Torben Brabo

President, GIE

Torben Brabo recently worked as CEO of the Gas TSO in Energinet, the Danish national transmission system operator for electricity and gas.

Prior to joining Energinet, he took part in European power and gas projects as part of the liberalisation of the Danish gas market in 2002-2004. As the current CEO in Energinet Gas TSO, Torben Brabo is highly involved in European renewable and low-carbon gas projects.

Besides of being GIE’s President, he is engaged in ENTSOG (European Network of gas TSOs) and the European gas capacity trading platform PRISMA, and promoting ERGAR. Moreover, he participates in several decarbonisation projects, such as the Green Gas Initiative and Gas for Climate. He has held a position as chairman of the board of the Danish-Swedish gas exchange ‘Gaspoint Nordic’.

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@torbenbrabo

Arno Büx

Arno Büx has been Chief Commercial Officer of Fluxys Group and Fluxys Belgium since autumn 2015. He oversees all commercial activities of Fluxys, both regulated and non-regulated as well as its business development in Europe.

Arno Büx is a GIE Board Member and President-elect. He also served as GLE President between 2019 and 2023.

Before joining Fluxys, he has evolved within the ENGIE Group for 20 years, working in Belgium, France and Luxemburg but mostly contributing to the development of the Group’s energy activities in Germany. He held various executive and non-executive management positions in businesses targeting the B2B and B2C commodity markets as well as the gas midstream sector.

Arno Büx holds degrees in Engineering and Business Administration.

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Boyana Achovski

Secretary General, GIE

Boyana Achovski is the Secretary-General of Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), a role she has held since September 2016. GIE is the European association of gas transmission, gas storage, and LNG regasification terminal operators.

Boyana led the Analysis and International Operations Division in Bulgartransgaz, later joining GIE in 2012 as the first secondment of the Bulgarian gas infrastructure operator to the European association. She chaired the GasNaturally Steering Committee twice in 2017 and 2019.

Boyana started her European affairs career in the European Parliament in Brussels. She has graduated in International Economic Affairs, specialised in International Finance, and holds a Master's degree in Finance and in Management of International Associations from the Solvay Brussels School.

Boyana has also obtained a certificate in Women's Leadership from the University of Oxford and is involved in initiatives related to career development, women empowerment, and gender equality in the energy sector.

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Sasha Twining

TV & Radio Presenter

Sasha Twining is a well respected television and radio presenter.  On Sky News she co-presented high profile shows including Sunrise with Eamonn Holmes, and Sky News Today with Dermot Murnaghan. She also occasionally presented the flagship programme Sky News at Ten.

Sasha was the lead anchor for Russia Today, an international news television channel based in Moscow. She has also worked as a correspondent for ITV, and presented the catch-up service for BBC News 24.

Internationally Sasha presents for the Nine Network (Australia) and is London correspondent for both ˜Today‘ and ˜Mornings‘. On BBC ONE she was the voice of primetime entertainment for five years  and has worked for ITV1 as a continuity announcer.

Her radio work includes ˜Saturday Breakfast with Sasha Twining' for BBC Radio Solent and regular news reading stints for Sky News Radio and Heart, Magic, Real etc.

Sasha works for a number of corporate clients, hosting and facilitating large events, both in the UK and Europe. She chairs plenary discussions, manages question and answer sessions, interviews key personnel, hosts team-building events, facilitates break-out sessions, interprets live data from contemporary audience surveys (via interactive software) and hosts award ceremonies.

Sasha Twining
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Anne-Sophie Corbeau

Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP)

Anne-Sophie Corbeau is a Global Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Her research focuses on hydrogen and natural gas. Anne-Sophie has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry and is a recognized expert on natural gas. She is the author of many publications focusing on gas, LNG markets, Asia, China, India and Africa, including the book “LNG markets in transition: the great reconfiguration” (Oxford, 2016). She is also a member of the Gastech governing body.

Prior to joining the Center, Mrs. Corbeau was a senior Leader and head of gas analysis at BP, where she was responsible for advising the Leadership Team on gas market developments and long term pricing assumptions. As part of the Economic and Energy Insights team, she was leading the Energy Outlook’s analysis on gas, industry, nuclear and hydrogen. She also served as a member of BP France’s Comex (board). Before joining BP, she was a Research Fellow at KAPSARC (King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center) in Riyadh where she set up and expanded the natural gas program. She also worked for the International Energy Agency (IEA) where she was responsible for managing the research on global gas markets, and for IHS CERA.

She began her career as an engineer working on fuel cells and hydrogen at Peugeot and Debis Systemhaus. Anne-Sophie holds an MSc from the Ecole Centrale Paris and an MSc from the University of Stuttgart.

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Tatiana Marquez Uriarte

Member of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Energy, European Commission

Tatiana Marquez Uriarte is Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Simson, where she is in charge of hydrogen and gas issues. Before joining the Cabinet, Tatiana worked as Deputy Head of Unit in the State aid – Energy Unit in DG Competition. She has also held several positions in DG Environment and DG Energy. In DG Energy she worked in the Energy Efficiency Unit and as Assistant to the Director General for Energy.

Tatiana is a graduate in law, having specialised in European Law at the Katholieke University of Leuven and Kings College (London), and in EU Politics at the College of Europe.

Ralph Bahke

Managing Director, ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH, Hydrogen Area Sponsor and Board member, GIE

Ralph Bahke began his career at Verbundnetz Gas AG (now VNG AG), Leipzig, in 1994. In 2001, he moved to the gas transport division and in 2006 took on various management tasks in the area of network marketing at the then newly founded transmission system operator ONTRAS. Since November 2008, he has been one of the two managing directors at ONTRAS, responsible for commercial affairs and corporate development.

Ralph Bahke holds various supervisory board mandates in national and European companies and organizations. Following his position as Chairman of the Board of FNB Gas e.V., he has been active on the Board as Deputy Chairman since 2020. Ralph Bahke has been a member of the Board of GIE - Gas Infrastructure Europe since January 2021.

Georg Dorfleutner

Managing Director, RAG Energy Storage

Early Life and Education:

Georg Dorfleutner, born in 1977 in Austria, displayed a blend of analytical prowess and linguistic skill from an early age. His academic journey began at the Bundesrealgymnasium Geblergasse in Vienna, where he completed his University Entrance Diploma (Matura) in 1995, excelling in Descriptive Geometry, Mathematics, and French. Georg's intellectual curiosity and dedication to the law led him to the Universität Wien, where he earned a Degree in Law (Mag. iur.) in 2001, specializing in Administrative Law and Private International Law.

Career Path:

Georg's professional journey is marked by a series of strategic positions that leveraged his legal expertise within the energy sector. He began as a trainee lawyer at WDR RECHTSANWÄLTE followed by DULLINGER SCHNEIDER RECHTSANWÄLTE GMBH in August 2003, honing his legal skills until December 2007. Prior to this, he had completed internships at notable institutions such as SIEMENS AG ÖSTERREICH and MAG. DAGMAR NEYER’s law firm, and also served as a trainee at the OBERLANDESGERICHT WIEN. In addition, he dedicated a year to civil service at DER WÜRFEL from June 2002 to May 2003.

In January 2008, Georg joined RAG – ROHÖL-AUFSUCHUNGS AG as a Senior Legal Counsel, where he began to integrate his legal expertise with the energy sector's operational demands. His role evolved over time, leading him to become the Vice Executive Secretary at GIE – Gas Infrastructure Europe from October 2010 to September 2011, and subsequently the European Affairs Coordinator at RAG from October 2011 to December 2012.

Leadership at RAG Energy Storage GmbH:

Georg's career reached a pinnacle in January 2013, when he was appointed as the Managing Director of RAG Energy Storage GmbH in Vienna. In this role, he has been responsible for marketing, business development, strategy, legal matters, market monitoring and evaluation, as well as regulatory affairs in the gas industry. His influence extends beyond the company, as he actively engages in lobbying within European and national associations. Georg has been serving as the Vice President of GSE since 2013, as a Board Member of GIE since 2022 and as a Board Member of the NGVA from 2016 till 2023, highlighting his significant impact on the energy sector at a European level.

Tsvetelina Penkova

MEP – S&D, Bulgaria, European Parliament

Tsvetelina Penkova holds a Master's degree in Financial Economics from Oxford University in the UK. She has completed a double Bachelor’s degree at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy and the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and an affiliated program at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Her professional experience has been accumulated as a finance specialist at an investment fund in London, an investment banker at the Royal Bank of Scotland and an analyst at Egon Zehnder.

She is a Member of the European Parliament from the Group of Socialists and Democrats.

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Pieter van Aartsen

Director Venture Governance, Gasunie, GIE Board Member, pre-ENNOH Representative

Pieter van Aartsen is the Company Secretary of Gasunie. In addition to this position, he heads the government and regulatory affairs department. Before taking up his position as GIE board member he chaired the strategy task force and represented GIE in the steering committee of GasNaturally.

Previously he worked as a policy advisor on energy, climate and the internal market in the European Parliament. He was closely involved in the negotiations between the EU institutions on the Third Energy Package and the Second Strategic Energy Review. Before relocating to Brussels he was working in the communications department of a political party and worked on several election campaigns in the Netherlands.

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Anna Slavkovská

Senior Expert on Regulatory Issues, Nafta, GIE Board member

Anna Slavkovská is a senior lawyer, an expert on regulatory issues on storage related topics. From September 2023 she is a member of the GIE board (Gas Infrastructure Europe). She is working for NAFTA a.s. a Slovak storage system operator and is also a managing director in one of the storages within NAFTA group – NAFTA Speicher Inzenham GmbH in Germany.

She is as well an active member of IGU (International gas union) storage committee.

Within her work in NAFTA she is also provides support in respect of decarbonization projects of the company and from 2023 she is also representing NAFTA in hydrogen storage alliance -  H2eart for Europe.

Charlotte Roule

Chief Executive Officer of Storengy

O 1 March 2023, Charlotte Roule took the position of Chief Executive Officer of Storengy, the European leader in underground natural gas storage.
She will continue to develop and leverage the company's unique expertise in the storage of renewable gases and the production of natural hydrogen, while accelerating its role as a leader in the energy transition.

As part of her significant roles, she will also assume the management of the storage business in France following the departure of its Managing Director, Pierre Chambon, who has just joined ENGIE. Charlotte Roule was hitherto ENGIE Group Strategy Officer. In charge of long-term forecasting, strategic dialogue, and competitive intelligence, she participated in the review of major projects for the company. Before joining the Strategy Department, she managed Storengy UK and ENGIE in China where she coordinated projects focusing on renewable energy, clean solutions for cities and industries, such as cooling networks and electrical mobility.

She was Vice President of the European Chamber of Commerce in China from 2018 to 2021. Now, she represents the Chamber in Paris. Moreover, she is currently a member of the Board of Directors of France Gaz (formerly Association Française du Gaz).

In 2022, Charlotte Roule accompanied the President of ENGIE in his role as co-chair of the B20 (G20business group) Energy, Sustainable Development and Climate working group.

Charlotte Roule

Milan Sedláček

Dr. Milan Sedláček is the Head of EU Affairs and Strategy at Eustream, a.s. , the gas transmission system operator of Slovakia, which operates gas import corridor for the EU. Milan has 30 years of experience in gas transmission.

Throughout his career in gas transmission, he has held various managerial positions focused on business, regulation and strategy. He has overseen transmission capacity sales, business development and strategic initiatives, always with a strong emphasis on regulatory affairs.

Milan has been responsible for and has collaborated on numerous projects, particularly those related to the introduction of third-party access to the transmission network, transparency, unbundling, network codes, and EU affairs.

Additionally, an integral part of his activities involves participation in EU gas associations. Since 2023 he has served as the president of Gas Transmission Europe (GTE) and vice-president of Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE).

Milan Sedláček

Luis Ignacio Parada

Presidente GLE, GIE Board member

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 has served as Board member in ENTSOG and in GIE (Gas Infrastructure Europe), and since January 2024 he has been serving as President 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).

Pierre Duvieusart

GRTGaz Deputy General Director

Doug Waters

Managing Director, Uniper Energy Storage, GIE Board member

Doug Waters has worked in the international energy industry for over 20 years across many areas of the business, both technically and commercially – including almost 18 years at E.ON and Uniper.

Starting as a gas turbine specialist, he then had a number of roles in Power Generation, UK Energy Trading, Asset Management and Global CCGT Fleet Management in UK and Spain. In 2015 Doug and his family relocated from Madrid to Dusseldorf, Germany, where for the following five years he has been the Director of Uniper’s international Global Energy Services business with teams in India, Dubai and Singapore as well as UK and Germany. Since November 2020 Doug Waters is heading the gas storage operator Uniper Energy Storage and leading Uniper’s successful storage business into the future market environment.

Doug holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birmingham University, UK and an Executive MBA from ESMT, Berlin, Germany. He is a Chartered Engineer in the UK registered with the Engineering Council and holds a UK NEBOSH Construction Certificate as well as having qualifications related to commodity future and derivatives.

Christoph von dem Bussche

Managing Director, GASCADE

Christoph von dem Bussche is Managing Director of the German transmission system operators GASCADE Gastransport GmbH and NEL Gastransport GmbH, which connect Germany with five neighboring European countries via their transport system. GASCADE plans to convert important parts of its transmission system to hydrogen transport and is involved in several hydrogen infrastructure projects on land and at sea.

Von dem Bussche holds a doctorate in chemistry and began his professional career in 1993 at BASF in Ludwigshafen. Before becoming Managing Director of GASCADE in 2009 and Managing Director of NEL in 2012, he held various senior positions in the oil and gas sector of the group, including European gas sales and strategic planning.

Christoph von dem Bussche has been a member of the ENTSOG Board of Directors since 2016. In addition, he has been a member of the board of the AquaVentus Förderverein since 2020. The association pursues the goal of making large quantities of green hydrogen produced offshore available to the German and European hydrogen market via an offshore pipeline.

François-Régis Mouton

Regional/Managing Director – Europe, IOGP

François-Régis joined IOGP in January 2018. He has around 30 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry.

He is seconded to IOGP from TotalEnergies, where he was Vice President for Oil and Gas Advocacy. His career has taken him from reservoir engineering to business development, working in Europe and Africa. He has also served in senior advisory roles at the World Bank’s Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership and to TotalEnergies’ European Affairs office in Brussels.

In 2011, Francois-Regis founded GasNaturally, a Brussels-based partnership representing the entire European gas value chain. He served four terms as Chairman of GasNaturally and was instrumental in formulating the industry’s position on the future of gas in a post-COP21 environment.

Teodora Georgieva

Executive Officer and Board of Directors, ICGB

Teodora Georgieva has more than 20 years of experience as a strategic manager, leading significant projects in various economic sectors. Currently, Mrs. Georgieva is the Executive Officer of the Bulgarian side of the project company ICGB and is also a member of the Management Board. ICGB is responsible for the overall management and development of the gas pipeline between Greece and Bulgaria and will soon be an independent transmission system operator.

From 2012 to 2014 Teodora Georgieva was Managing Director of Nabucco Bulgaria, and before that she worked at OMV Bulgaria for 13 years, 8 of which she was Managing Director of the company, holding cluster positions for Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia. Georgieva was the coordinator for Bulgaria of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), in 2009 and 2010 she was awarded as Manager of the Year and is in the list of the top 10 Bulgarian managers.

She graduated from the University of National and World Economy and has a master's degree in Finance. Married, with two children

Teodora Georgieva

Giles Dickson

CEO, WindEurope

Giles Dickson is the Chief Executive Officer of WindEurope, a position he’s held since 2015.

WindEurope is the voice of the European wind industry.  It represents the whole value chain of onshore and offshore wind across Europe and has more than 500 members.  It engages Governments and other stakeholders on policy and regulation.  It organises industry exhibitions, conferences and workshops.  And it coordinates publicly-funded R&D in wind.   From 1992 to 2008 Dickson was a civil servant in the UK Government, working mostly on European affairs.

From 2008 to 2015 he worked for the French engineering company Alstom where he was Vice-President for Global Public Affairs.

Giles Dickson
@gilesdickson

Matthias Janssen

Associate Director, Frontier Economics

Dr Matthias Janssen is an Associate Director in Frontier Economics’ German offices in Cologne and Berlin. He regularly advises leading market players and public institutions on a wide range of questions around market design, regulation, climate policy, private-sector disputes (litigation) and due diligence in commoditised energy markets, with a focus on electricity, gas and hydrogen markets.

Matthias has comprehensive experience with analysing the European gas market. For example, he has been conducting studies to assess the European Commission’s Joint Gas Purchasing Mechanism (AggregateEU) or to inform the European Commission’s impact assessment on hydrogen network regulation. Equally, he has been supporting multiple energy utilities in disputes in long-term gas supply contracts. During the energy crisis he has been providing expert reports to support the application of various LNG terminal operators in Europe to apply for an exemption from energy regulation.

Before joining Frontier in 2011, Matthias worked as a researcher at the Department of Economic Theory at the University of Muenster, Germany. During his PhD he focussed on analysing electricity and gas pricing in liberalized energy markets.

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Nicola Rega

Executive Director Climate Change and Energy, Cefic

Nicola is the Executive Director Climate Change and Energy of Cefic. Before this role, he has gained extensive experience in Brussels.

Since February 2003 Nicola has been working in Brussels on EU-related policies for a wide range of stakeholders, including industry associations, the European Commission, NGOs, governmental institutes and consultancies. His main areas of expertise are energy and environmental policies.

Nicola joined Cefic in December 2020 as the new Energy Director. In April 2023, he has been appointed Executive Director Climate Change and Energy of Cefic. In his role, Nicola represents the industry’s interests to European institutions, international organisations and relevant stakeholders.

Nicola has a master’s degree in law from the University of Turin, an advanced master’s in political and social European integration from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a master of laws in energy and environmental law from KU Leuven.

Kateryna Kovalenko

Head of Strategy, Gas TSO of Ukraine LLC

Kateryna Kovalenko is the Head of Strategy at Gas TSO of Ukraine (GTSOU), a position she's held since 2019. Kateryna was a core team member that launched GTSOU as an independent gas transmission system operator on the Ukrainian gas market during the unbundling process in 2018-2019.

Kateryna joined the gas industry in 2016. Her duties encompass market analysis, identifying new business opportunities, and developing innovating services. She played a key role in developing the “short haul” service, which encourages the use the Ukrainian GTS for transmission of European gas for seasonal storage in Ukraine.

Kateryna has a deep understanding of EU regulations, best business practices, and their possible application in Ukraine. She is also deeply involved in developing transmission of renewable gases, including biomethane and hydrogen.

Stefan Rohm

Manager, Frontier Economics

Stefan Rohm is a Manager in Frontier’s Energy and Transport practices. He is based in the firm’s Paris office and, since joining in 2014, has been advising private and public clients, operators, investors and authorities on the full scope of infrastructure economics including economic regulation, infrastructure finance, commercial strategy or policy and impact evaluation – in particular in relation to the challenges posed by the energy transition.

Dominique Mockly

Chairman and CEO, Teréga

Dominique Mockly is a graduate of École Polytechnique, of École Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées, and of the Executive MBA program of HEC International Business School.

As a specialist of National Defence, aerospace industry and energy, he held several high level positions at the French naval shipyard DCN, then at the Economy and Defence Division at the french Secrétariat Général de la Défense Nationale (SGDN), at the French armament procurement agency DGA, then at SAGEM and AREVA.

In 2016, he is appointed Chief Executive Officer of TIGF (today TEREGA), second largest French gas infrastructure company. In October 2017, his is appointed Chairman and CEO of the company.

Dominique Mockly is also Vice Chairman of Business at OECD (BIAC) since 2014 and Master of Conferences at ESCP Europe (European Business School)

Dominique Mockly published 4 books: « L’entreprise Cerveau » (« The brain company ») underlaying the organizational and management characteristics of Companies in the current fast evolving and innovative environment, “ Le Pari du Gaz” (“Bet on Gas”) in order to enhance the gas role in energy transition and, with Louis Nauges , “Dirigeants acteurs de la transformation numérique” (“Company leaders, keys players in the digital transformation”) and in 2021 “La mondialisation décompressée” (Reinventing Globalization to limit its undesirable effects on our societies). He lastly contributed and co-wrote a book “L’Avenir c’est la 5G” (dedicated to underestimated potential of 5G – new mobile network)

Matthias Jenn

Managing Director, bayernets

After studying law at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and the University of Wales, Swansea, and then completing his doctorate, Dr. Matthias Jenn joined an international law firm located in Munich specialising in corporate law in 2003 and became a partner in the law firm in 2007. Dr. Jenn first came to the energy industry in 2011 when he moved to the legal department at Stadtwerke München. He subsequently took over a position in the Strategy and Corporate Management Division before moving to bayernets GmbH as Commercial Managing Director in 2016. He has been leading the company as sole Managing Director since 2018.

In an honorary capacity, Dr. Matthias Jenn holds positions as a Member of the Board of the Association of Gas Transmission System Operators (FNB Gas), as a Member of the Board of the Bavarian Energy and Water Association (VBEW), as a member of the Executive Committee of the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW) and as Deputy Chairman of the DVGW Bavarian Regional Group.

Karolina Čegir

Karolina Čegir is Senior Gas expert at the Energy Community Secretariat in Vienna, with additional responsibility for Renewable Energy in transport sector.

The Secretariat is an international institution established according to the Energy Community Treaty in order to monitor its fulfilment and, from the other hand, to support the Contracting Parties of the Energy Community in their efforts to implement EU acquis required by the Treaty. The main focus of her work is on natural gas while additional tasks are related to renewable energy in transport sector. The scope of work includes regular contacts with EU institutions, such as Gas Coordination Group, European Network Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG), Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) and Concerted Action on Renewable Energy Sources Directive (CA-RES).

From 1992 until 2001, she worked in INA, Gas Transmission Division (future Plinacro, gas TSO in Croatia) covering different positions in the field of the gas transmission - maintenance, supervision, dispatching centre, quality system, investment and development. After that, she worked in Plinacro, gas TSO in Croatia, where she covered different positions, the last being the Assistant to the Director of the Development Sector.

Karolina Čegir holds a bachelor degree in Petroleum Engineering from Zagreb University (1990), and MSc degree in Renewables at the Technical University of Vienna (2013).

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Christopher Andrey

Director, Artelys

Christopher Andrey is an associated director at Artelys and is heading Artelys’ Brussels office since 2018. Ever since completing his PhD in high energy physics from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL – Switzerland), Christopher has worked in the energy sector. After having carried out long-term investment planning studies in the context of national energy transition strategies, Christopher specialised in the economic analysis of energy/climate policies, market design proposals, and of infrastructure projects. He works for clients all along the energy value chain: from project promoters to regulators, from TSOs to NGOs, from national entities to the European Commission. In the recent years, Christopher has devoted his time to analysing the synergies and interdependencies that emerge in closely integrated energy systems

Publications

• Artelys on behalf of Gas Infrastructure Europe, Value of the gas storage infrastructure for the electricity system, 2019
• Artelys on behalf of the European Commission, “METIS study on costs and benefits of a pan-European hydrogen infrastructure”, 2021

Rogier Roobeek

Senior Consultant Energy Markets & Strategy, DNV

Piotr Kuś

General Director, ENTSOG

Before joining ENTSOG in January 2022 as ENTSOG General Director, Piotr Kuś held the position of Deputy Director in the Development Division at GAZ-SYSTEM S.A., since January 2017. His main areas of responsibilities included international cooperation, institutional relations, cooperation with EU institutions and international trade organisations.

He was involved in a number of business development projects aimed at regional gas market development - both infrastructure projects in CEE region as well as LNG, booking platforms and cooperation with Energy Community. Within GAZ-SYSTEM H2 task force, he was engaged in evaluating new gases preparedness: working on readiness of the Polish gas networks, European Hydrogen Backbone, IPCEI initiatives and Hydrogen Storage Project in Poland. He represented the transmission sector in number of Partnerships for Hydrogen Economy Development and Biogas Development on National and European level.

Between 2019-2021, Piotr was GIE Board Member acting as a sponsor of the CH4 Area. Since 2016, he was a member of the GTE Executive Committee to supervise activities of future sustainable solutions in the natural gas infrastructure. Prior to that, between 2008 and 2016, Piotr was Director of the Brussels Office of GAZ-SYSTEM, in charge of managing the company’s EU affairs.

Before joining GAZ-SYSTEM in 2008, he was employed by the Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG S.A.) and was seconded to its Representative Office in Brussels.

Piotr Kuś graduated from Warsaw School of Economics.

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Bart Jan Hoevens

President, ENTSOG

Bart Jan Hoevers studied Monetary Economics at the University of Groningen. He started his career in 1996 at the Dutch National Bank (Nederlandsche Bank) specializing in sovereign risk and export credit insurance.

He then moved to the Ministry of Finance, where he worked in the field of state participations, managing the purchase and restructuring of state participations (Tennet, Port of Rotterdam and Gasunie).

In 2007 Bart Jan started working for Gasunie, where he had various functions in the field of regulation, business development and management of joint ventures. Since April 2015 Bart Jan was on the management team of Gasunie Transport Services (GTS), as Manager Network Planning.

On 1 September 2017 Bart Jan was appointed as CEO of GTS. As of that date he also has joined Gasunie’s Executive Board.

Bart Jan is a member of the present Board of ENTSOG.

Bart Jan Hoevers

Stefano Miriello

Head of External Affairs, CCSA

Stefano is Head of EU External Affairs for the CCSA in Brussels. He has several previous experiences in EU climate and energy policies, having worked for companies and trade associations such as FederlegnoArredo, GSE (Gestore Servizi Energetici), and the European Heat Pump Association. In his previous role, Stefano was the Policy and Business Development Advisor for the RE-Source Platform, working with SolarPower Europe and WindEurope.

Mirjam Roeder

Professor, Aston University

Mirjam Roeder is a Professor at Aston University's Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI), where she leads the EBRI Systems Analysis group. With a robust background in sustainable bioenergy systems and the transition to low-carbon societies, her work spans the realms of engineering, natural, and social sciences. Mirjam brings extensive expertise in the bioenergy sector, covering biomass availability, conversion technologies, BECCS, market dynamics, end-user demand and community engagement. Collaboration is at the heart of Mirjam’s work. She has longstanding experience working with industry, the public sector, and the broader public to drive forward sustainable bioenergy solutions.

Olivier Heurtin

President of Dunkerque LNG and Gaz-Opale

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.

Victor Bernabeu

Policy Director, Eurogas

Victor Bernabeu is Director of the Eurogas Policy Team. He oversees the association's policy activities.

Prior to joining Eurogas in 2021, Victor was Senior Manager for Technical & Regulatory Affairs in the European association representing ethanol producers where he was fully dedicated to transport, energy and climate issues, involved in all the major EU policies. Before coming to Brussels, Victor held different engineering positions at major energy companies.

Victor is a French engineer, holds a MSc. in Chemistry for Chimie ParisTech, a MSc. in Chemical Engineering from PSL Research University and a MSc. in Energy & Products from the IFP School.

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Peter Röttgen

Managing Director, DET (Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH)

Dr. Peter Röttgen is currently serving as the Managing Director of Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH in Düsseldorf since December 2022.

Before joining Deutsche Energy Terminal, Dr. Röttgen held a board position at Fortum Deutschland SE from February 2019 to December 2022, where he led Public Affairs.

From August 2017 to February 2019, Dr. Röttgen served as Managing Director of the Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energie e.V. (BEE) in Berlin, Germany's leading renewable energy association.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Röttgen spent nearly a decade at E.ON Gas Storage GmbH / Uniper Energy Storage in Essen. From January 2008 to July 2017, he held senior roles, including Head of Technology and Innovation and Head of CO2 Storage.

Dr. Röttgen’s career began in the public sector at the Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (LBEG) in Hannover, where he served in various capacities from March 1992 to September 2008. He rose through the ranks to become Head of Department and Vice President.

Nelly Nicoli

CEO, Elengy

Nelly Nicoli, CEO of 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 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.

Manuel Villavicencio

Chief Modeler, Deloitte

Dr. Manuel Villavicencio joined Deloitte in 2019. He has more than ten years of diverse experience, combining academic insights with practical industry know-how. He is the chief modeler of the Energy and Climate Economics team. His expertise spans several key areas, including energy and power system modeling, market and regulation design, and new energy utility business models. Manuel's comprehensive background positions him as a key player in tackling today's complex energy challenges.

Ilaria Conti

Ilaria Conti is the FSR Coordinator of Strategy and Development and member of the FSR Cabinet. She’s an expert in energy markets policy and regulation, with a multi-year experience in EU institutional relations.

Her career started in Brussels, where she lived for about 9 years and worked for the Permanent Representation of Italy at the EU, and the United Nations.

She developed her expertise in the energy sector by working for EFET, the “European Federation of Energy Traders” from 2005 until 2013 and covering positions of increasing relevance in the association.

In Brussels, Ilaria actively took part in the EU consultative processes leading to the development of major EU Regulations and Directives, such as the Third Energy Package, the RES Directive, EMIR, REMIT, Security of Supply regulation – as well as facilitating their implementation at national level, by interacting with the national regulators, TSOs and other energy stakeholders.

Ilaria joined the Florence School of Regulation in 2015 and was appointed Head of the FSR Gas area from its foundation in 2017 until 2023, contributing to its research and academic output and managing international research projects on market design, LNG, energy system integration. She inaugurated the Gas area’s workstream on renewable and low-carbon gases, for the decarbonisation of the gas sector.

As Strategy and Development Coordinator, Ilaria is currently responsible also for the gender mainstreaming project “FSR Lights on Women” – which aims at improving gender balance in the energy sector.

In 2024, she has been appointed vice-chair of the United Nations Economic Committee for Europe (UNECE).

Ilaria Conti
@Ilaria_C80

Dr. Christian Ohlms

Chief Financial Officer (CFO), SEFE

Dr Christian Ohlms has been Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SEFE since January 2024.

Christian has almost 25 years of international finance experience, having held senior management positions in energy and commodity trading companies, as well as investment firms.

Before joining SEFE, he was a Senior Vice President at E.ON SE, responsible for Group Accounting, Controlling & Risk. Prior to this, he served in various senior management positions, among others as Senior Vice President or Chief Financial Officer for the Energy Networks and Infrastructure segments of E.ON SE and Innogy SE, at RWE Supply & Trading, and at an investment fund in New York. He started his professional career with McKinsey in Frankfurt and New York.

Christian has held several Supervisory Board mandates. From 2020 to 2023, he was Head of the Supervisory Board of MITGAS, one of the largest regional gas retailers and gas distribution system operators in eastern Germany.

He holds degrees in Industrial Engineering from the University of Darmstadt, Germany; in Electrical Engineering from École Supérieure d’Electricité, Gif, France; as well as a doctorate in business administration.

Giulia Cancian

Secretary General, European Biogas Association.

Giulia Cancian is the Secretary General at the European Biogas Association.

Before joining the EBA in 2022, Giulia was Bioenergy Europe’s Policy Director.  She gained experience on sustainability, energy, trade and transports working with the biodiesel, non-ferrous metals and hydro-equipment European trade associations in Brussels.

Giulia holds a MA in International Relation from the University of Rome and a MSc in European Affairs from the Free University of Brussels.

Łukasz Pasterski

Head of Communications, Fertilizers Europe

Lukasz Pasterski is an accomplished all-round communicator with over 12 years’ experience as a communication and public affairs professional representing both private and public organisations.

Lukasz Pasterski is currently holding a position of the Head of Communications at Fertilizers Europe, where he manages the external and internal communication activities. Prior to joining Fertilizers Europe in April 2018, he worked for 6 years as communications and public affairs Advisor for the European Petroleum Refiners Association in Brussels. He also worked for the European Commission's Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation. He holds a Master degree in Political Science (University of Birmingham) and a Bachelor degree in the European Studies (Maastricht University).

Detlef Brüggemeyer

CTO, Open Grid Europe (OGE)

After successfully completing his degree in mechanical engineering at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, he held various management positions at E.ON Ruhrgas AG, E.ON Gastransport and later OGE. In 2013 he took over the management of the Network Planning and Control department at OGE. In July 2024 he has been appointed as a member of OGE's Management Board as CTO.

Akos Losz

Lead Gas Analyst, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Akos Losz is Lead Gas Analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris. Prior to joining the IEA, he worked as a Senior Research Associate at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP), specializing in natural gas, and advised the World Bank on natural gas-related issues as a consultant. He previously held roles at both the IEA and CGEP and worked at Westwood Global Energy Group, a UK-based global energy consulting firm, as well as in the strategy development team of MOL Group, a Hungary-based international energy company. He holds an MA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and completed his undergraduate studies at Corvinus University of Budapest.

László Varro

Vice President Strategy Insights & Scenarios, Shell International

László has extensive experience in energy economics, policy and strategy. He studied economics at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, and the University of Cambridge,
UK.
He has worked as a regulator in Hungary’s electricity and gas markets and as Strategy Director for MOL Group, an independent oil and gas company. In 2011 he joined the International Energy Agency (IEA) as Head of Gas and Electricity Markets and led the IEA’s work on liquefied natural gas, gas supply security and electricity market design and regulation.

He was appointed Chief Economist of the IEA in 2016, where he built a new team for energy investment analysis and was responsible for methodological support for all IEA policy work.
László joined Shell in 2021 where he leads the company’s analyses of macroeconomics, energy scenarios, climate policy and geopolitics.

Dr. Sebastian Fischer

Policy Advisor, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Sebastian is a geologist by training and joint the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) as a policy advisor for Carbon Management in 2022. At BMWK he is currently working on the German Carbon Management-Strategy.

Before joining BMWK he worked as a geoscientist in the field subsurface use potentials/geological CO2 storage at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) since 2014. Prior to this he had a post-doc position at the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam (GFZ Potsdam). In 2013 he finished his PhD at Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) with a thesis on geological CO2 storage. After receiving his diploma in geology from Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin) he joined GFZ Potsdam as a research associate.

Dr. Werner Götz

Chairman, TransnetBW

Born in 1962 in Munich. After working in a number of international positions for TÜV Süddeutschland AG, Dr. Werner Götz joined EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG in the year 2000. Here, he took up a number of management roles, including for EnBW Energy Solutions GmbH and EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH. Dr. Götz subsequently became Technical Director of EnBW Erneuerbare und Konventionelle Erzeugung AG before going on to take up the role of Production and Operation Director at EnBW AG. In early 2015, Dr. Götz joined the Executive Board of TransnetBW GmbH. In 2017, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer.

Eric Lamboley

Hydrogen infrastructure projects, Guidehouse & H2eart for Europe

Eric Lamboley has spent 20+ years in the implementation of major infrastructure projects in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, especially around gas industries, like LNG plant, Gas treatments plants, etc. He has joined Guidehouse in 2022, in charge of the Hydrogen infrastructure projects, supporting various development like H2Med, Nordic Hydrogen Route and from the beginning, the initiative H2eart for Europe, an Alliance of proactive members in the Underground Hydrogen Storage.

Padraig Fleming

Biomethane Programme Manager at Gas Networks Ireland

Padraig Fleming is currently working on increasing the amount of renewable gas that Gas Networks Ireland transports to start the transformation of gas industry in Ireland to a sustainable energy business.  He has previously worked for a number of energy companies including Ervia, Bord Gáis Energy, and ESB.  He worked with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities in Ireland who are responsible for regulating the electricity, gas and water industries.   He has also working with Eskom in South Africa.

Padraig Fleming

John Cosmo Dwelle

Head of Operations and Business Development, Landwärme

As the Head of Operations and Business Development at Landwärme, John Cosmo Dwelle plays a pivotal role in steering the success of this esteemed biomethane trading company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Landwärme stands out as a premier player in the German and European market, not only specializing in biomethane and renewable gas trading but also taking a proactive approach by designing and managing biogas upgrading plants, incorporating cutting-edge carbon capture technology. The company is dedicated to offering comprehensive services that span the entirety of the biomethane value chain, solidifying its position as a leader in the sustainable energy sector across Europe.

Prior to assuming different roles at Landwärme, J. Cosmo Dwelle honed his expertise through significant contributions to esteemed organizations, including the legal firm Peters, Schönberger & Partner, and Siemens France SAS. Dwelle's journey is marked by a robust educational foundation, holding a Legum Baccalaureus and a Master’s degree in Sustainable Resource Management from the Technical University Munich. His interdisciplinary experience positions Dwelle as a valuable asset in navigating the complexities of the energy transition. With a holistic perspective that encompasses strategic energy policy, renewable gas operations, and business development, Dwelle contributes to Landwärme's success with a nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the renewable energy sector.

Emmanuel Grand

Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting

Emmanuel Grand is an energy economist with more than 15 years of advisory experience in the renewable, electricity and gas sectors. His expertise focuses on issues related to energy contracts, markets, and regulations.

Emmanuel has supported energy counterparties in their contract negotiations (Power Purchase Agreements, Gas Supply Agreements, Tenders, Concession agreements, Infrastructure Use Agreement…), analysing prices and flexibilities, payments terms, risk-sharing and operational issues for engagements exceeding USD 30bn combined. He has repeatedly represented clients in negotiation with counterparties, as well as provided arguments and counter-arguments to support clients’ positions.

Emmanuel also builds market models to provide quantitative insights in support of commercial analysis, investment decisions, loss assessments in litigation, and impact assessment for regulatory decisions. Emmanuel’s market studies have covered hydrogen, electricity, gas, LNG, methanol and other commodities.

Emmanuel has worked on regulatory issues in 35 countries across Europe, Asia and Africa, related to markets design, price controls, access rules and remuneration schemes. He has designed legal and contractual arrangements for regulators, assessed various regulatory options for regulated companies, as well as supported market participants in their regulatory applications or challenges.

Natalia Gmucova

Director, FTI Consulting

Economist by background, Natalia has seven years of experience providing strategic advice to leading energy and infrastructure companies, on the wide variety of the regulatory, economic, technical and contractual challenges they face in the energy transition.

Natalia has particular expertise in hydrogen, renewable fuels and CO2 markets, having conducted several market sizing and market-entry studies, regulatory assessments and delivered contractual support on using hydrogen, e-fuels and other renewable fuels to decarbonise the economy. She is experienced in the regulatory and technical analysis of these fuels and CO2, modelling of their respective markets, and is highly familiar with the existing market landscape including supply & demand dynamics, production capacities and prices.​

Natalia has supported clients in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia and apart from her expertise in new fuels and markets, she has delivered multiple market studies, strategy, and market modelling engagements in the oil & gas sector and mining.

Jorgo Chatzimarkakis

Jorgo Chatzimarkakis has been working at Hydrogen Europe since 2016. He currently holds the position of CEO of the association. He previously covered roles in the planning department of the Foreign Office of Germany, at Infineon Technologies and was Member of the European Parliament (2004-2014) inter alia in the ITRE Committee (Industry, Technology, Research and Energy) where he could contribute to lay the cornerstone for the first and the second Joint Undertaking on hydrogen and fuel cells. He was awarded Hydrogen Person of the Year at the World Hydrogen Awards 2022, “as a major player promoting hydrogen in Europe and world-wide, accelerating collaboration and industry development”.
Jorgo was born in Duisburg, Germany. He holds German and Greek nationality, and a degree in political science from the University of Bonn.

Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
@chatzimarkakis

Niko Bosnjak

Since 2012, Dr. Niko Bosnjak has been Legislative and Political Advisor for two Members of German Federal Parliament (Bundestag). Since 2017 he works at ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH, since 2018 Head of Regulatory and Public Affairs.

He holds B.A. Governmental Studies (University of Erfurt, Universidad de Alcalá, Hong Kong Baptist University), M.Sc. History of International Relations (London School of Economics), Dr. iur. European Climate Change Law (University of Erfurt).

Stefaan Adriaens

Commercial Manager, Gate Terminal | Flame Speaker

Stefaan joined the Gate LNG terminal in Rotterdam (NL) as commercial manager in 2008 shortly after FID. With a small team he works on the long term relationship with the 7 terminal users to further enhance the functionality of the terminal. His prior function was at Fluxys (B) where he was a.o. involved in the expansion of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal. Stefaan has spent his entire career in energy related matters (refining, petrochemicals, natural gas, banking) in a variety of functions (commercial, planning, financial, engineering, IT, analysis, …).

Mathilde Blanchard

Senior Policy Lead, Global CCS Institute

Mathilde is an energy and climate expert with competencies in policy, strategy, and project delivery. As Senior Policy Lead at the Global CCS Institute’s Brussels office, she conducts in-depth analysis of policy, legal and regulatory issues related to carbon capture and storage (CCS). Her insights contribute to the Institute’s thought leadership reports and inform consultancy and member services.

With over six years of experience in energy and climate sectors, Mathilde has held key advisory positions in policy and external relations at major public and private organisations, including Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), ENGIE and the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Congo.

Mathilde holds a dual Master of Arts in European Affairs from Sciences Po Lille (France) and Aston University (United Kingdom). Since 2022, she has been a visiting lecturer at École des Ponts ParisTech, where she teaches on the regulation of energy markets.