Stephen was some of the best in my career. Brings enjoyment to the job, is always encouraging outside of the box thinking, and together we got a lot accomplished."
Coach and mentor
Ruth Leland, Sales and Marketing Manager Europe, Refining and Chemicals at Johnson Matthey:
"I worked for Stephen on a global step out project for BOC Scientific. I learned a great deal from him during this time - he allowed me to develop and input my own ideas, as we well as providing me with great support and coaching. He was keen for me to develop and present my ideas to the sponsoring board and really helped me to improve my business development skills."
Dominik Michel, Founder and Project Manager for Startup/Spinoff at Linde AG:
"I had the pleasure to have Stephen both as my direct manager and as a mentor. Steve knew how to get the best out of me and motivate me at the same time. His structured working style helped me understand how to manage multiple projects at the same time without losing track. In his role as a mentor Stephen supported me in the possibly best way I could have imagined and was of great help whenever I needed direction or a second view on something. I would definitely work for Stephen again."
Wendy Sadler-Moyes, Business Manager with Strategic Marketing and Sales, Profit and Loss, and Business Transformation Experience:
"Stephen is a highly intelligent individual whose willingness to share his depth of knowledge and wealth of experience assisted me greatly in coming up to speed quickly in my new role as Market Manager Specialty Gases (Australia). He worked tirelessly with me showing me how to utilize key market drivers in conjunction with industry growth figures to forecast the capacity requirements of a new multi-million dollar Specialty Gases plant. He was a great mentor, always so supportive and an absolute pleasure to work with as part of his Global Specialty Gases and Equipment team. I wish him every success."
Team player
Magnus Karlson, Head of Hospital Sales:
"Stephen is extremely competent in the area of speciality gases and their applications, however, what I immediately think when I hear his name is "passion", few people are so engaged and committed as Stephen!"
Mike Pooley, President CHEP Europe:
"I have known Stephen for over 20 years. He is a highly professional, articulate and intelligent person with strong senior managerial skills. He has a great ability to engage colleagues, customers and his team."
Kevin Lee, Head of Regional Marketing, East Asia:
"Stephen has excellent strategic insight and adopts a thorough but pragmatic approach. I found Stephen to be very personable and his collaborative style was highly effective in driving innovative growth initiatives."
Making it happen
Sami Ahonen, Looking for new challenges in Sales/Management/Strategy/Digitalisation/Change/B2B:
"Stephen has a really high energy level and one can count on him finishing all the tasks he promises. A true professional who knows what he speaks about, convinces others to join his agenda and can really make things happen."
Andrew Harvey, Head of Healthcare, EMEA at Linde:
"Stephen is perhaps the most intelligent person I know. His quality of work is outstanding."
Ann Hallsor, Former Global Business Data Manager, Business Solutions at The Linde Group:
"Steve just makes things happen! Totally professional and results driven."