In February 2024, Fleming Voetmann, Vice President and External Relations & Sustainability at VELUX was elected as Vice-Chair of CLG Europe and Gonzalo Sáenz de Miera, Global Director of Climate Change and Alliances at Iberdrola was elected as Chair. In their role as Chair and Vice-Chair, Fleming and Gonzalo will advise on the strategic development of CLG Europe and help to represent the interests and concerns of the group’s business leaders.
Sharing a common vision for a competitive, sustainable, and resilient European economy, Fleming Voetmann and Gonzalo Sáenz de Miera step into their roles as Chair and Vice-Chair of CLG Europe. Together, they will work to drive forward ambitious climate policies, support the energy transition, and promote industrial innovation across Europe.
As Chair, Sáenz de Miera will lead CLG’s institutional representation in key European and international forums on climate change and energy transition. He will highlight the vast opportunities for value creation and job growth in the green economy while advocating for bold and coherent policies. His leadership comes at a critical juncture for Europe, with the 2024 elections shaping the direction of the next European legislature.
As Vice-Chair, Fleming Voetmann will focus on fostering a more coordinated European industrial policy that places the Green Deal objectives at its core. His efforts will emphasize energy and material efficiency as key drivers of Europe’s prosperity and security. Additionally, he aims to reshape the narrative of the green transition—not only as a climate and energy security imperative but also as a pathway to enhanced competitiveness, affordability, public health and a transition that places people at the centre. By fostering collaboration across industries and the entire value chain, Voetmann will help drive Europe toward a low-carbon, resilient future.
Fleming Voetmann is the Vice President of External Relations and Sustainability at VELUX, a global leader in creating better indoor environments by bringing daylight and fresh air into homes and buildings. He is a highly experienced Public Affairs and Corporate Communications executive with a proven 15 year track record in managing stakeholder relations across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia. Mr. Voetmann serves on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Agenda Council on “The Future of Cities” and is a member of the cross-industry project on the Future of Urban Development. In June 2013, he joined Danfoss as Head of Public Affairs & Leadership Communication. He is also on the Board of the Public Affairs Council.
From January 2009 – May 2013 he was head of global Public Affairs & Media Relations at Novozymes A/S, headquartered in Copenhagen. Novozymes is a bio-innovation company using biotechnology to improve the use of resources in more than 40 industries around the world. He furthermore liaised with institutions like the World Bank, IFC, UN, Global Compact etc. and headed the global media relations work. He has a MA in communication from Roskilde University, Denmark, and an Executive Scholar from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, United States, and completed executive education from MIT and Reputation Institute.
Gonzalo Sáenz de Miera holds a Ph.D in Applied Environmental Economics by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (with a doctoral thesis on water economics) and a Msc in International Political Economy at the University of Warwick (UK). He is Global Director of Climate Change and Alliances at the Chairman’s Area of Iberdrola, leading the team activities on global advocacy programs and campaigns on climate action, analysis and development of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, global Climate alliances and multi-stakeholder and institutional partnerships, as well as Iberdrola’s engagement in the UNFCCC process.
He is also member of the Birdlife international Advisory Board, Vice-president of the Spanish Green Growth Group, Vice-president of the Spanish Association of Energy Economic, member of the board of Energy Economics, Director of the MBA in Energy Business at Enerclub, and founder of the initiative Dialogues on Energy and Sustainability
