John Van Ham is senior director of the Pembina Institute's industrial decarbonization group.   
He has held executive director roles under environment and business sector alignment and relations at Alberta Innovates and Alberta Innotech, and major leadership roles in environment and public policy with ConocoPhillips Canada. He also worked at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and has extensive experience in cleantech and carbon technologies across many sectors including oil and gas, refining and upgrading, hydrogen, electricity and renewables, agriculture, and mining.