Mikael Jansen has over 20 years of business development and project management experience across Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.  Currently, Mikael serves as Director of Business Development for Elcogen, a manufacturer of clean energy technology that delivers affordable green hydrogen and emission-free electricity. 

Before joining Elcogen, MIkael was the Sales Director at Babcock & Wilcox Vølund, which manufactures, constructs, maintains, and operates renewable energy plants, with a focus on waste-to-energy.  Previous to his role at B&W Vølund, Mikael was the Business Development Manager for Haldor Topsoe for over 10 years, contracting large-scale fertilizer projects from corporate headquarters in Denmark and overseas offices in Argentina, Brazil, and South Africa. In this capacity, he met with political and business leaders to develop strategic projects that aimed to alleviate food shortages in developing nations.

Prior to Haldor Topsoe, Mikael served as a Sales Project Manager at Burmeister & Waine Scandanavian Contractors, structuring turnkey power plant projects in undeveloped regions. He also previously worked with environmental technology firms, Oreco and FLS Airtech, overseeing the financing of air pollution control and oil spill control projects in close cooperation with export credit agencies and other funders.

Mikael began his career as a Sales Manager at Maersk Industry. He graduated with a BS in Production Engineering from the Technical College of Odense.