GTE ExCom

Harald Stindl

GTE President
Managing Director - Gas Connect Austria

Since 2006 Dr. Harald Stindl is the Managing Director of Gas Connect Austria GmbH in Vienna. Before he was responsible for the regulated domestic transportation business as proxy. Earlier, in 2001, he had taken part in the successful legal unbundling of Gas Connect from OMV AG in the role as head of finance and controlling. From 2004 to 2006 he was in addition managing director of Central European Gas Hub GmbH.

Before joining OMV's Natural Gas Division in 1999, Dr. Stindl was assigned to Munich from 1995 - 1997 (refining division) in the head office of OMV Deutschland as head of the financial department (proxy) and to London (OMV U.K. Ltd.) from 1992-1995 (E&P division) as Finance Director.

On the international side, Dr. Stindl is member of the 'Fachverband Gas und Warme' Committee, the highest body of the industry association 'gas and heat.'. He also sits on TAG GmbH, AGGM and CISMO supervisory boards and chairs the AGCS supervisory board and represents Gas Connect Austria in the PRISMA General Assembly.

Dr. Stindl was a member of the ENTSOG board since its foundation in 2009 for 4 ½ years, and at the same time also of the GTE EXCOM and the GIE board.