Thomas Altmann is with ACWA Power for 13 years the EVP for Innovation and New Technology at ACWA Power. He is a leading expert in Energy and Desalination, having worked in technical and managerial roles in this field for over 30 years. As a global specialist, Thomas held EVP and MD positions at ILF Consulting in Germany with responsibility for Energy & Desalination across international markets. He also served as VP at Bechtel in the Power Generation business unit with global responsibility for Desalination out of their UK and US offices.

Thomas has also served as elected Director on the board of the International Desalination Association (IDA) and the European Desalination Society (EDS). He is also a member of the IDA Global R+D Committee and MIT Technology Review Global Panel and appointed Advisory Board member for the USD 119M XPrize Desalinating Innovation competition. Thomas holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering and an Advanced Certificates for Executives (ACE) in Management, Innovation and Technology and an Executive Certificate in Artificial Intelligence from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Sloan). He was granted several patents in the field of AI, CCSU, solar, desalination, nanofiltration and mineral extraction from seawater.