Accelerating sustainable
industrial transition
Team
Andreas ten Cate, PhD
Initiator and director
I’m a chemical engineer by training, with a researcher’s mind and an open eye to what happens around us. With over twenty years of experience at the crossroads of industry, applied research, and policy, I came to see that the barriers to industrial transformation often aren’t technical. They sit in the space between stakeholders, where not much seems to happen, but where everything is decided. This is the place where together we shape new value chains, and plan for the future of industry. The Industry’s Drawing Room exists to give that space a home.
Michael Tan, MSc
Transition pathway analyst
I’m a chemical engineer with a background in modeling the transformation of industrial clusters. I spent five years at TU Delft building models to map how petrochemical clusters can move away from fossil feedstocks. Now, at the Industry’s Drawing Room, I bring that work closer to practice – translating technical transition pathways into insight that policymakers and industry can actually use.
Mirre Stevens, MSc
Industrial ecology advisor
I’m an environmental scientist and ecologist with a passion for understanding how the natural world and human activity intersect. With hands-on experience across impact assessment, environmental policy, and regulatory reporting, I bring a system view of the industrial and environmental landscape — from the science on the ground to the rules on the page. In the Industry’s Drawing Room, I bring those insights in closer connection to technical expertise of my colleagues.
Tjerk Hassing, MSc
Senior Project Development Manager
Drawing on over 25 years of project development experience in the energy sector, I am now applying my expertise to sustainable industrial solutions. I specialize in translating complex policies and strategies into feasible project scopes. With multi-disciplinary teams, I build and challenge opportunity frames and develop roadmaps to identify the most effective solution for the specific challenge at hand, balancing real needs, value, low cost and risks. This provides the necessary perspective to move forward, ensuring progress does not stall between good intentions and unrealistic projects or meaningless studies.
Partners
Tijs Beek, MSc
Principal, Decision Advisory
Tijs joined Sproule ERCE in 2024 after 20+ years in the global energy industry. In his most recent role, Tijs was Program Manager for regional integrated energy transition strategies where he developed a systematic approach to helping organizations navigate the complexity of global transitions at the local level. He has spent recent years implementing this strategy for countries and regions around the globe.
Sproule-ERCE Decision Advisory
Energy systems, industrial operations, utilities, and urban development sectors face unprecedented complexity as they navigate transition dynamics, regulatory expectations, emerging technologies, and volatile markets. Leaders must define direction, align diverse stakeholders, and commit capital – often under uncertainty and time pressure. Without a transparent decision logic and an integrated view of qualitative and quantitative drivers, organizations risk misaligned strategies, stalled projects, and delayed investments. Effective decision-making requires a structured, scenario-informed, and participatory process. Sproule ERCE delivers end-to-end Decision Advisory support that connects Scenarios → Strategy → Projects through a coherent and repeatable workflow.
