As Global Strategist for the Energy Transition, Susan Hansen leads the development of Rabobank’s Energy Transition research portfolio, overseeing a team of 10 analysts based in Utrecht and New York. Susan established this growing research team, which covers a broad suite of topics, including offshore wind, electricity grids, battery storage, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, biogas, e-mobility, carbon trading, and waste management, among others.

During her long career at Rabobank, Susan has led research across numerous sectors, including vegetable oil commodities, biofuels, wind energy, packaging, recycling, and the energy transition. She has spoken at many industry events, sharing Rabobank’s vision on trends in these sectors. Before leading the Energy Transition team, Susan held roles as head of the global Clean Tech Research team and as Strategist Supply Chains, focusing on cold chain logistics and the packaging sectors. She founded and managed both teams and was responsible for their global research and commercial support activities.

Susan also had a stint in finance, working on complex international transactions in areas such as acquisition finance, asset-based financing, export finance, and trade and commodity finance. Before joining Rabobank, Susan held roles involving research and analysis, project management, business development, and contract negotiations in the global telecom and staffing industries.

Susan Hansen

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