CEE Small-Scale LNG Forum

Kwinten Standaert

GLE member, GIE

Kwinten Standaert holds a Master Degree in Engineering Physics from the university of Ghent (Belgium). He joined Fluxys in 2012, where he became commercial responsible for LNG services at the Fluxys LNG terminal in Zeebrugge. These services comprise long term LNG delivery contracts, spot loading and unloading of ships, as well as the loading of LNG trucks. In this position he focuses on the business development of the small scale LNG services given the growing number of truck loadings and small scale LNG ships.

Jan Schubert

Senior Manager Sales & Business Development, Nauticor

Jan Schubert is Senior Manager Sales & Business Development at Nauticor. Since 2013, Mr. Schubert is working in the LNG industry, thereby developing LNG infrastructure for different applications, including short sea and deep sea shipping, inland waterway vessels and truck logistics. He holds a bachelor degree in international relations from the universities in Leipzig and Stockholm and a Master in Public Policy with a specialization in energy and infrastructure topics from the Hertie School of Governance Berlin. Mr. Schubert graduated from his master with a thesis on the development of LNG infrastructure in German sea ports. Based in Hamburg, Nauticor is a 100% subsidiary of The Linde Group and a leading provider of LNG as fuel for the marine market. As a part of The Linde Group, a world-wide leading gas and engineering company, Nauticor combines a broad range of competencies in cryogenic technology, logistics, and bunkering to develop LNG supply solutions for maritime customers in Northwest Europe. It is Nauticor’s strategy to cover the entire LNG value chain from the terminal to the end customer, including sourcing, transport, storage and bunkering in strategically important ports. The Linde Group does not only own the world’s first LNG bunker vessel “Seagas”, which is deployed in the Port of Stockholm, but is supplying LNG by truck in various ports around the North & Baltic Sea area. Furthermore, The Linde Group has ordered the world’s largest LNG bunker vessel „Kairos“ with a capacity of 7,500 cbm, which will start serving customers in the Baltic Sea area in Q4 2018.

Agne Kazakauskaite

Partner at Q4 Capital

Agne K combines her experience in finance and consulting and her in-depth knowledge of the blockchain technology in exploring its applications to business solutions. Agne K is advising business ventures, funds and HNW individuals in blockchain strategy and its value combining with other technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution, such as Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things.

Tomáš Čermák

Senior Product Manager for LNG Systems, Chart

Tomáš Čermák holds the position of Senior LNG Product Manager in Chart Ferox, the European subsidiary of Chart Industries Distribution & Storage Division. He is responsible for definition and implementation of product business strategy for LNG ship fuel systems and bunkering terminals combined with support sales activities in LNG business throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Tomas has got an extensive technical experience in cryogenic field. He has joined Chart Ferox in 2008. During first year of his career, he started as R&D Engineer, shortly moved to product management managing LNG systems. He was project leader for LNG Klaipedos Nafta bunkering terminal and LNG ship fueling projects. He holds Master of Degree at Czech Technical University in Prague .

Jani Hautaluoma

Director, Process Automation, Valmet

Jani Hautaluoma, Director, Process Automation at Valmet Automation Inc. I graduated as a Bsc. in Engineering from University of Applied Sciences. I have spent many years of my career developing LNG operations. My first contact with LNG bunkering was at Viking Grace with LNG fueled Coast Guard bunkering principles, Truck to Ship bunkering development etc. Furthermore, I was heading the liquefaction plant operations and the start-up and operations team at the first LNG terminal in Finland (Skangas Pori LNG terminal, 30 000 m3). I have developed operations philosophies for LNG terminals to minimize OPEX, based on high level automation with remote operations. Today, I am responsible for the Process Automation. One of the main focus areas there is developing the LNG operations further within the small-scale LNG industry.

Olavs Kiecis

LNG Business Development Manager, Enefit

2018 – present LNG Business Development Manager, Eesti Energia / Enefit SIA
2016 – 2017 Head of Industrial Gas Sales, AGA SIA (The Linde Group)
2010 – 2016 Head of Marketing & Sales, AGA Baltic's (The Linde Group)
2000 – 2010 Managing Director, Industrial Gas Sales Manager, AGA SIA (The Linde Group)
2000 Marketing and Development Manager AGA Baltic's (The Linde Group)

Joost Jansen

Business Development Manager, LIQAL

Joost has extensive experience and a proven track record in business development, strategic marketing- and sales planning and key account management within the alternative fuel industry. He is a pioneer and driving force behind the development of the new business for natural gas (CNG and LNG) and biomethane as a transport fuel in the Netherlands and Belgium. Before joining LIQAL, Joost held several management positions at Ballast Nedam and ENN Clean Fuels, two companies that set the first steps in deployment of a natural gas refuelling station network in North-West Europe, starting from 2008. Joost holds a Master’s degree Strategic Management from the Faculty Economics and Business Administration of Tilburg University.

Presentation Abstract

LIQAL - INNOVATIVE AND COST EFFECTIVE LNG FUELLING SOLUTIONS LIQAL contributes to decarbonization of transportation fuels by offering innovative and cost-effective technical solutions for (BIO)LNG. The company takes responsibility for Design, Build, Maintenance and (technical) Operation of LNG refuelling stations and small scale liquefaction systems. Joost Jansen will highlight the opportunities and challenges that come along with deployment of LNG refuelling stations for road transportation and LIQAL’s technical innovations that enable supply of (BIO)LNG as a mainstream retail fuel for trucks.

Wouter Koopman

Manager, Global Gas and LNG Market Development, Royal Dutch Shell

Wouter Koopman is Manager, Global Gas and LNG Market Development for Royal Dutch Shell, based in The Hague. Mr. Koopman is responsible for Shell’s European policy and advocacy efforts related to natural gas market development. Prior to his current role, he has held various commercial and strategy roles within Shell’s Exploration & Production and Integrated Gas businesses, based in London, The Hague and Nigeria. Most recently, Mr. Koopman served as the strategy lead for Shell’s refreshed Integrated Gas strategy. Prior to joining Shell, Mr. Koopman was Finance Director at the global airline company AirFranceKLM holding different responsibilities including positions in the fuels department. He holds a MSc degree in International Business Economics from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam and a MSc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam.

Sebastian Gröblinghoff

Vice Chairman of the Management Board, Latvijas Gaze

Sebastian Gröblinghoff currently is CFO and Vice-Chairman of the Management Board at the JSC Latvijas Gāze. Sebastian has more than 12 years of professional experience in the European energy industry with special expertise in the natural gas business. Before joining Latvijas Gāze in 2016, he was a Vice- President Gas Supply & Origination at Uniper SE. Previously he held different expert and senior leadership positions at German E.ON Group. In addition, Sebastian has worked as consultant at Towers Perrin Management Consultants with focus on the financial services industry. Since 2017, he is also Vice- President of the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce in Latvia. Sebastian is a trained economist and holds a Master degree from Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

Raymond Walsh

GM Process Design & LNG Technology, Wartsila

Raymond Walsh is the General Manager, Process Design & LNG Technology in the Engine Power Plants line of Wärtsilä Energy Business. He is leading the development of process and safety team for engine power plants as well as small- and medium-scale solutions for LNG, LPG, and condensates. He is based in Vaasa, Finland. Raymond has over 20 years of experience in the energy business with Wärtsilä. This includes power plant EPC project management for captive, utility and Independent Power Producer customers, and technology development for renewable and fossil-fuelled power generation, with emphasis on the optimisation of modular solutions. He has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from University College Dublin, Ireland.

Kaloyan Tsilev

EU Affairs Manager, NGVA Europe

Kaloyan Tsilev is working at NGVA Europe as EU Affairs Manager since 2016. Before that, he was working with Eurogas in the field of policy and communication, specialized in monitoring, social media management and policy coordination. His current main duties include coordinating committees for market development and statistics. Kaloyan is also responsible for project management of specific EU-wide projects and the development of a new platform to promote gas in transport. He was trained in the field of business, strategy and management at the University of St Andrews and specialized in energy management at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee.

Mark Gyetvay

Chief Financial Officer, Novatek

MARK GYETVAY – Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, NOVATEK Mark Gyetvay is the CFO and Deputy Chairman of the Management Board at NOVATEK. From 2003 to 2014, he was a member of NOVATEK’s Board of Directors and served as the Chairman on the Strategy and Investment Committee. He was responsible for listing NOVATEK on the London Stock Exchange in 2005, and has led many of the Company’s Eurobond and domestic bond placements. He has been consistently recognized by Investor Relations Magazine as one of the best CFO’s in Russia and the CIS by winning numerous awards and accolades, and was recognized twice by Institutional Investor magazine as one of the Top Five CFO’s in Europe’s Oil and Gas sector. Mr. Gyetvay is the recipient of the Finance Monthly 2015 - 2018 “Best CFO – Russia”, “Game Changer Award – Russia ” 2017 and 2018, and was recently announced as the Institutional Investor’s “Best CFO” in the EMEA oil and gas industry for 2017. Prior to joining NOVATEK, he worked at a number of independent oil and gas companies in the United States since 1981 where he specialized in financial and economic analysis matters in both the upstream and downstream segments, as well as was a former partner in PWC’s Petroleum practice based in Moscow from 1995 to 2003. He is an internationally recognized expert in the oil and gas industry and a frequent speaker at leading industry conferences.

Žygimantas Vaičiūnas

Minister of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

December 2016 Minister of Energy
August 2014 – December 2016 Energy attache, Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU
December 2012 – July 2014 Adviser to the Minister of Energy, MoE
September 2011 – December 2012 Vice-minister, MoE
October 2009 – September 2011 Head of Strategic Planning and EU Affairs Division, MoE
May 2009 – October 2009 Head of Strategic Planning Division, Ministry of Energy (MoE) of the Republic of Lithuania

June 2005 – April 2009 Analyst, Head of Analysis Division, Acting Deputy, Deputy Director, Acting Director, Centre for Strategic Studies
September 2004 – June 2005 Analyst, Vilnius Region Development Agency
September 2007 – January 2012 Lecturer, Institute of international Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

MEMBERSHIP
September 2011 – till now European Union Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan (BEMIP) – member of High Level Group, Lithuanian representative
February 2011 – July 2012 Technology and Innovation Centre (Lithuanian power sector maintenance company) – Chairman of the Board
July 2012 – November 2012 Technology and Innovation Centre – Member of the Board
July 2010 – December 2011 Lietuvos elektrinė, AB (Lithuanian power generation company) – Member of the Board
June 2012 – December 2012 AB LESTO (Lithuanian power distribution network operator) – Member of the Board

Peter van Buuren

LNG Development Manager, Alexela | CEO Hamina LNG Terminal

Peter van Buuren joined Hamina LNG as the CEO in 2015, a company established to operate an LNG import terminal in the Port of Hamina. The intention is to connect the terminal to the local gas network of Hamina, and to the Finnish national gas grid. The terminal will open the gas import market in Finland. Peter has broad experience from the oil and gas industry, as well as from the construction management industry. Throughout his career he has mainly focused on industrial projects and large commercial and infrastructure projects. Peter holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Hogeschool Utrecht.and a MBA in International Business from TallTech former (Tallinn Technical University.)

Paul Dainora

Director Sales and Business Development, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany

Paul Dainora is Director Sales & Business Development, Europe for Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions and is based in Frankfurt, Germany. Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions provides process technology, proprietary equipment, and engineering services to the LNG, industrial gas, petrochemical, oil & gas, refining, and oleochemical markets. This includes a variety of Air Liquide and Lurgi technologies for LNG, boil-off gas management, air separation, hydrogen, syngas, methanol, aromatics, acrylic acids, natural gas treatment, biodiesel, edible oils extraction and refining, as well as fatty acids and alcohols. He holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University, as well as an MBA in Economics & Finance from West Chester University. Prior to joining Air Liquide E&C in 2016, Mr. Dainora has held global positions in Business Development & Sales, Project Execution, Consulting, and Design Engineering for several leading EPC, rotating equipment OEM, and industrial gas companies.