Energy Seminar at Harvard: Derek Warnick, Co-Founder and CFO, Electric Hydrogen
Monday, Apr 13, 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Room 3.5. Located in the Belfer Building of Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
Derek Warnick, Co-Founder and CFO of Electric Hydrogen will speak at the next Energy Seminar on Monday, April 13.
Join for a deep dive on the future of electric hydrogen and ways in which climate finance can best be leveraged to deliver results.
Derek Warnick is CFO and co-founder of Electric Hydrogen, a company manufacturing the world’s most efficient and low-cost electrolyzers to produce green hydrogen at truly global scale. Electric Hydrogen has more than 250 employees and has raised over $750M to date. Prior to Electric Hydrogen, Derek spent the last nearly 20 years of his career, since leaving the World Bank, focused exclusively on the intersection of clean energy and finance, including most recently at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a leading climate tech venture capital firm founded by Bill Gates.
Derek received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and BS from Georgetown University.
** Note for non-Harvard affiliates and attendees without HUIDs: HKS security requires guest lists to be submitted 2 business days prior. Please register ASAP to guarantee your admission to the event.
Register
Join for a deep dive on the future of electric hydrogen and ways in which climate finance can best be leveraged to deliver results.
Derek Warnick is CFO and co-founder of Electric Hydrogen, a company manufacturing the world’s most efficient and low-cost electrolyzers to produce green hydrogen at truly global scale. Electric Hydrogen has more than 250 employees and has raised over $750M to date. Prior to Electric Hydrogen, Derek spent the last nearly 20 years of his career, since leaving the World Bank, focused exclusively on the intersection of clean energy and finance, including most recently at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a leading climate tech venture capital firm founded by Bill Gates.
Derek received his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and BS from Georgetown University.
** Note for non-Harvard affiliates and attendees without HUIDs: HKS security requires guest lists to be submitted 2 business days prior. Please register ASAP to guarantee your admission to the event.
ADD YOUR EVENT TO THE SALATA CALENDAR
Are you hosting a Harvard-affiliated event that is related to climate change and/or sustainability? Please submit your event to the Salata Institute event calendar using this quick form! We look forward to sharing your event with the Harvard community.
Submit Your Event