About Us

At the service of the waste-based and advanced biodiesel supply chain

Founded in 2013, the European Waste-based & Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA) is a members-driven non-profit association focusing on supporting its members with a unique blend of information, services and interest representation.

EWABA provides in-depth policy, regulatory, and market information to its members and offers updates on legislative developments, strategy and the association's activities in Brussels and the EU via regular communications. To achieve our objectives, we have set up EWABA working groups that meet regularly on topics such as Government Affairs, Communications, Technical and Maritime affairs, to ensure the best possible intel and analysis for our membership.

EWABA represents its members before EU and national authorities aiming to achieve the best possible regularory framework for waste-based and advanced biodiesel. We also engage with media, research institutes and the wider public to better serve our members. Collectively we secure public policies that enable large-scale deployment of sustainable biofuels across the EU in the most efficient way possible.

Our members are working together to produce sustainable renewable fuels of the highest quality creating added economic and environmental value. We are proud to promote the excellent work of our members in the waste-based and advanced biodiesel supply chain, and support them in their delivery of decarbonisation solutions for the EU transport industry. Together, we showcase the positive climate mitigation and socio-economic effects of our industry.

EWABA provides in-depth policy, regulatory, and market information to its members and offers updates on legislative developments, strategy and the association's activities in Brussels and the EU.

Executive Board

The Executive Board consists of industry experts and waste-based biodiesel market leaders steering the direction for the association to achieve its policy objectives.

Ewald-Marco Münzer

President

Münzer Bioindustrie, Austria

Michael Fiedler-Panajotopoulos

Vice-President

Chevron Renewable Energy Group, Germany, The Netherlands

Adam Baisley

Board Member / Treasurer

Olleco, United Kingdom

Tommaso D'Angelo

Board Member / Co-Treasurer

Adriatica Oli, Italy

Anabela Antunes

Board Member

Prio, Portugal

Riccardo Pedriali

Board Member

PFP Biofuels, Italy

Ben Hartland

Board Member

Greenergy, UK, The Netherlands

Detlef Evers

Board Member

MVaK, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands

Dickon Posnett

Board Member

Argent Energy, UK, The Netherlands

Enrique Gonzalez

Board Member

Biocom Energia, Spain

Yorgos Kyriakopoulos

Board Member

Elin Biofuels, Greece

Secretariat

The Secretariat supports EWABA members by sharing knowledge and expertise on regulatory and market developments. The Secretariat represents the waste-based and advanced biodiesel industry in discussions with key policymakers, and international events. We engage in a range of market and communication activities, representing the association at key institutional and civil society fora and support our members to steer regulatory and industry developments.

Angel Alvarez Alberdi

Secretary General

Our Secretary General is in charge of the policy, administrative and budgetary management of the association. Angel represents the waste-based biodiesel industry vis-à-vis the European Commission, European Parliament, Member State authorities and other EU and international stakeholders such as UN bodies, NGOs and research institutes. He also prepares policy notes, position papers, legal advice and internal newsletters, and organizes and chairs internal meetings and represents the association in international conferences and events.

Angel has been the Secretary General of EWABA since the association’s creation in 2013. As of February 2024, Angel is head of the Brussels office of the global consultancy LLYC.

Previously Angel was a Senior Government Affairs Advisor at the law firm Mayer Brown for 12 years (2011-2023). Earlier in his career in Brussels Angel worked for the European Biodiesel Board, the global public affairs consultancy Brunswick Group and the Secretariat General of the European Commission.

A lawyer by training, Angel holds an MA in European Interdisciplinary Studies with a major in EU Governance from the College of Europe.

Leonidas Kanonis

Director for Communications & Analysis

Our Communication Director is in charge of different internal and external communication issues, media relations, market developments and member initiatives.

Leonidas promotes the scope and benefits of the waste-based biodiesel industry through stakeholder engagement, market analysis, industry events, EWABA's involvement in European research projects and the association’s media channels. He analyses and reports on media and market developments of relevance for the industry.

Leonidas joined EWABA on January 2021, following his 3,5 years stint at Argus Media being the biofuels deputy editor. In previous roles, Leonidas worked as an energy analyst for a consultancy in London and the UK's Office of Gas and Electricity Markets. Leonidas studied Environmental Economics at the University of York.

Dáša Mamrillová

Government Affairs Director

Our Government Affairs Director is involved with policy-related issues and supports the Secretary General in representing the association before EU institutions, and other policy-oriented stakeholders.

Dasa hosts internal and external policy meetings and constantly updates EWABA members on renewable fuels’ policy and regulatory matters.

Dasa joined EWABA in March 2022, following her role as Head of the Brussels office of Envien Group, the largest central and eastern European biofuels holding, for over 5 years. In previous roles, Dasa acquired over 20 years extensive experience in corporate banking for Raiffeisen Banking Group and Sberbank in Slovakia. Dasa studied at the University of Economy in Slovakia.

Adrian O'Connell

Technical Affairs expert

Our Technical Affairs expert is EWABA's representative in any internal and external technical-related matters for our industry.

Adrian provides valuable support to the Secretariat in our multi-stakeholder discussions across different legislative files and the effective use of waste feedstock supplies, ensuring carbon accounting rules for existing and new fuels or pathways. He has extensive experience in European fuel standardisation committees and fuel methodology working groups via his Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) expertise, at the same time supporting our members with any GHG-related issues.

Adrian joined EWABA in February 2024. Prior to that, Adrian acquired extensive experience in the renewable fuels and biofuels sector from his 8-year stint at the European Commission's Joint Research Center, in the Energy, Transport and Climate directorate. In previous roles, he has served as technical expert at the European Biodiesel Board and as an Exectutive Board member for Ireland's first large scale biodiesel production facility at Green Biofuels Ireland. Adrian holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Limerick with his thesis devoted to the transformation of used cooking oils and animal fats into biofuels.

Become a member

Join EWABA and keep up to date with ongoing policy, regulatory and market developments of the European waste-based and advanced biodiesel industry. We provide deep knowledge to our members and represent their interests vis-à-vis EU and national authorities. Together, we showcase the positive climate and economic effects of the waste-based biodiesel supply chain.

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