Keynote SpeakerAnna Gumbau

Anna Gumbau is an experienced and sought-after event moderator, reporter, and communications professional, driving the conversation on the energy transition in the EU and internationally.

Anna is your best choice to moderate your event on the energy transition, climate action and a switch to a circular economy. As a former energy and climate journalist, she has a wealth of technical expertise around these topics – but is also able to keep the big picture and connect the dots across sectors and policies.

In less than three years, Anna has moderated over 150 events, from big corporate congresses to high-level institutional events, award ceremonies, expert panel discussions, and focus groups. Her main strengths are: 1) her in-depth expertise on EU and sustainability policy matters, 2) a vibrant energy and warmth on stage, 3) mastering of interaction methods, and on top of that, flawless timekeeping.

Anna always puts the audience at the heart of the discussion, making events that truly resonate.

As a result, she masters both content and format of events. Your conferences, high-level interviews and audiovisual projects are in safe hands with her. She is also part of Euractiv’s roster of policy event moderators.

Her academic background lies in European studies and EU foreign policy, so she has in-depth knowledge on EU decision-making processes.

As a journalist, she has worked on energy, climate, environment, and transport topics for outlets including Deutsche Welle, El País, Euractiv, Energy Monitor, Carbon Pulse, Agenda Pública, and FORESIGHT Climate and Energy.

Based in Brussels, often in her native Barcelona, ready to work globally. She is fluent in English, Catalan, Spanish, French and Italian.