Smart Energy Networks Europe

Per Hallberg

Senior Advisor, Vattenfall, Chair, Smart Grids Working Group, Eurelectric

Biography

Education:

• 1965: High shool Motala Sweden
• 1967: ICT-degree University of Linköping Sweden
• 1968: Military services
• 1972: Masters degree in economics Uppsala University Sweden

Professionals:

• 1972 and on: Vattenfall
• 1972-1995: Various positions within Vattenfall; nuclear, market departments
• 1995-2000: Head of M&A Vattenfall Nordic Distribution. Expansion to Poland,Germany and the Baltic States. Chairman of several Vattenfall subsidiaries in Sweden, Finland and Norway
• 2000-2005: CEO Vattenfall Distribution Sweden
• 2005- : Senior advisor Vattenfall European Affairs Brussels

In parallel: Chairman Eurelectric WG Smart Grids

Philip Lowe

Director General, DG ENER, European Commission

Biography

Philip Lowe was born in Leeds in 1947. He read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at St John's College, Oxford and has an M. Sc. from London Business School. Following a period in the manufacturing industry, he joined the European Commission in 1973, and held a range of senior posts as Chef de Cabinet and Director in the fields of regional development, agriculture, transport and administration, before becoming Director-General of the Development DG in 1997. From September 2002 he was Director-General of the Competition DG until he took up his current appointment as Director-General of the Energy DG in February 2010.

Pierre-Alain Graf

Chief Executive Officer, Swissgrid

Biography

Career

• Since 2009 CEO swissgrid ag
• 2006 – 2008 General Manager, Cisco Systems Switzerland
• 2004 – 2006 European Head of SME and Indirect Business, Colt Telecom
• 2000 – 2004 Managing Director Nordic, Colt Telecom
• 1997 – 2000 Corporate Development Director, Colt Telecom
• 1992 – 1997 Management positions, Credit Suisse

Personal information

Pierre-Alain H. Graf is 48 years old. He has a degree in Law from the University of Basel and a second degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen. He completed a financial training course at the International Banking School in New York. Between 1992 and 1997 he held various management positions in IT at Credit Suisse. He then set up several national subsidiaries for Colt Telecom and worked abroad for a number of years. In 2006 he moved to Cisco Systems Switzerland, where he was General Manager until 2008. At the end of 2008 he took up his current position as CEO of Swissgrid and since February 2009 he has been responsible for taking the national grid company into the next phase of electricity market liberaliation.

Stig Goethe

President, Power Circle and Chairman, IA ENARD

Biography

Stig Goethe is presently the Chairman of IEA´s Implementing agreement ENARD, of the Swedish Wind Power Research Institute and the Power Circle of Sweden.

Stig G is an electrical engineer from the Royal Technical University in Stockholm and has also studied economy at Stockholm University. He has a long career in the Power business and spent 37 years in different positions in Vattenfall before his formal retirement early this century. He has worked with all parts of the electricity value chain from Production, over Distribution and Sales, to cooperate functions like Research and strategic planning. During his last 10 years with Vattenfall he served as vice president of the company.

After retirement Stig G has advised companies and governments about electricity policy and strategy matters mainly in East Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He also served as Board member in a couple of electricity companies.

Martin Fuchs

Chairman, transpower stromübertragungs, Vice Chairman, Tennet

Biography

Education: 1975 – 1980

Technical University - Munich
First Class Honours Degree in electrical engineering/energy economics

Present Position:

• since 10/2010- Chief Executive Officer, TenneT TSO GmbH
• since 3/2010- Vice Chairman, TenneT Holding B.V.

Professional Experience:

• 1980 – 2000- Diverse activities in different divisions, Bayernwerk AG
• 08/2000 – 04/2009- Chief Executive Officer, E.ON Netz GmbH
• 05/2009 – 09/2010- Chief Executive Officer, transpower stromübertragungs gmbh

Miscellaneous:

• Until 03/2002 German member of the ETSO-Steering Committee
  (European Transmission System Operators)
• 2002 - 2005 President of UCTE, (Union for the Co-ordination of the Transmission of Electricity)
• Since 12/2008 Member of the Board of Directors of ENTSO-E
  (European Network of Transmission System Operatorsfor Electricity)