AUTHORS

Jessica Twentyman has been commenting on business technology and workplace topics since 1995. She regularly sources CXO interviews at companies operating at the cutting edge of technology application.

Leslie Hook reports from London on carbon, the environment and the renewable energy transition worldwide. Her previous roles at the FT include San Francisco correspondent, Lex writer and Beijing correspondent. Prior to that she was at the Wall Street Journal.\n

Sylvia Pfeifer is the Acting Energy Correspondent at FT. She previously covered energy, defense, industrials for FT, Sunday Telegraph.

Hideaki Omiya has served as Chairman of the Board at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries since 2013. He previously served as President and CEO of the company from 2008 to 2013, successfully steering its diverse business areas through a period of corporate reform.

Andrew Ward is the MD at FTI Consulting. He was previously the energy editor at the Financial Times. \n

Mr Tetsushi Mizuno comes from a position as General Manager in Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, which is part of MHI group and is located in Takasago, Japan. Mr Mizuno has been with MHI since 1986.\nSince commencing in MHI some 30 years ago, Mr Mizuno has worked in a wide variety of positions across the company’s businesses including; sales, HR and Business Strategy Planning.\nIn his role as Deputy General Manager for the Business Strategy Planning Department, he was deeply involved in the establishment of the joint venture between MHI and Vestas which led to the creation of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind.

Sarah Shearman is a commissioning editor for Guardian Careers. She is also a freelance journalist covering social issues, sustainability, business and tech.