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

Christian Allard

Aberdeen City Council

Council Co-Leader

Christian Allard has been Co-Leader of Aberdeen City Council since May 2023.  He was elected to Aberdeen City Council in May 2017 and represents the Torry and Ferryhill Ward. Christian is Convener of the Council’s Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee, the alternating Chair of the Aberdeen City Region Deal Joint Committee and Chair of Community Planning Aberdeen.  He is also a member of the North East Opportunity Board (ONE). On a political note, Christian was appointed as the Scottish National Party (SNP) Group Leader on Aberdeen City Council and attends the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) Leaders meetings. He has also been an elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Scotland from 2019 to 2020 and a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North-East Scotland Region from 2013 to 2016. Born in Dijon, France, Christian is a widower, a father of three, a grandfather of six and has kept his French nationality.  He came to Scotland in the 1980s when he accepted the offer from a European seafood transport and logistics network to open an office in Glasgow and later moved to Aberdeen to work for a seafood exporting company.  Christian worked in the fishing industry for over 30 years before entering local politics.

Sessions With Christian Allard

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 09:30am - 10:00am (CST) / 19/mar/2024 02:30 pm - 19/mar/2024 03:00 pm

    The North Sea: A beacon for a low-carbon energy future
    Hydrogen

    The World Energy Cities Partnership (WECP) cities are home to many green hydrogen companies that are leading initiatives to build a lower-carbon energy future, developing the full range of energy sources to power the world today and into tomorrow. As hydrogen hubs, WECP cities and mayors are leading voices on sustainable economic development, climate action and building more resilient cities. This applies not least to the WECP North Sea region cities of Aberdeen, Esbjerg and Stavanger that are at the forefront when it comes to driving the energy transition with green hydrogen.