Symposium
GIE Annual Conference, 6 - 7 May 2009
SPEAKER’S BIOGRAPHIES
Introductory Speeches
DAY ONE - Wednesday 6 May 2009 - Martiniplaza Groningen
Marcel Kramer
13:00 - 13: 15
GIE President
Gasunie CEO
KVGN President
Conference opening
Welcome Speech
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.
Introductory Speeches
DAY ONE - Wednesday 6 May 2009 - Martiniplaza Groningen
Andris Piebalgs
13:15 - 13:45
EU Commission / DG TREN
Commissioner for Energy
Keynote speech
Mr. Andris PIEBALGS took up the post of Energy Commissioner in November 2004. Since
the EU enlargement on 1st of May 2004, when the Commissioners of the new Member States
came into the European Commission, he was heading the Cabinet of Latvian Commissioner
Mrs. Sandra Kalniete. Before joining the European Commission, he worked for almost a
decade in diplomacy. Mr. Piebalgs started his diplomatic career in 1995 when he became
the ambassador of Latvia in Estonia. During five years – between 1998 and 2003 – he was the
Ambassador of Latvia to the European Union, later – Undersecretary of State for EU affairs at
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia.
Six years of his career were spent being active in Latvian politics. From 1990 till 1993 Mr.
Piebalgs was Minister of Education, in 1993 and 1994 he was chairing the Budget and
finance committee of the Parliament of Latvia (Saeima). In 1994 Mr. Piebalgs became Finance
minister of Latvia and held this post for two years.
Mr. Piebalgs obtained a degree in Physics from University of Latvia. His initial career in the
education system continued when he started to work as Director of the Department in the
Ministry of Education of Latvia.
Michael Stoppard
Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA)
Managing Director
13:45 - 14:15
Keynote speech
Supply of gas to the EU
Michael STOPPARD, CERA Managing Director, is a member of CERA’s Senior Leadership Team.
Mr Stoppard has particular expertise in the international gas business and is responsible for
the development and coordination of CERA’s global and interregional analysis of LNG and
its communication to clients. Mr. Stoppard led CERA’s entry into LNG research as Project
Manager for the pioneering study The New Wave: Global LNG in the 21st Century. Earlier
he was a core team member of CERA’s European Gas group, developing CERA’s European
natural gas and power scenarios.
Mr. Stoppard has also worked on numerous tailored consulting assignments for clients,
including major gas producers, European utilities, power developers, and financial investors.
He has extensive experience in providing strategic analysis and recommendations at the
board and senior executive level.
Before joining CERA Mr. Stoppard was a research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy
Studies, where he published a variety of studies of the gas industry, including his book A New
Order for Gas in Europe? He also worked on a study for the World Bank on the environmental
benefits of natural gas for developing countries. In addition, Mr. Stoppard served as a
Parliamentary Special Advisor on energy regulation for the House of Commons Trade and
Industry Committee in the United Kingdom.
He is the author of numerous CERA reports, including analyses of business models, gas
and power convergence in Europe, LNG shipping and trading, and gas distribution. He was
coauthor with Daniel Yergin of “The Next Prize” published in Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Stoppard holds an honors degree from the University of York.
Introductory Speeches
DAY ONE - Wednesday 6 May 2009 - Martiniplaza Groningen
Richard Bartlett
14:15 - 14: 45
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
Head of Corporate & Structured Debt
Capital Markets, Europe, Middle East & Africa
Financier’s view on
infrastructure investments
Richard BARTLETT is responsible for the Corporate and Structured Debt Capital Markets
business in the EMEA for RBS. In this role he is responsible for the product teams which
execute transactions in the loan and bond markets with the corporate customers of RBS. This
business includes the Bank’s leading US private placement operation, its structured bond
business, project and sub-investment grade finance activities.
A civil engineer by background, Richard joined RBS in 1999 to take responsibility for the
structured bond business. Over the next five years that business led the development of
structured bond market. During this time it completed a number of notable transactions
spanning most aspects of infrastructure, utility and public- to- private partnership
transactions.
These transactions include the financing of Welsh Water as a not –for- profit company,
the acquisition and restructuring by RBS of Southern Water and the development of the
financing structure for the UK railways after the insolvency of Railtrack plc. Recently Richard
led the Bank’s work on the financing of Ferrovial’s acquisition of BAA, the owner of Heathrow,
Gatwick and Stansted Airports in the UK.
Richard received an MA in Engineering from Cambridge University.
Sergei Komlev
14:45 - 15: 15
Gazprom Export
Head of Contract Structuring
& Price Formation Directorate
View on regulatory
framework in Europe
Sergei KOMLEV is Head of Contract Structuring and Price Formation Directorate in Gazprom
Export, the trade arm of the Russian major gas company Gazprom. Mr. Komlev is in charge of
contract structuring and corporate price policy formation.
In his previous experience in the consulting and equity research business, he worked on
a variety of energy assignments encompassing natural gas, electricity, oil, and financing
matters both in the Russian market and internationally.
15:15 - 16:00
Coffee Break
DAY ONE - Wednesday 6 May 2009 - Martiniplaza Groningen
LNG Session
LNG Session
LNG Challenges in the Changing Global LNG Market
Chairman : Francisco de la Flor, President, GLE
4 presentations
20 Minutes panel discussion
Francisco de la Flor
GLE
President
16:00 - 17:20
16:00 - 16:10
Chairman LNG Session
Francisco de la Flor has been working in the natural gas business since mid eighties. He
has worked in several companies holding various positions and having responsibilities for
commercial, technical, procurement, international and planning issues. He is currently
Director of Regulation in Enagas since 2002.
At the same time, he is a Professor for University postgraduates at the Global Development
Learning Network, belonging to the World Bank, and lecturer in many other training courses
and fora.
He holds university degrees in Chemical Engineering and in Economics Sciences and Business
Management. He has completed a Business Administration Executive Program at the IESE
Business School and followed doctorate studies in Economics.
Jean Vermeire
GIIGNL
President
16:10 - 16: 40
Global Dynamics of the
LNG Business
Jean VERMEIRE joined Distrigas, the Belgian-based natural gas company, in 1989 as
Commercial Director, responsible for sales, supply and transit of natural gas. Appointed
General Director of the new gas merchant company Distrigas as of 1st December 2001 after
the unbundling of the former Distrigas. Retired from this position in January 2005. Member
of the Board of Directors since May 2003 and nominated Chairman in October 2008.
Previously with the Chevron Corporation for 17 years with various managerial assignments
in commercial, finance and planning in the oil and gas activities of the corporation , with
postings in Belgium, Italy, UK, USA and Australia.
Now active as an independent consultant. Holds various board memberships (including the
Supervisory Board of the Nederlandse Gasunie and the International Advisory Board of Gasol
PLC), is a key lecturer at the Energy Delta Institute in Groningen and President of the Parisbased International Group of LNG Importers (GIIGNL) .
Graduated with a degree in electro-mechanical engineering from the University of Ghent
(Belgium) and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California (Berkeley).
LNG Session
DAY ONE - Wednesday 6 May 2009 - Martiniplaza Groningen
16:40 - 17:00
Josu Murguialday
Maritime Transport and New
Technologies in Liquefaction
and Regasification processes
REPSOL - Gas Natural LNG (Stream)
Operations & New Projects Manager
Josu MURGUIALDAY’s responsibility in Stream (Subsidiary of Repsol and Gas Natural)
is within the Shipping Department and covers all areas related to technical, operations,
commercial, newbuildings and support to new projects.
His original background in the industry is coming from his job at sea as Master Marine and working at sea for 16 years, he was mainly working in the VLCCs and LNG/C area.
His main assignments at shore have always been within the Repsol group of Companies,
originally being in charge of the LNG Shipping division in Repsol. When Repsol and gas
Natural created the joint venture called Stream, he was assigned his current position.
His experience in shipping covers more than 22 years and the last 16 have been concentrated
in LNG/C.
Closing
17:15 - 17:30
Closing Remarks
Marcel Kramer
17:45 -
Departure from Martiniplaza to Hotels
Evening Programme
20:00 -
Dinner Event hosted by Gasunie
Transfer from the hotels at 19:00
DAY TWO - Thursday 7 May 2009 - Martiniplaza Groningen
TSO Session
08:15 -
Transport from the GIE hotels to Martiniplaza
TSO Session
Recent developments regarding European TSOs coordination
Chairwoman : Siobhan Hall, EU News Editor, Platts
4 presentations
09:00 - 10:30
30 Minutes panel discussion
09:00 - 10:30
Siobhan Hall
Chairwoman
TSO Session
Platts
EU News Editor
Siobhan Hall has been writing about the European gas sector since 1999, first with Financial
Times Energy and since 2001 with Platts, where she edited UK Gas Report for three years. In
2004 she become Platts’ first full-time EU energy policy editor based in Brussels, covering all
aspects of EU gas, power and emissions policies.
Her work appears regularly in Platts EU Energy, European Gas Daily, International Gas Report
and Oilgram News.
Domenico Dispenza
Eurogas
President
09:00 - 09:15
Maintaining and reinforcing security of gas
supply in the current complex European context:
who is in charge of restoring confidence?”
Domenico DISPENZA is Chief Operating Officer of Eni’s Gas & Power Division, since January
2006.
He began working in 1974 at the Study Department of SNAM S.p.A., in 1977 he became
head of Systems Analysis and from 1980 to 1991 he was Chief Negotiator for Gas Sales and
Purchase Agreement. From 1991 to 1999 he was Director Gas Supplies, the he proceeded
to Managing Director of SNAM S.p.A., from 2002 to 2004 he was Deputy COO of Eni’s Gas &
Power Division. In 2004 he was nominated Chairman and CEO of Snam Rete Gas.
Domenico Dispenza is currently:
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President of Eurogas
Managing director of Blue Stream Pipeline Company B.V.
Member of the Board of Eni Trading & Shipping S.p.A.
Member of the Board of the Eni Foundation
Member of the Board of UNI
Domenico Dispenza was born in Trieste in 1946. He has a degree in Aeronautical Engineering
from the Politecnico di Milano. In 1973 he completed a Master’s degree in Advanced
Technology at Sogesta in Urbino.
TSO Session
DAY TWO - Thursday 7 May 2009 - Martiniplaza Groningen
Mark van Stiphout
DG TREN
Administrator
09:15 - 09:30
Third Package
knocking at the gate
Mark van Stiphout’s work as Policy Officer at the European Commission, DG Transport & Energy,
Electricity and Gas Unit began in March 2006. As coordinator of the gas team he is responsible for
the liberalisation of the internal market for natural gas, which includes the legislative proposals that
are currently being negotiated, the rules on access to infrastructure, gas quality and the organisation
of the Madrid Forum.
Previous roles include consultancy on renewable energy projects, at Ecofys, with a focus on
generating energy from biomass, Market Analyst at Cogas Energie and an internship at Gaz de
France, researching gas storage in the EU.
His academic career contains post graduate studies in Economics of the Environment and Natural
Resources in Paris, an MSc in Technology and Society and two years in Chemical Engineering (both
at Eindhoven University of Technology).
Jacques Laurelut
GTE
President
09:30 - 09:45
GTE+ towards ENTSOG
Recent developments and
challenges on the way
Jacques LAURELUT is the President of GTE since January 1st 2006. He was CEO of GRTgaz from its
creation until the end of 2008.
From 2000 till 2004, he was in charge of the Gaz de France Gas Supply Contracts and the Trading
activities (through Gaselys - joint branch with Société Générale).
Jacques Laurelut started his career in Gaz de France in 1972 holding different positions in the
Transmission Division and being responsible in various areas including gas imports from Russia to
France and management of operating and maintenance Business Units. In 1988 he became Project
Manager of the new information system of the Division and participated in the engineering of the
Corporate Management of the Transmission Division. In 1994 he moved to Electricité de France and
covered the position of Chief Information Officer. From 1999 to 2003 he was Manager for Gas Trading
and Shipping in Gaz de France.
Jacques Laurelut is a civil engineer (mining) from Saint-Étienne.
Walter Boltz
ERGEG
Chairman of the Gas Group
09:45 - 10:00
ACER & ENTSOG
and their interaction
Dr Walter Boltz is is Managing Director of Energie-Control GmbH (since March 2001) and
Vice-President and Chair of the Gas Working Group at the Council of European Energy Regulators.
He is also Chair of the Security of Supply Working Group and the Single Energy Market Working
Group at CEER. From 2004-2005 he was President of the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB).
Mr Boltz spent several years spent several years working in different positions for the EDP department
of an Austrian banking group. He then managed the Austrian branch of an international consulting
group in the fields of management and technology consulting. From 1991 to 1996 he worked for
an Austrian commercial bank in Central and Eastern Europe, among his responsibilities was the
restructuring of energy companies. From 1996 to 1999, he was member of the board of a major
German consultancy company, and from 1999 to 2001, member of the board of Pricewaterhouse
Coopers Management Consulting, in charge of “Energy & Utilities.
Walter Boltz graduated from high school in both the USA and Austria and holds a Degree in Applied
Physics from the Vienna University of Technology.
DAY TWO - Thursday 7 May 2009 - Martiniplaza Groningen
Storage Session
Storage Session
Recent developments regarding European TSOs coordination
Chairman : Jean-Marc Leroy, President, GSE
Round table with 3 speakers
Jean-Marc Leroy
GSE President
GIE Vice President
Storengy CEO
11:00 - 12:00
11:00 - 12:00
Storage Session
Chairman
Jean-Marc Leroy is the CEO of Storengy, a new company of GDF SUEZ, dedicated to
underground storage of natural gas in France and abroad.
Since 2005, Jean-Marc Leroy has been in charge of storage infrastructures and LNG terminals
of GDF SUEZ. From 1997 to 2004, he has been active at Gaz de France head office in several
key positions: Manager of the President’s Office, secretary of the Board, Deputy Vice
president of the Strategy Division, Vice President in charge of Exterior Relations and Internal
Communication. Jean-Marc Leroy started his career in Electricité de France (EDF). In 1994, he
moved to Gaz de France as Deputy Vice President of Gaz de France Transmission Division.
Jean-Marc Leroy is also President of GSE – Gas storage Europe, representing gas storage
operators in Europe.
Amol Wayangankar
Pace Global Energy Services, LLC
Storage Roundtable
Mr. Amol Wayangankar is an Executive Director at Pace Global Energy Services (‘Pace”)
and leads its Natural Gas & Oil Practice. For over 8 years, Mr. Wayangankar has focused on
natural gas & oil markets, asset valuations and financing of energy infrastructure projects. His
expertise is in natural gas markets (including LNG) and natural gas storage.
Mr. Wayangankar has performed numerous fuel-related due diligence reviews of independent
power generation facilities, LNG projects, natural gas storage and pipeline infrastructure
projects for major lending institutions related to financing greenfield development or
acquisition.
Mr. Wayangankar’s recent natural gas activities have been focused on the development,
commercial negotiations, financing, and M&A support of midstream gas storage assets in
both domestic and international markets. Within the U.S, Mr. Wayangankar has supported
over a dozen storage projects in Gulf Coast, Northeast, Florida and West Coast. Internationally,
Mr. Wayangankar has supported storage developers, lenders and private equity funds with
project due-diligence in Northwest Europe and the U.K. Mr. Wayangankar supported the
market and commercial due-diligence in support of the sale of Mississippi Hub gas storage
project. Mr. Wayangankar has also been involved in every project finance deal in the gas
storage sector. Additionally, Mr. Wayangankar has significant LNG experience performing
market assessments and due diligence for LNG terminal developers and prospective capacity
holders in the Gulf Coast, Florida, Northeast U.S., Canadian Maritimes, Central Mexico Pacific
Coast, Baja/Southern California and the Pacific Northwest.
Mr. Wayangankar holds a bachelors degree in Industrial engineering from Birla College of
Engineering (India) and a dual MS in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from Penn
State.
DAY TWO - Thursday 7 May 2009 - Martiniplaza Groningen
Storage Session
Lex Huurdeman
Shell Exploration & Production
Storage Roundtable
Lex Huurdeman currently is Manager Regulatory Affairs and Commercial Strategy in Europe
for Shell International E&P.
In addition he holds positions as:
• Vice President Gas Storage Europe (GSE)
• Vice-chairman EU Committee of the International Oil & Gas Producers Association (OGP)
• Vice-chairman of the Board of Easee-gas, a gas industry organization with members
from all segments of the gas value chain in Europe.
Ever since graduating cum laude in Mining and Petroleum Engineering from Delft University
in 1982, Lex has been passionate about energy issues. He has 27 years of experience in
the energy industry, in particular the oil and gas business, (Exploration & production, Gas
& Power, R&D) in a variety of commercial, business development, regulatory, technical and
leadership roles across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.
Zoltán Jászberényi
E.ON Földgáz
Storage Roundtable
Zoltán Jászberényi is the General Manager of E.ON Földgaz Storage Plc in Hungary.
He is fulfilling this role since 2007 when E.ON has started restructuring its underground
storage activities after the takeover of this business unit from MOL Plc.
Since 2008 he is a member of the European Gas Infrastructure organisations, being Executive
Committee member of Gas Infrastructure Europe.
Previously Mr. Jászberényi spent 2 years in high voltage electrical instrumentation industry
where has was the General Manager of AREVA T&D organisation in Hungary. The overall
scope of the activity was to design, manufacture, and delivery High voltage and medium
voltage electric switches and products. The management of this organization included Sales
and Marketing and Operation and turnkey engineering project management (Industrial
Engineering and R&D Engineering functions).
He was responsible for initiating and spearheading growth strategies, whilst developing the
business in order to meet productivity and profitability objectives; growing the organization
in order to reflect the right skills and competencies.
Before this time Mr. Jászberényi was fulfilling several roles in gas technology industrial
instrumentation industry by building continuously a growing organization at Emerson.
Emerson Process Management Hungary being part of Emerson Group is 100% American
owned organisation dealing with industrial process management control and monitoring
of gas and liquids processes. The role was as general manager to support forecasting,
manufacturing and prioritising by evaluating problems, proposing solutions, obtaining
stakeholders buy in, agreeing on profitable and scalable courses of action and driving
execution.
Mr. Jászberényi is a member of the Society of American Mechanical Engineering (SME) and
International Business leaders (IBL) and is a BA, Mechanical Engineer, MBA - graduated in
Oxford Brookes University.
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9727 KB Groningen
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