
Matthew Fairlie
Vice Chairman, Next Hydrogen
Matthew Fairlie has over 40 years’ experience with hydrogen systems beginning when he was a graduate student at the University of Toronto. He was formerly Executive Vice President and CTO of Stuart Energy, has served as a Director and Board Vice Chairman of the National Hydrogen Association in Washington DC and on numerous other boards. He is a founder/former CEO of Next Hydrogen and founder/former chairman of Hydrogen Business Council of Canada. He received an MSc in Solid State Physics from the University of Toronto and a DBA from Queens University Kingston Canada. He holds 16 US patents and has published over 30 articles on hydrogen, renewable energy and climate change.