Prof. Dr. Christopher Hebling studied Physics and worked for ten years in the field of Photovoltaics before he became Director for the Hydrogen Technologies Division at ISE with a staff of like 150 scientists, engineers and students today. He is the Spokesperson of the Fraunhofer Hydrogen Network and Board Member of the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence 'Integrated Energy Systems'. Next to his close involvement in national strategy developments he is member of the Expert committee for the Transformation of the Automobile Industry of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Furthermore, he is the Vice President of the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association and he is involved in international stakeholder processes and advisory boards of international hydrogen and fuel cell conferences. He published more than 150 journal and conference papers and is Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The Hydrogen Technologies Division conducts research in low temperature polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis and fuel cell systems, as well as in thermochemical processing of hydrogen for the production of synthetic fuels and chemicals. In 09/23 he became director international as part of the ISE directorship.