Asta SIHVONEN-PUNKKA
Chair of Electricity Working Group of
CEER and ERGEG
Director General of Finnish Electricity
and Gas Market Regulator
Asta Sihvonen-Punkka is the Director General of Energy Market Authority, which is the Finnish electricity and gas market regulator and also the emissions trading authority. She is also the Vice-President of CEER and Vice-Chairman of ERGEG. Additionally, she is chairing the Electricity Working Group of CEER and ERGEG.

Professor Richard GREEN
Director of the Institute for Energy
Research and Policy Birmingham University
Professor Richard Green is Director of the Institute for Energy Research and Policy at the University of Birmingham. He is an economist who has been studying the electricity industry for almost 20 years. He has also worked at the Universities of Cambridge and Hull, the Office of Electricity Regulation, and the World Bank.

Jean CONSTANTINESCU
President of IRE
Dr. Jean Constantinescu is the President of IRE Association, the Romanian representative to EURELECTRIC and the editor of “Energetica” magazine, and has more then 40 years of experience in the energy sector. He was responsible for the elaboration of the power sector restructuring program and setting up of ANRE, the first energy regulatory agency in Romania. He was twice appointed President of ANRE and also the fi rst CEO of national power transmission company “Transelectrica”.

Jukka RUUSUNEN
Vice-President of ENTSO-E
President & CEO Fingrid Oyj
Jukka Ruusunen is the President and CEO of Fingrid, the Finnish TSO, and the Vice- President of ENTSO-E. He has worked actively for several years to promote the European electricity markets.

Leonhard BIRNBAUM
Member of the Executive Board RWE AG
Dr. Birnbaum assumed the post of Board Member RWE AG (responsible for Group Strategy and Business Development) in October 2008. Since April 2008 he was Head of Group Strategy & Business Development RWE AG. Before that he worked for McKinsey for over 10 years. The focus of his consulting activities was the energy industry and the energy-intensive raw materials industry. Dr. Birnbaum was named partner (principal) at McKinsey in 2000, and in 2006 was promoted to senior partner (director).

Gunnar LUNDBERG
Chairman of EURELECTRIC Markets Committee
Vice-President - Regulatory Affairs
Vattenfall AB
Gunnar  Lundberg  is  Vice - President, responsible for Regulatory Affairs in the Vattenfall Group. He has a long experience from different parts  of  the  electricity value  chain;  generation, sales, distribution and transmission. In EURELECTRIC Mr. Lundberg has been in leading positions within the Markets Committee since  1999. At present he  is Chairman of  this Committee.

David PORTER, OBE
Chairman of EURELECTRIC
Energy Policy and Generation Committee
Chief Executive
Association of Electricity Producers (AEP) David Porter has been Chief Executive of the UK’s Association of Electricity Producers since 1991. A Board member of EURELECTRIC since 2004, he became Chairman of its Energy Policy & Generation Committee in 2008. David is an Honorary Fellow of the Energy Institute and in 2007, he was appointed OBE for services to the Power Generation Industry
 

Hans ten BERGE
Secretary General of EURELECTRIC
Following posts in a number of international enterprises, including Exxon Chemie and Kemira Agro, Hans ten Berge joined ENECO Energie in November 1998 as Managing Director of Energiehandelsbedrijf, subsequently serving as a member of the ENECO Energie Board of Management from November 1999 until January 2006. He served for several years as Chairman of EURELECTRIC’s Markets Committee, before taking on the full-time post of Secretary-General in June 2007.

Luca F. CESARI
Global Managing Director
Utilities Industry Group
Accenture
Since September 2006, Luca F. Cesari is responsible for the Utilities industry market segment at global level for Accenture.

Lars G. JOSEFSSON
President of EURELECTRIC
President & CEO of Vattenfall
Lars G. Josefsson is President and CEO of Vattenfall since August 2000. He has occupied a number of executive posts within the Ericsson group and was appointed President of Celsius AB in 1997. Mr. Josefsson is a member of the supervisory board of Eskom Holdings Ltd, Johannesburg, holder of several patents in the field of radar technology and was nominated honorary professor at the University of Cottbus, Germany in 2005.

Fulvio CONTI
Vice-President of EURELECTRIC
CEO & General Manager of ENEL SpA
Fulvio Conti is CEO and General Manager of Enel SpA, the major Italian energy group, a position he has held since May 2005. He joined Enel Spa in 1999 as CFO. Previous positions covered: GM and CFO of Telecom Italia (1998-99), GM and CFO of the Italian national railway (1996-98), CFO at Montedison Group (1991-96); various financial/ operational positions with the Mobil Group (1969-91). He sits on the Boards of Directors of Barclays plc (since 2005) and AON Corporation (since 2007). He is also Vice- President of EURELECTRIC.

Klaus-Dieter MAUBACH
CEO of E.ON Energie AG
Professor Dr. Maubach started within the E.ON group in 2001 and was nominated after several positions to CEO of E.ON Energie AG in 2007. Since 2002 he is giving lectures at the Technical University of Clausthal.


Padraig McMANUS
CEO of Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Padraig McManus has been Chief Executive of ESB, Ireland’s State-owned electricity utility since July 2002. Under his leadership, ESB has undergone enormous change in a rapidly evolving regulated energy market. He has overseen a multi-billion Euro investment in the electricity infrastructure domestically, the expansion of the company abroad and launched a major capital programme to help Ireland meet its environmental targets.

Teodor CHIRICA
Senior Advisor
Nuclearelectrica
Dr. Chirica is a nuclear engineer having 39 years experience within the Romanian nuclear industry, covering the areas of design & engineering, large project management, electricity trading and communication. On 26 January 2009, he was appointed Senior Advisor, after four years serving as CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of Societatea Nationala “Nuclearelectrica”. As CEO of Nuclearelectrica he devoted his efforts for Cernavoda NPP Unit 2 (700 MW) completion, as well as for safe and efficient operation of Unit 1 and Nuclear Fuel Plant.
 

Closing Statement
Adriean VIDEANU
Minister of Economy, Romania
Adriean Videanu was a businessman, Member of the Chamber of Deputies between 2001 and 2004, and former mayor of Bucharest from April 2005 unti June 2008. He is Vice President of the Democratic Liberal Party of Romania and Minister of Economy since 22 December 2008.