Anne-Sophie Corbeau

Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University SIPA

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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Anna Slavkovská

Manager of EU Affairs & Regulatory Strategy Gas Storage CZ (GSCZ); Board Member & Methane Area Sponsor, GIE

Anna Slavkovská is Manager of EU Affairs & Regulatory Strategy at Gas Storage CZ in the Czech Republic. She has more than 15 years of experience in energy law, regulation and public affairs, with a particular focus on natural gas storage and European energy policy.

Prior to joining Gas Storage CZ, she held several legal, regulatory and executive positions within the NAFTA Group, including Managing Director of NAFTA Speicher Inzenham GmbH in Germany. Throughout her career, she has been actively involved in the implementation of European energy legislation, regulatory reforms, market design and the development of legal and commercial frameworks for gas storage operations across Central Europe.

Anna represents the gas storage sector in several international industry organizations. She has been active within Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) and Gas Storage Europe (GSE) since 2009, became a member of the GSE Executive Committee in 2023 and currently serves on the GIE Board. She is also a member of the International Gas Union (IGU) Storage Committee.

Charlotte Roule

President, GSE;
CEO, Storengy

Charlotte Roule is Chief Executive Officer of Storengy, Europe's leading underground gas storage operator, and Vice President Hydrogen for ENGIE Group.

As CEO of Storengy, she oversees the company’s activities in France, Germany and the United Kingdom. She leads its strategy to strengthen energy security, support industrial competitiveness, and accelerate the adoption of renewable and low-carbon gases, including biomethane and hydrogen.

In her role as Vice President Hydrogen at ENGIE, she contributes to ENGIE's hydrogen strategy and supports the development of hydrogen value chains and infrastructure solutions in Europe and internationally.

Before taking up her current positions, Charlotte Roule served as Chief Strategy Officer of the ENGIE Group. She previously held several international leadership roles within ENGIE, including Managing Director of Storengy UK and Chief Executive Officer of ENGIE China, where she developed renewable energy and low-carbon infrastructure projects.

Charlotte Roule is actively involved in European energy governance. Since 2023, she has served as President of Gas Storage Europe (GSE), representing European gas storage operators within Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE). Reappointed for a second term in 2025, she promotes the strategic role of energy storage in strengthening Europe's energy resilience and supporting its decarbonization objectives.

She also serves on the Board of Directors of Hydrogen Europe and on the Governing Board of the Clean Hydrogen Partnership. Through these mandates, she contributes to the development of Europe's hydrogen economy and supports the deployment of innovative hydrogen technologies and infrastructure.

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Andris Piebalgs

Andris Piebalgs is a Professor at the European University Institute and serves as the Chairman of the Implementation Committee of the International Methane Emissions Observatory. With a distinguished career in public service, Piebalgs previously held key roles as the European Union Commissioner for Energy and later as the Commissioner for Development. He was instrumental in shaping the EU's renewable energy and energy efficiency policies, significantly contributing to the establishment of the European energy market.

Before his work with the European Union, Piebalgs was a prominent Latvian politician and diplomat. As Latvia's Ambassador to the EU, he played a pivotal role in facilitating Latvia's accession to the European Union.

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Luis Ignacio Parada

President, GLE; Energy Policy & Regulation Director, Enagás

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).

Michael Schmöltzer

Head of the Value of Storage Working Group, GIE

Michael Schmöltzer was born on 1970 in Vienna and graduated in Business Administration at Vienna University of Economics and Business.

From 1994 till 2001 he worked at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber of Commerce in Austria as vice managing Director of the Association of Gas- and District Heating.

In September 2001 he changed his position and started to work for E-Control Austria, the Regulatory Authority for the Gas and Electricity in Austria till January 2013 as Head of Gas Department responsible for preparation of Gas Market Rules within the regulatory framework and held contacts to energy platforms at European level (Madrid Forum, Council of European Energy Regulators, ACER). As member of CEER and ACER Gas working group and TF Chair from 2002 till 2012 he was involved in the whole EU-Regulatory process in the gas sector.

In February 2013 he started as Branch Manager for E.ON Gas Storage GmbH in Austria (renamed in Uniper Energy Storage GmbH in 2016) and is responsible for regulatory and stakeholder affairs and represents Uniper Energy Storage in the Austrian gas market.

On national level Michael Schmöltzer was elected as Board member of the German Gas Storage Association (INES, Initiative Erdgasspeicher) representing the German Underground Gas Storage Industry.

On the European level he chairs several Task Forces within GIE (Gas Infrastructure Europe) since 2014. Since 2024 he co-chairs the European Hydrogen Storage Alliance H2eart for Europe.

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Arno Büx

President, GIE; CEO, FluxSwiss; SVP Corporate Commercial, Fluxys Group

Arno Büx is Senior Vice President Corporate Commercial of the Fluxys Group. Since November 1^st, 2024, he is also CEO of FluxSwiss , the group’s Swiss affiliate.

Arno Büx is GIE President since October 2024. 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 as well as a certificate in Corporate Governance.

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Kacper Żeromski

Deputy Director of System Development, ENTSOG

Kacper is currently Deputy Director for the System Development Area, and has been working in that ENTSOG business area for 6 years. With over 12 years in gas industry, he has gained extensive experience in the gas transmission topic, both at the national and international level. Kacper works with a wide range of stakeholders, especially in the context of Ten-Year Network Development Plan and Security of Supply analyses, on how to best use the European gas infrastructure to achieve the EU's climate and energy goals while ensuring security of supply.

Before ENTSOG Kacper was working for GAZ-SYSTEM since 2013 as a member of International Project team in Development Department.

Kacper is a graduate of the Technology of Chemistry Faculty at AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow and post-graduate studies in Project Management at the Warsaw School of Economics.

Jorgo Chatzimarkakis

CEO, Hydrogen Europe

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.

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Laurent David

General Delegate, GIIGNL

Laurent David was appointed General Delegate of GIIGNL in July 2023, bringing with him a wealth of experience in the energy sector. Prior to this role, from 2020, he served as the Head of the Strategy Department for Gas, Renewables, and Power activities at TotalEnergies. Laurent has extensive expertise in LNG, having overseen strategy and market analysis for ENGIE's LNG portfolio before TotalEnergies acquired it in 2018. Laurent's journey in the energy sector began in 2000 with his PhD, which focused on the gas deregulation experiences in the United Kingdom and the United States. At ENGIE, he contributed significantly to corporate strategy, working on gas, power, and CO2 scenarios.

Peter Zeniewski

Senior Energy Analyst, International Energy Agency

Dr. Peter Zeniewski is a Senior Energy Analyst at the IEA, responsible for the World Energy Outlook analysis of gas supply, pricing and trade. He is a lead author of several IEA publications, on topics such as the role of gas in energy transitions, the affordability of energy, the oil and gas industry in transitions, the outlook for biogases, and coal transition financing. Prior to joining the IEA, Peter was a Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and held positions at the European Commission and Wood Mackenzie. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Oxford.

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