Marcel Kramer

Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Gasunie

Marcel Kramer was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of Gasunie on 1 July 2005. On that day, Gasunie became a natural gas transport, infrastructure and services company. Mr Kramer joined Gasunie in 2003 as Managing Director of the Technology & Assets Division.

From 1992 to 2003, Mr Kramer held various positions with Statoil. He was posted to Norway (General Manager, Supply and Shipping Division), to Bangkok (Managing Director, Statoil Thailand), to Singapore (President, Asia Pacific) and most recently to Caracas (President, Statoil Venezuela). Throughout his time with Statoil, he was involved with oil and gas in the up-, mid- and downstream business segments.

From 1988 to 1992, Mr Kramer worked with Petro-Canada (Calgary) as Director, Crude Oil Supply and Trading. From 1979 to 1988, he served first in oil and gas-related positions at NATO, Brussels (1979-1982) and then as Head of the Oil Industry Division of the International Energy Agency in Paris (1982-1988). From 1976 to 1979, Mr Kramer held a Staff position in the Oil Department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands.

Mr Kramer holds a degree in Private and Corporate Law. He was appointed Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum in London in 1987 and is professionally active in various organisations such as the International Association of Energy Economists (IAEE) and the Energy Delta Institute (EDI) in the Netherlands (an educational institute founded by Gasunie, Gazprom and the University of Groningen).

In November 2007, Mr Kramer was elected President of Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), the European association of companies operating and/or owning pipeline networks, LNG terminals and gas storage facilities (www.gie.eu.com). In 2008, Mr. Kramer was elected President of the Royal Dutch Gas Association (KVGN), a Dutch association which promotes the supply of gas in the Netherlands.