Mr Paul Lucchese has been chair of the Hydrogen TCP since 2017. As well as this, Mr. Lucchese has been Head of the Energy R&D program at the French Public Research Institute (CEA) for over 10 years.

Mr. Lucchese has 23 years of experience in the hydrogen and fuel cells field, actively involved in national (Vice-chair of the French Hydrogen Association), European (Chair of Hydrogen Europe Research for 8 years and member of the FCH JU Governing Board) and international (Chair of the H2TCP) organizations.
He has a background in Nuclear Engineering (École Centrale de Paris) with a specialty in two-phase flow thermohydraulic, and a Master’s in Applied Chemistry.

In addition to this responsibility at IEA TCP, he is part of APED, the French agency for research and innovation on energy transition. He is also co editor in chief of STET, a scientific journal on energy transition.