Lars G. JOSEFSSON
President of EURELECTRIC
Former 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.

Councillor  Emer COSTELLO
Lord Mayor of Dublin

Cllr Emer Costello is Lord Mayor of Dublin (2009/10). Emer has been a Councillor representing the North Inner City since 2003. She is a member of the City Council’s Planning, Economic Development and International Affairs Strategic Policy Committee and the Dublin Regional Authority. She is also a member of the Grangegorman Development Agency, Dublin Inner City Partnership, O’Devaney Gardens Regeneration Board and Dublin 7 Educate Together Primary School Board of Management.

Brian  COWEN  T.D.
An Taoiseach
Irish Prime Minister

Brian Cowen was appointed as Taoiseach on the 7th May 2008, prior to that he was Tánaiste and re-appointed as Minister for Finance on 14th June, 2007 having first been appointed Minister for Finance in September 2004. He has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from January 2000 to September 2004; Minister for Health and Children from June 1997 to January 2000; Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications from January 1993 to December 1994; Minister for Labour from February 1992 to January 1993. He was first elected to the Dail in a by-election in June 1984 caused by the death of his father, Bernard Cowen. That was the first time he had contested an election for public office.
Party front bench spokesperson on Agriculture, Food and Forestry December 1994 to March 1997 and on Health from March 1997 to June 1997.
 

Jos DELBEKE
Director General
DG Climate Action,
European Commission

Mr Jos Delbeke Director-General of the newly set up European Commission's DG Climate Action, Deputy Director-General of DG Environment from 2008-2010. He was very involved in negotiations on the package on climate change and energy in the EU Council and Parliament. Mr Delbeke has also been a key player in developing Europe's International Climate Change strategy, its legislation on cars and fuels, the European Emissions Trading Scheme, and legislation on air quality and emissions from big industrial installations. He joined the European Commission in 1986 and was very active on market-based instruments, on cost-benefit analysis, and on the new chemicals legislation REACH. For several years he was the European Commission's chief negotiator at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties.
 

Fulvio CONTI
Vice President of EURELECTRIC
CEO & General Manager of Enel S.p.A

Fulvio Conti is CEO and General Manager of Enel SpA, the major Italian energy group since May 2005. He joined Enel Spa in 1999 as CFO. Previous positions covered: GM and CFO of Telecom Italia, GM and CFO of the Italian national railway (1996-99), CFO of Montecatini (1991-96) and subsequently in charge of finance at Montedison-Compart, overseeing the financial restructuring of the group.
Fulvio began his career in 1969 with the Mobil Oil Group, where he held a number of executive positions in Italy and Europe. He sits on the Boards of Directors of Barclays (since 2005), AON (since 2007) and the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. He is also Vice President of EURELECTRIC.

Wang MIN
Senior Economist, Senior Advisor
to the President

Mr. Wang Min was born in February, 1964 in Shandong Province, China. From July, 1982, Mr. Wang Min successively worked for Shandong Dezhou Electric Bureau, Shandong Electric Bureau, Shandong Electric Power Company, State Power Corporation and State Grid Corporation of China. Mr. Wang Min’s research areas mainly focused on modern corporate strategy management, corporate social responsibility and corporate public relations.