Our team members have been entrusted by the members and the Board to work on ESMC policy issues in communication and the working groups. Don’t hesitate to contact our Secretary General if you have any question about the membership and policy topics.
Christoph Podewils | Secretary General
Jens Holm | Policy Director
Johan Lindahl | Industry Advisor
Christoph Podewils
Secretary General
Christoph Podewils
ESMC Secretary General
For more information:
podewils@esmc.solar
Christoph Podewils stared his career in journalism – first reporting for national newspapers and radio station, later for solar magazine Photon, where he explored the intricacies of solar power before it was a buzzword. Later, he led communications at the energy think tank Agora Energiewende, helping to shape public discourse on the energy transition. After that, he took on responsibility for public affairs and corporate communications at solar manufacturer Meyer Burger. In this capacity, he also served as a board member of ESMC. Along the way, Christoph wrote a book, “Deutschland unter Strom”, which dives into the fascinating world of Germany’s shift to renewable energy.
Jens Holm
Policy Director
Jens Holm
ESMC Policy Director
For more information:
holm@esmc.solar
Jens Holm has 15 years’ expericene as a full-time politician, with three years in the European Parliament and 12 years in the Swedish Parliament. Holm has in general worked with Swedish and international climate policies, renewable energy, sustainable transport and plant-based diet topics. Among other things, as a politician he has worked with dossiers such as EU ETS, renewable energy directive (RED), EcoDesign, the REACH-regulation, the Swedish climate policy framework and Sweden´s first climate act (2018). Holm is also a well know lecturer when it comes to climate and sustainability issues and author of several books in Swedish. He holds a Master’s degree in sociology from Uppsala university. Jens Holm have the main responsibility of ESMCs work on sustainability related policies and regulations.
Johan Lindahl
Industry Advisor
Johan Lindahl
Industry Advisor
For more information:
lindahl@esmc.solar
Dr. Johan Lindahl has extensive experience of market and regulatory issues concerning the photovoltaic market, both at national and international level. Partly as the previous Secretary General of the European Solar Manufacturing Council and partly from the work as Swedish representative in the international organization IEA PVPS for the last 13 years, but also from the previous role as the spokesperson of the industry organization Svensk Solenergi. Johan also holds a Ph.D in thin film solar cells of the type CIGS from Uppsala University, Sweden.