• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Paul Browning

Fortescue Future Industries

President & Chief Executive Officer, North America

Paul F. Browning was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Fortescue Future Industries North America on January 1, 2022. Mr. Browning has extensive global leadership experience in distributed and central power generation, as well as in North American midstream and downstream oil and gas operations. Prior to FFI, Paul was President & CEO of Mitsubishi Power Americas, where he led two global businesses headquartered in the United States, and three regional businesses for North and South America. Paul was also previously the President and CEO of Irving Oil Company in Canada, and before that was President and CEO of the Thermal Products Division of GE Power & Water in Schenectady, New York. Earlier in his career, he worked for Caterpillar Corporation in a variety of leadership positions.Mr. Browning holds a B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as an M.S. degree in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Sessions With Paul Browning

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 04:40pm - 05:25pm (CST) / -

    Plenary - Hydrogen: Will it be real this time?
    Clean Tech

    The prospects for the role of hydrogen in the energy mix are rising, but not for the first time. To finally break through into the mainstream energy sector, the industry needs to scale up and reduce costs. As the use of hydrogen grows, it will also need to win both wider public acceptance and the right policy support. Hydrogen’s advantage is its versatility. In which applications can it best succeed? Where are the next technology and cost breakthroughs likely to come from? How can policy best support the hydrogen economy?