About
IGU is the key and credible advocate of political, technical and economic progress of the global Gas industry, directly and through its members and in collaboration with other multilateral organizations.
About IGU’s Governance
The Work of the IGU is undertaken by: The Council, The President, The Secretariat, led by the Secretary General, The Management Team (MT), The Executive Committee (EXC), The Coordination Committee (CC), The IGU committees, Task Forces and Regional Coordinators.
The President, the Vice President, the Immediate Past President, the Secretary General, the Chair of the Coordination Committee, the Vice Chair of the Coordination Committee form the Management Team and are officers of IGU.
Management Team
Executive Committee 2022-2025 – Members of the Management Team
Mdm. Li Yalan
President, International Gas Union
People´s Republic of China
Mr. Andrea Stegher
Vice President, International Gas Union
Italy
Mr. Joe M. Kang
Immediate Past President, International Gas Union
Republic of Korea
Dr Yang Lei
Chairman of the Coordination Committee
People´s Republic of China
Mr. Maurizio Zangrandi
Vice Chairman for Coordination Committee
Italy
Filters:
Representatives from Charter Members of IGU Committees
Ms. Audrey Joe-Ezigbo
Host Country, Exploration & Production Committee
Nigeria
Mr. Rastislav Ňukovič
Storage Committee
Eustream, Slovakia
Mr. Andrea Stegher
Vice President, International Gas Union
Italy
Prof. Dr Gerald Linke
Host Country, Distribution Committee
Germany
Mr. José Carlos Broisler Oliver
Host Country, Utilisation Committee
Brazil
Mr. Joan Batalla
Host Country, Sustainability Committee
Spain
Mr. Abdul Aziz Othman
President of Malaysian Gas Association (MGA)
South and Southeast Asia
Mr. Kwangsu Hwang
Host Country, LNG Committee
Republic of Korea (South)
Eng. Khaled AbuBakr
Marketing & Communication Committee
Chairman of the Egyptian Gas and Energy Association, Egypt
Mr. Hans Coenen
R&D And Innovation Committee
The Netherlands
Mr. Yossi Rosen
Strategy Committee
Chairman of the Board of Directors Israeli Institute for Energy and Environment - Israel
Representatives from Charter members
Prof. Andrew Garnet
Chair, Australian Gas Industry Trust
Australia
Mr. Tim Egan
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Gas Association
Canada
Mr. Carlos Cortes Simon
Executive Chairman of the Chilean Natural Gas Association (AGN)
Chile
Mr. Satoshi Yoshida
Senior Advisor Japan Gas Association
Japan
Mr. Pål Rasmussen
Relationship Manager Gassco
Norway
Ms. Wu Yue
VP Gas markets, Hydrogen, Ammonia and Structure Solutions, BP
United Kingdom
Representatives from Premium Associate Members
Mr. Peder Björland
Vice President Trading, EQUINOR
Norway
Mr. Francisco P. de la Flor
Director of Regulation, Enagas
Spain
Mr. Didier Holleaux
EVP at ENGIE Group
Europe
Mr. Ajay Shah
Vice President – Shell
The Netherlands
Mr. Liu He
Academician of CAE/Professor，China National Petroleum Corporation
People´s Republic of China
Regional Coordinators
Mr. Timothy Egan
Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Gas Association
North America
Mr. Didier Holleaux
EVP at ENGIE Group
Europe
Mr. Carlos Cortes Simon
Executive Chairman of the Chilean Natural Gas Association (AGN)
Chile
Mr. Satoshi Yoshida
Senior Advisor Japan Gas Association
Japan
Eng. Khaled AbuBakr
Marketing & Communication Committee
Chairman of the Egyptian Gas and Energy Association, Egypt
Mr. Abdul Aziz Othman
President of Malaysian Gas Association (MGA)
South and Southeast Asia
Mr. Yossi Rossen
President of XT Holdings Ltd. and Chairman of Reshet-Noga Ltd
Middle East
Mr. Marcel Kramer
Board Member, Advisor and Consultant Energy & Infrastructure
Prospective IGU Members
Coordination Committee
Mr. Emeka Ene – Oildata Energy Group
Chair of Exploration & Production Committee
Nigeria
Mr. Ladislav Barkoci – Slovak Gas and Oil Association
Chair of Storage Committee
Slovakia
Mr. Maurizio Zangrandi – Snam
Chair of Transmission Committee
Italy
Dr. Jürgen Grönner – Technical-scientific association
Chair of Distribution Committee
Germany
Mr. Willian Anderson Lehmkuhl – ABEGAS
Chair of Utilisation Committee
Brazil
Ms. Naiara Ortiz de Mendibil – SEDIGAS
Chair of Sustainability Committee
Spain
Mr. Mohd Khairuddin Abkhalik – Petronas Energy and Trading
Chair of Gas Markets Committee
Malaysia
Mr. Jeongwook Khang – KOGAS
Chair of LNG Commitee
KOGAS
Mr. Mohamed Fouad – Egypt Oil & Gas
Chair of Marketing & Communication Committee
Egypt
Mr. Gerard Martinus – GasTerra B.V.
Chair of R&D and Innovation Committee
Netherlands
Mr. Amir Foster – The Israeli Nautural Gas Trade Association
Chair of Strategy Committee
Israel
Task Forces
Ms. Luz Stella Murgas Maya – Naturgas
Chair of Task Force Strategic Communications and Outreach (TFS)
Colombia
Mr. Jean-Marc Leroy – Association Française du Gaz
Chair, Task Force Carbon Neutrality (TFN)
France
Mr. Yongping Zhai – Tencent
Chair of Task Force Digitalisation (TFD)
P.R. China
IGU Wise Persons
Mr. Nobuo Tanaka
President The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Japan
Dr. Daniel Yergin
Vice Chairman of IHS
USA
Prof. Dr. Coby van der Linde
Head Clingendael International Energy Programme
Netherlands
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