Raúl Suárez

CEO Nedgia, S.A. Spain

Raúl Suárez is Chief Executive Officer of NEDGIA, S.A. since December 2022.

He started at the Naturgy Group in 2000, undertaking work in Electrical Distribution and Construction Projects in Spain and Nicaragua.

He initially focused his career on the field of Grid Development, before taking on the role of Head of Projects and Logistics in the GAS NATURAL FENOSA Shared Regulated Business Services Department, between 2009 and 2014.

In early 2014, he was appointed as Director of Gas Natural Andalucía, the multinational’s distribution subsidiary in Andalusia, managing the Spain Gas Distribution System Management Department.

In 2018, Mr Suárez took the role of Director of UFD, the department in charge of the group’s electricity distribution.

Raúl Suárez is a Senior Civil Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and has several postgraduate degrees in energy business management.

Paolo Gallo

CEO Italgas Italy

Paolo Gallo is Chief Executive Officer and General Manager at Italgas as well as Chairman of its main subsidiary, Italgas Reti.

Born in Turin in 1961, he received his degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin. He subsequently earned a MBA from Turin University. From 2014 to 2016 he was the Chief Executive Officer of Grandi Stazioni S.p.A, of which he previously oversaw the privatization. From 2011 to 2014 he worked at Acea S.p.A., firstly as Chief Operating Officer and then as Chief Executive Officer. Listed at the Milan stock exchange, the company is one of the main Italian multi-utilities. From 2002 to 2011 he was in the Edison Group, initially as Head of Strategy and Innovation. He was then (2003-2011) Chief Operating Officer and eventually Chief Executive Officer of Edipower.

He started his career in Fiat Avio S.p.A. in 1988, holding several roles and responsibilities over 13 years. In 1997, he began working in the energy field, developing new initiatives in Italy, India and Brazil. He eventually recollected all Fiat Group’s electricity generation activities in Fiat Energia – of which he was Chief Executive Officer until 2002. Through Fiat Energia, Fiat Group acquired Montedison in 2001.

Between 1992 and 1993 he was dean of the MBA programme at the School of Business Administration of the University of Turin, where he lectured “Industrial Investment Economical-Financial evaluations” until 2002. He is also co-author of relevant publications in the sector.

Dan Pantilie

CEO Distrigaz Sud Retele Romania

Dan Pantilie has been CEO of Distrigaz Sud Retele since 2008. He has a long-standing experience in the natural gas field as he has started his career in this sector in 1984. He held different management positions within Distrigaz Sud, the natural gas distributor and supplier for the south part of Romania before the activities’ unbundling in 2008; among the most important ones, the positions of development director (1998-2002) and deputy general director (2005-2008). Between 2002-2005, he was chairman of the Romanian Regulatory Authority in the Natural Gas Sector (2002-2005).

Dan Pantilie graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest and earned a Ph.D in engineering sciences on the topic “Contributions regarding the study of the mechanism of explosions”.

Gabriel Sousa

CEO Floene Energias Portugal

Gabriel Sousa is Chief Executive Officer of Floene Energias since November 2016, after becoming member of the Board and General Manager in August 2015.

In January 2013, he joined Floene Energias as Head of Third Party Access Management.

With more than 20 years in the natural gas distribution sector, before arriving to the Holding Company, he has been CEO of Lusitaniagás (the biggest Portuguese DSO in volume of natural gas distributed) since September 2007 and Head of Commercial Management of the same DSO between 1999 and 2006, after joining the company in 1995, since the beginning of the natural gas project development in Portugal.

Before entering the natural gas sector, he worked in the automotive and metallurgical industries, during two years.

Gabriel Sousa holds a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade de Coimbra and an Executive MBA from AESE/IESE.

Laurence Poirier-Dietz

CEO GRDF

Laurence POIRIER-DIETZ started her career at EDF GDF Services, then joined GRDF in 2004 notably in the Western region then the headquarters where she contributed to the setting-up of the business development and the territorial relations metiers.

In 2012, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of CLIMESPACE, the company operating the district cooling system of Paris.

In 2016 she was appointed Deputy CEO of ENGIE Ineo, a subsidiary of ENGIE specialized in the domain of electrical installations, the smart city, and smart networks, before joining the Industry Business Unit of ENGIE Solutions in 2020 as Deputy CEO.

Since the 1st of June 2021, she is Chief Executive Officer of GRDF, the main French gas Distribution System Operator.

Cathal Marley

Chief Executive Officer of Gas Networks Ireland

Cathal Marley is the Chief Executive Officer of Gas Networks Ireland, the semi-state organisation responsible for operating Ireland’s €2.7 billion, 14,664km national gas network, serving over 720,000 customers nationwide, and focused on delivering on its critical role in energy security while transitioning to transporting renewable gases through its network. He has over 20 years’ experience in the utilities and infrastructure sector, having previously worked in senior roles across the electricity and water industries. Cathal holds an MBA from the Michael Smurfit Business School, UCD, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Board member of the Irish Management Institute University in Dublin, a member of the Dublin City University Governing Authority and a Board member of Swim Ireland. His early career was spent with Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants in Dublin and Eastern Europe.

Barbara Morgante

CEO Enaon

“Barbara Morgante is the Chief Executive Officer of Enaon (ITALGAS Group). Born in Livorno, she graduated in Statistical Sciences and Economics at the University of Bologna in 1986. In 1987 she obtained an MBA degree in Economic Development for the Advanced Tertiary Sector financed by EU and managed by the Union of Italian Chambers of Commerce and in 2019 she was awarded the Certificate in Corporate Governance at INSEAD Business School (Fontainebleau - France).   

She has held positions of increasing responsibility throughout her career. From 1988 to 1995, she worked as a corporate management consultant, dealing with projects in the areas of strategy, marketing and organization for clients working primarily in the Transport, Construction and ICT and for Public Administration sectors. In 1995, she joined TAV (Treno Alta Velocità) as Marketing Manager. In 1998 she moved into the Commercial Department of the then Infrastructure Division (which later became Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, the Italian Railway Infrastructure Manager) of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) Group until becoming Chief of Strategies and Planning in 2007. Thereafter, she held Vice President positions in FS in the areas of Strategy & Planning, Investments Evaluation, International Relations, M&A, Sustainability policy, Regulatory affairs and Integration of the Group purchased foreign companies until the end of 2018. In 2019 she moved to work at the administration of the Abruzzo Region as its Director-General. She was Chief Executive Officer of Trenitalia SpA from December 2015 to September 2017. She has been a member/chairperson of several Boards of Directors of both Italian and foreign companies, and is currently in the BoD of Italgas Newco, Rai Way and Finint Infrastrutture SGR Società di gestione del risparmio.”

Jeroen Sanders

CTO Enexis

Jeroen Sanders (b. 1973) is the company's Chief Transition Officer (CTO). In this position, he focuses entirely on the energy system of the future and the role of digitization and data in it. Jeroen has held various management and board positions in the Enexis Group, including the position of IT Director from 2017. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Endinet, Sustainability Manager at Fudura and held various management positions at Edon and Essent.

Daan Schut

CTO Alliander

Daan Schut has been a member of the Management Board and CTO since 1 April 2019. Previously he served as Director of Asset Management from 2014. From 2014 to 2009 he held various management positions. Before Alliander, Daan Schut worked as an adviser at KPMG. Daan Schut studied IT Auditing at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Business Economics at HAN University of Applied Sciences. In addition, he attended the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at INSEAD. Supervisory board memberships/relevant other positions:

• Board member of Next Generation Infrastructures

• Board Member of Stichting USEF (Universal Smart Energy Framework)

• Board Member of Stichting ElaadNL

• Member of the Supervisory Board of GOPACS

David Peters

CTO Stedin

David Peters (b. 1980) was appointed member of the Board of Management as Chief Transition Officer with effect from 1-1-2018. Since May 2015, he held the position of Strategy Director at Stedin and was responsible for strategy and innovation. Until May 2015, he worked at Boston Consulting Group in the Netherlands and abroad on strategy and organisation issues, especially in the energy sector. He was a member of the National Think Tank in 2006. He studied Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology and Applied Ethics at KU Leuven.