Hans Grünfeld is Managing Director of VEMW, the Dutch member association of IFIEC Europe. Having served VEMW since 1999, Hans has extensive experience with the liberalization and integration of the European gas and electricity markets. From 2007-2011, he served as President of IFIEC Europe. Before joining VEMW, Hans Grünfeld worked as researcher for McKinsey & Company and as policy analyst at Rand Europe.

Hans Grünfeld received a Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology and holds an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master in Political Science from the University of Amsterdam.

Jorge Mendonça e Costa is Executive Director at the Portuguese Association for Industrial High Electrical Energy Consumers (APIGCEE) since 2014 and is Coordinating Professor at ISEL since 2008. Mr. Costa dedicated most of his career to the Energy Sector and served as Principal Technical Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Portugal at the European Union (REPER), being a member of the European Council working groups dealing with Energy and Atomic Issues, (2001-2004). He was Director at Climaespaço – Urban Thermal Energy Distribution, S.A. (1999-2000) and at the Portuguese Energy Agency (ADENE) (1994 – 1999). Mr. Costa developed activity as R&D Engineer at the thermal hydraulic simulation section of the Nuclear Power Production Department of Tractebel Energy Engineering, (1991-1993).

He acted as consultant for GDF Suez and Cogen Portugal. He acquired experience as Project Manager of new buildings (ships) at Viana do Castelo Shipyards (ENVC) (2005-2006).

Mr. Costa has a degree in Mechanical Engineering delivered by Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) (1984) and a Ph.D by the Katholiek Universiteit Leuven (1992). He attended the Doctoral Programme and Diploma Course at the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics.

Pasi Kuokkanen is Managing Director of Suomen ElFi Oy in Finlanda. He has 20 years of experience as energy market generalist working e.g. at Hansel, Nord Pool Spot, Fingrid Oyj and Fortum Oyj. In recent years he lead several multinational projects as the “Estonian´s day-ahead and intra-day electricity markets opening” and the “ Full market coupling via implicit auction between Poland and Sweden.“

Pasi holds a Master of science (eng) from The Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) and was furthermore educated at the Finnish Institute of Management.

Theodor Livinschi is the Vice-President of the Association of Energy Consuming Companies in Romania and the Managing & Founding Partner of partenerg, consulting company within energy procurement for industrial consumers. His current company is one of the founding members of the Romanian association in 2021.

Working in the energy industry since 2014, he started in the Swiss utilities company Repower and then coordinated the retail activities of MET as Head of Sales.

Theodor has wide expertise within the energy commercial matters, both procurement and sales, having also the chance to be part of 2 large M&A transactions.

TOver the course of more than 25 years, he has gained extensive experience in the Finance, Administration and Control functions of industrial companies in the Saint-Gobain Group until taking on the role of CEO of Verallia Italia, a leading company in the Glass Packaging sector, responsible for activities in Italy and North Africa.

He was President of the Glass Packaging sector in Assovetro (Italian Association of Glass Manufacturers) and Vice-President of Co.Re.Ve. Glass Recovery Consortium.

Since 2015, he has been dealing with energy consumption for large industrial consumers and holds the position of President of AICEP – Energy Intensive Industries Italian Association.

In 2017, he was appointed President of AICE Scarl, a consortium company established by large industrial energy consumers to provide services in the field of energy and efficiency.

Since 2018, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of IFIEC Europe.

Stephan Schenk is Head of Energy Procurement Power at Speira, the global aluminium rolling and recycling company, which employs around 5.400 people mainly in Germany and Norway. He has 25 years of experience in energy markets, especially in electricity sourcing and market regulations. Stephan studied energy, finance and industrial economics and holds a master degree in business economics.

Christian Seyfert, born in 1971, is the Managing Director of the VIK Association of Industrial Energy and Power Industry since July 2020. He studied Political Science, History, and Economics at the University of Hamburg, earning a degree in Political Science.

He began his professional career in the presidential departments of the Cultural Authority and the Authority for Urban Development and Environment of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. In 2005, he took over the management of the press office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Areas of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, serving as its spokesperson.

In 2012, Christian Seyfert moved to the energy company Vattenfall, where he worked in corporate communications for the Hamburg and Northern Germany region.

Konstantin Stamenov is a Chairman of the Management Board of Bulgarian Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers (BFIEC) since 2009. He has been working for “Stomana Industry” SA metallurgical plant for more than 20 years, occupying various senior management positions.

K. Stamenov also used to be the Project Manager for SAP implementation and for projects funded by EU. He had successfully implemented a unique Eur 250 project compliant with European policies in 2016.

He has completed a master’s degree in “Economics & Informatics” (1993) and is certified in Project Management at Stevens Institute of Technologies, USA in 2006. He has received a Certificate of Shale Gas Development from The International Leadership Program of USA. In 2015 he graduated master’s degree in Electricity Management at Sofia Technology University and participated in Executive Course to Master Electricity Markets of Florence School of Regulation in 2023.

Since 2009 he has many publications and interviews in various TVs, electronic media, newspapers and magazines. Stamenov is a member of different working groups dealing with Energy Market Liberalization at Ministry of Energy, Energy Watchdog – for Market Rules, Energy Law, etc. Today BFIEC is a well-known federation in Bulgaria, representing the energy intensive industry before state authorities.

Emmanuel Tillous-Borde is currently General Manager – Head of Energy purchasing at ArcelorMittal, where he has worked since 2008. From 1997-1999 he has worked for ABB Group as Sales Engineer in South Asia, and from 2000-2007 for Group Gaz de France on the Finergaz development of cogeneration project and as Project Director of a 400 MW combined cycle in the South of France.

He is a graduate of ESME Engineering school and holds an Executive MBA from ESSEC Mannheim. .

Born and raised in Oslo, Norway. B.A. in history, political science and economics from the University of Oslo and an M.A in international relations and international economics from the Johns Hopkins University in Italy and the US.

Lived in Brussel since 1999. Worked for seven years at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) doing research on EU foreign and security policy, with a particular focus on EU relations with Russia, Ukraine and Moldova. Worked at the EFTA Secretariat 2006-2013 and 2014-2020 on the Internal Market and the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA), including management of the main EEA decision-making bodies, analysis and policy coordination, and at the EFTA Financial Mechanism Office in 2020-2021 dealing with Norway's contribution to economic and social cohesion in Europe. Seconded as a national expert from the Norwegian administration to DG Enterprise of the European Commission in 2013 to work on competitiveness and innovation policy, and in 2021-2023 to DG Regional Policy and Development working on European public investments and EU cohesion policy.

Inger Kristin Holm has been working for Hydro since 2000, in the Energy Business Area. Currently Inger Kristin works on regulatory and power market issues in the EU, Norway and Brazil. Prior she held various other positions in Hydro, within portfolio management, strategy and project development.  Before joining Hydro she worked for the Norwegian Ministry of Energy and for the Norwegian Federation of Industries.

Inger Kristin holds a Master of Business from Norwegian Business School.

Jochen Wagner

jochen.wagner​[at]​basf.com

Jochen Wagner has been an active member of IFIEC's Working Party Gas since 2014. He became its acting Chair of the Working Party in July 2020. He works for BASF, leading the procurement team responsible for sourcing natural gas, electricity, coal and steam at their European sites, having worked for the company since 2001. He has led the Working Party Gas of German federation VIK and VCI since 2014.

He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences.

Paul Villalobos Valdivia joined IFIEC’s Working Party Gas in early 2024. Currently, Paul works as a Policy Advisor at VEMW in the Netherlands responsible primarily for gasses and secondarily for electricity. Previously, Paul interned at the Dutch Embassy in Oslo, Norway, writing a report on the Norwegian battery industry specifically aiming to find opportunities for Dutch-Norwegian collaboration. During his Masters, Paul researched the role and influence of natural gas and Nord Stream I on power relations between the European Union and Russia. Paul holds a Master Degree in International Relations and a Bachelor Degree in History from Utrecht University.

Yngvild Tormodsgard has been working for Yara and in Yara’s Energy Sourcing Team since 2017. Currently Yngvild is working as Energy Sourcing Manager responsible for Energy Policy and Regulatory Issues. She is active in several national and European industry associations. Within Yara, she previously held the positions as Energy Analyst and Energy Sourcing Manager responsible for sourcing energy for several of Yara’s European plants. Before joining Yara, Yngvild worked for the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, within the field of gas market analysis, EU policy and gas infrastructure regulation.

Yngvild holds a Master Degree in International Political Economy from London School of Economics and a Bachelor Degree in International Economics, Money and Finance from the University of Toulouse.

Jean-Philippe Perrot has been working for the Solvay Group for over 35 years in the field of energy and climate. From 1990 to 2003, he was the power plant manager of the industrial site of Dombasle (East of France). In 2003, he moved to Brussels in Solvay Headquarters. Thanks to his prior experience in the field of energy, he has occupied several positions dealing with energy generation, energy purchases, energy efficiency improvement and greenhouse gas emission reduction. Currently, he works as energy & climate advocacy manager of the Solvay Group. He is active in several national and European associations of large energy industrial consumers.

Jean-Philippe holds a Masters Degree in Chemicals Processing from the University of Nancy.

With more than 30 years of experience in the field of Energy, Climate and Sustainability in Air Products, PwC, FEB-VBO, esenscia & Cefic, Isabelle will lead the advocacy and communication activities of IFIEC and reinforce the visibility of the organisation towards the European institutions, grid operators, regulators and stakeholders.

Isabelle is also independent BOARD MEMBER of BRUGEL, the Energy regulator of Brussels (2018-2023). Isabelle holds a degree in Applied Economics (UCL-Belgium) as well as an MBA (KUL-Belgium) and an Interdisciplinary Licence in Environment (ULB-Belgium).

Roger Goffin is nominated Honorary Secretary General as of 01/01/2024.

Roger Goffin was as General Secretary in charge of the administration of IFIEC Europe since 1993. Until 2006 Roger worked as Managing Director for Hoechst in Africa, Austria, Germany and Belgium.

Roger holds degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry from ULB - Free University of Brussels.