Luis Ignacio Parada is EU Energy Policy & Regulation Director at Enagás, the main gas transmission, LNG and gas storage operator in Spain. He has 25 years of experience in the energy sector, where he has specialised in energy economics, gas and hydrogen sector regulation and energy policy.
Before joining Enagás, Luis started his career in 1998 at Gas Natural, and worked in NERA Economic Consulting from 2001 to 2004.
Since May 2023 he serves as Board member in ENTSOG, in GIE (Gas Infrastructure Europe) and as Executive Committee in GLE (Gas LNG Europe). He is also engaged as Board member in EASEE-gas since March 2019, and was a member of the Executive Committee of GTE (Gas Transmission Europe) from December 2020 to May 2023.
Luis Ignacio holds an Executive MBA from IESE Business School and a MSc. in Applied Economics. He graduated in Economics at Universidad de Salamanca (Spain).
Nelly Nicoli
Elengy
Chief Executive Officer, Elengy
Nelly Nicoli began her career in consulting, working notably in the United Kingdom and the United States.
She joined the ENGIE group in 2003, first at GRDF and then at NaTran (ex-GRTgaz), where she served as Key Account Manager.
She later moved to ENGIE Solutions, a subsidiary responsible for services to industries, local authorities, and the public sector, where she held the position of Commercial Director for the Île-de-France region. In 2016, she returned to infrastructure as Head of Strategy, Commercial Activities, and Operational Scheduling at Storengy. There, she managed the commercialization of storage capacities in France, the United Kingdom, and Germany, as well as strategic projects related to regulatory bodies.
In 2019, she took over the management of the Global FM division at ENGIE Solutions, specializing in multi-technical contracts in France and abroad.
She was appointed CEO of Elengy in 2022 and became part of the Gas LNG Europe (GLE) Executive Committee in July 2024.
Pieter van Aartsen
Gate terminal
Director Venture Governance, Gasunie
As director venture governance, Pieter is responsible for the venture management of the Gasunie (co-)owned terminal, storage and interconnector assets. Additionally he is acting director for corporate strategy. Prior to taking up these role he was company secretary and responsible for the public and regulatory affairs departments.
In addition to his role at Gasunie, he is member of the board of GIE, the association of gas infrastructure operators in Europe. Previously he has worked as policy advisor for energy and climate in the European Parliament.
Michalis Thomadakis
DESFA
Head of Strategy & Development Division, DESFA
Michael Thomadakis is the Strategy & Development Chief Officer of DESFA, since 2020.
Formerly, he was the Vice Chairman and Member of the Board of RAE from 2005 to 2015, member of the BoR of ACER, the CEER General Assembly, the Board of MEDREG, the Board of Appeal of ACER and Chairman of the Investment Group of the Energy Charter.
He has extensive experience in the development of the gas regulatory framework of the Greek gas market, and deeply involved in corresponding developments in South East Europe, especially in the regulatory framework for several gas infrastructure projects related to the Southern Gas Corridor. Started his carrier in DEPA, were he worked as the contractual administrator of the Gas Procurement contracts from Russia (pipeline) and Algeria (LNG), the LNG transportation contracts, the development of underground gas storage, the derivation of transportation tariffs and on the establishment of the Gas Distribution Companies in Greece.
He is a Mechanical Engineer of NTU Athens with a PhD from the same University. He is the author of more than 40 scientific papers and reports and invited lecturer in many events of the energy industry worldwide.
Dina Lanzi
Snam / GNL Italia
FSRU Commercial Interfaces Director, SNAM / GNL Italia
Dina Lanzi is FSRU Commercial Interfaces Director.
In this role she is responsible for the commercial activities both for FSRUs and on shore plants.
With 25 years of experience in gas transmission, all matured within Snam group, Dina developed her competencies in many sectors of the gas value chain, both technical and institutional. After a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, she started her career in a LNG plant and after that she experienced , both technical and institutional roles in pipeline maintenance management, metering, gas technical standards, and relationship with Regulatory body.
In particular in her previous roles in her previous role she was responsible for Decarbonization technical development with a particular focus on hydrogen and she launched the activities to asses the impact of hydrogen on high pressure pipeline and compressor station and on metering device (both volumes and quality metering devices).
She is currently president of CIG (Comitato Italiano Gas) for normative activities in the gas system and vice president of H2IT, the Italian association for hydrogen.
She is also member of Snam Rete gas board and President of Teraga Holding.
Sławomir Hinc
GAZ-SYSTEM
President of the Management Board, GAZ-SYSTEM
Sławomir Hinc has long-standing experience in natural gas industry, having been directly involved in the development of the concept of national gas transmission system operator in Poland since 2003. From 2004 to 2008, he held the position of Financial Director at PGNiG Przesył (currently GAZ-SYSTEM), where he was responsible for cooperation with the Energy Regulatory Office, negotiations of the lease agreement for transmission assets that were transferred to GAZ-SYSTEM by PGNiG as a dividend in kind. He also supervised the process of obtaining a gas transmission license by GAZ-SYSTEM. From 2006 to 2008, he served as a commercial proxy in GAZ-SYSTEM.
He is the author of its first transmission tariff. He was responsible on GAZ-SYSTEM’s part for the transfer of Regional Transmission Branches from PGNiG S.A. structures to GAZ-SYSTEM in 2005.
From 2008 to 2013, he served as Vice-President for Financial Affairs at PGNiG, where he was responsible for the spin-off of the storage system operator (SSO) currently independently operating under the business name Gas Storage Poland and the launch of storage services on the market. From 2008 to 2014, he served as a member of the Supervisory Board of EuRoPol GAZ. In 2010, he was appointed to the Governing Board of the European Association of Gas and Oil Companies EUROGAS in Brussels where he served until 2015.
From 2013 to 2016, he served as President and CEO of PGNiG Upstream Norway, where he was responsible for the acquisition of PGNiG’s interests in 4 gas fields, and for this business deal he received the Gullkronen Award for the best oil transaction in Norway.
He also supervised the company’s expansion of exploration activities in the north of Norway, including the obtaining of exploration licences in the Barents Sea by PGNiG.
From 2019 to 2024, he was involved in the renewable energy industry, first as an advisor to the Management Board and then as a member of the Supervisory Board of Helioexpert. In 2019, he was appointed as President and Managing Director at Green Genius – a Polish branch of a Lithuanian solar power plant operator.
He holds a degree in economics from the Institute of Foreign Trade at the University of Gdańsk and a Ph.D. in engineering and technology specialising in gas transmission tariff systems from the Faculty of Environmental Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology. He also studied at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. He completed postgraduate Business Management Programme organised by the Central Connecticut State University.
Lecturer at postgraduate studies at the Warsaw University of Technology and the AGH University of Science and Technology in the field of transport, tariffs and regulatory affairs in the natural gas market. Author of numerous publications on natural gas tariffs and transportation.
Olivier Heurtin
Dunkerque LNG
President of Dunkerque LNG and Gaz-Opale since October 1st, 2020
Olivier Heurtin spent 24 years in the Oil & Gas sector with TotalEnergies, holding diverse international roles. From 2011 to 2019, he managed subsidiaries in Southeast Asia, Iraq, Kurdistan, and Mexico. Since October 2020, he has served as President of Dunkerque LNG, overseeing France’s largest LNG terminal, vital for European energy security. His leadership has overseen significant achievements, including the successful sell-out of long-term capacity, a strategic refinancing of the company, and an increase in the terminal’s capacity. Furthermore, under his guidance, the terminal has expanded its service offerings to include truck loading, enhancing its operational capabilities.
Recognizing the evolving energy landscape, Dunkerque LNG, under Olivier Heurtin’s direction, has strategically joined the d’Artagnan project. This ambitious initiative aims to establish a large-scale CO2 liquefaction, import and export terminal, positioning Dunkerque LNG as a cornerstone of France’s inaugural Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) infrastructure project.
Olivier Heurtin actively contributes to the industry through his involvement as an administrator in several prominent professional associations, including FranceGaz and Pôlénergie.
Jurgita Šilinskaitė-Venslovienė
KN Energies
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, KN Energies
Jurgita Šilinskaitė-Venslovienė is Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at the international Liquid energy and LNG terminals’ operator „KN Energies“, where she has taken various roles for the past 8 years.
Her current focus is on sustainability in energy transition and security of supply along the FSRU based LNG terminals and Liquid energy terminals value chains. She is engaged in enhancement of new energy value chain development, i.e. hydrogen and other LOHC, CCS in the region.
Jurgita has extensive experience in management of key strategic infrastructural projects in different sectors and previous work experience covers Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, National Development Institute and private holding company.
In 2023 she was assigned as Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. She is an independent board member and chair of the board at Lithuanian Inland Waterways Authority.
Marika Venturi
OLT Offshore LNG Toscana
Institutional Relations, Regulation and Commercial Manager, OLT Offshore LNG Toscana
Born in Rome in 1976, with Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Business, Marika Venturi has been working in OLT since 2002. She manages the Institutional Relations of the company and she interfaces with the Regulatory Authority to satisfy the regulatory requirements of the plant.
From 2017, she has been coordinating the commercial activities of the company by supervising the management of the regasification contracts with the Users of the Terminal and the transport contracts with Snam Rete Gas S.p.A.
Finally, she manages the communication activities of the company and she is in charge of obtaining and maintaining the permissions necessary to the Terminal’s activities.
From July 2016 to June 2021 she held the position of President of ASSOCOSTIERI, the national association of companies operating in the energy logistics; she is currently a member of the Association’s Board of Directors.
She is member of the Emergency Gas Committee chaired by the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
In March 2025, she has been appointed vice president of the recently formed Energy Section of Confindustria Toscana Centro e Costa and member of the Executive Committee of Gas LNG Europe (GLE).
Alexandros Koutroumpousis
Gastrade
MD Office Manager Gastrade S.A.
Alexandros Koutroumpousis is a Mechanical Engineer (Meng), a graduate of the National Technical University of Athens – NTUA (1999) and holds an MSc Degree in Production & Energy Management from the NTUA (2003).
Since December 2001 he has been appointed to several positions in energy companies that are active in the Natural Gas Markets (DEPA S.A., Attiki Gas Supply Company S.A., Natural Gas Hellenic Energy Company S.A., PPC S.A.) with responsibilities including commercial policy design, engineering-construction-procurement (ECP) of natural gas installations in Industry/Commercial customers, development and key accounts management, energy markets regulation and policy development/compliance, design and development of sales channels, customer experience teams in retail and wholesale natural gas & electricity markets.
He was a member of the Working Group that undertook the Unbundling Project of Attiki Gas Supply Company S.A. He is a member of Institute of Energy for Southeast Europe’s Scientific Committee for Natural Gas, Biomethane & Hydrogen.
Since June 2024, he has been appointed as the Head of MD Office in Gastrade S.A., the Operator of the Independent Natural Gas System FRSU Alexandroupolis.
