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Dr. Timm Kehler has been serving as the Executive Director and CEO of Zukunft Gas since its establishment, representing the German gas and hydrogen industry. The mechanical engineer and industrial designer initially entered the gas sector through the automotive industry. For over twelve years, he contributed to various hydrogen projects at the BMW Group, holding leadership positions in design, brand and product strategy, as well as marketing.

Timm Kehler

• Year of Birth: 1968 
• Studies and Ph.D. at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TU Berlin 
• 1997 – 2009 BMW Group 
• 2009 – 2015 CEO of erdgas mobil GmbH 
• Since 2015 Executive Director and CEO of Zukunft Gas 
• Since 2023 Member of the Board of Eurogas 
• Since 2023 Member of the Advisory Board of NOW GmbH (National Organization for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology)

Zukunft Gas is the voice of the German gas and hydrogen industry. The industry association pools the interests of its members and represents them to the public, politicians and consumers. Together with its member companies, the association works to ensure that the potential of hydrogen, biogas and natural gas as well as the existing gas infrastructure is utilized, provides information about the opportunities and possibilities that gaseous energy sources offer our society and drives the transformation of the gas industry towards new gases. The association is supported by leading companies in the gas and hydrogen industry. Other industry associations and the heating appliance industry support Zukunft Gas as partners.