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Charles Beigbeder was born in 1964 and holds a degree from the Ecole Centrale Paris. Charles is CEO of POWEO. In 1997 he founded online broker Self Trade, which he then sold to DAB Bank in 2000. Prior to this he worked for 8 years for various banks in Paris and London (PARIBAS, Credit Suisse First Boston and MC-BBL Securities).

Walter Boltz, Dipl.-Ing., was born in 1953 in Vienna. He holds an MSc from the Technical University, Vienna. After completing his studies in 1976, Walter Boltz held several positions in IT management in the banking sector before joining the Austrian branch of an international consulting group, where he was subsequently appointed general manager for the Austrian company. Between 1991 and 1996, he focused his professional activities on Central and Eastern Europe. After returning to Austria he became a member of the board of PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting, where he was responsible for consulting in the energy and utilities sector. During this time, Walter advised the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour on the liberalisation of the Austrian power and gas markets. On 1 March 2001 he was appointed chairman of the electricity regulatory authority in Austria.

Juliet Davenport is a physics graduate from Oxford University and an economics graduate of Birkbeck College, London. She was part of the original team that set up Unit Energy in the UK in late 1997. Before that she worked as part of the European Commission team on the Energy Charter 1992, and then worked on carbon taxation for the European Parliament. Juliet was appointed chief executive of Unit Energy in May 2002. She is recognised as an expert on green electricity retailing and innovations in renewable energy markets. She has recently been asked to join the OFGEM's Environmental and Advisory Group.

Jan Devries is partner and experienced senior consultant at imug Beratungsgesellschaft für sozial-ökologische Innovationen mbH, a Hanover-based consultant specialised in social and environmental innovation, and head of imug market research. His consulting projects focus primarily on the development of innovative communication and marketing concepts and the design of customer-oriented business processes. Other main aspects of his work are energy industry projects and building up branding and product strategies. The impact of social and ecological attitudes on consumer behaviour is one of the most important topics he works with in market research.

John Harris is responsible for energy at IKEA Trading SA. This is just one of the units contributing to reducing the final cost of home furnishing products for IKEA customers. His role permits him to influence the buying and use of energy at IKEA's suppliers and customers together with all the IKEA Group's business units. He specialises in energy production, trading and market design, and before joining IKEA worked for TXU, Elf Aquitaine and BP. He has studied at Henley Management College, and Cambridge and Aberdeen Universities.

Peter Heydecker is Head of Trading and Sales of AVENIS Trading S.A., a subsidiary of EOS Holding in Lausanne. Peter started his career at ATEL AG as a power trader, and was closely involved in trading standard and structured products on the back of a large portfolio of hydropower plants. He joined later Enron Europe Ltd. in London where he was responsible for power trading and origination activities, including renewables in France, Switzerland, Austria and the Balkans. Peter had been working for twelve years in the rapidly changing energy market when this year he joined AVENIS Trading S.A., one of the leading companies in the field of trading green power. He holds a degree in engineering.

Dr Josef Janssen is an expert in the financial, economic and institutional aspects of greenhouse gas emissions trading and the Kyoto mechanisms. He is managing director of etsg Emissions Trading Solutions St. Gallen AG in Switzerland, a company that provides professional services and products related to greenhouse gas markets. Josef was formerly head of emissions trading and climate policy at the University of St. Gallen. In 1998 he was a member of the Italian delegation to the international climate policy negotiations at EU and UN level. Josef Janssen holds a PhD in economics

Dr Bernd Kiefer is CEO of Kiefer & Partners AG Management Consultants, Zurich. Bernd has been working on the environmental impact of large hydropower, energy policy and the marketing of renewables. He has been closely involved in resolving conflicts between NGOs and hydroelectric companies, and in collaboration with WWF Switzerland and Zurich power supplier EWZ was responsible for developing the Swiss naturemade label. In recognition of the need to enhance the market penetration of green power, his company has focused its consulting activities on green power marketing and policy in Europe. Bernd Kiefer holds a PhD in natural sciences.

Helma Kip was born in 1956 and holds a degree in law from the University of Nijmegen, Netherlands. From 1980 to 1986 she was employed by N.V. KEMA in Arnhem. Thereafter she worked for more than 15 years in different areas of policy (environment, European affairs, strategy, technology and general affairs), first with the Dutch electricity association (VEEN) and later with the association of energy companies EnergieNed, where she stayed until the end of 2001. Since then she has worked for Essent Sustainable Energy as Manager Strategy, Knowledge and Innovation.

Dr Johan Kling is project coordinator of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Gothenburg, Sweden. In 1996 he received a PhD from Gothenburg University for studies on cold climate soil processes, in particular the inverse modelling of heat transfer processes. In 1997 he joined the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences as deputy coordinator of the Climate Impact Research Centre and as national coordinator of the UNESCO M&B programme. He moved to the Ministry of Education and Science in 1999, with responsibility for research policy in science, technology, space science and energy. Since 2001 he has worked for the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.

Alexandros Kotronaros has a background in civil engineering with master's degrees in applied fluid dynamics, industrial location and development and business administration. In 1994 he joined the European Commission. He is currently contributing to a wide range of management activities in the New and Renewable Energy Sources unit of the Directorate General for Energy and Transport, and he leads the team which will manage the new FP6 Concerto initiative. He is also responsible for coordinating Altener & RTD projects in the field of green power.

Mag. Dr Marianne Moscoso-Osterkorn holds a Mag. Dr degree and has been with Verbund, Austria's largest power producer and distributor, since 1981. In 1996, after more than 15 years as head of organisational development, she took over as head of international relations. Besides international lobbying, she is involved in developing new markets for APT, Verbund's trading company. After being very active in RECS from almost the beginning, Marianne Moscoso-Osterkorn was elected president of RECS International in 2003.

Dr Stefan Nowak has a PhD in physics, and during his scientific career has worked in different fields of energy research, material and solid-state physics. In 1996 he founded NET Nowak Energy & Technology Ltd., a consultancy offering a comprehensive range of services in the field of renewable energy. Stefan has a number of official functions related to photovoltaics. A broad international network has given him a deep insight into worldwide developments in renewable energy and the relevant market mechanisms.

Dr Günther Rabensteiner joined the Verbund group in 1987, and has held several positions there (head of engineering and executive director of subsidiaries). He is currently chief executive officer of Verbund-Austrian Power Trading AG, a member of the supervisory committees of the trading subsidiaries in Germany and Slovenia, a member of the supervisory boards of Verbund-Austrian Hydro Power AG and the trading subsidiary in Poland, chairman of the board of Verbund Italia, deputy chairman of the board of Energia, and a member of the Exchange Council of EEX. Günther Rabensteiner holds a PhD in electrical engineering.

Fiona Santokie is a broker and analyst. She joined Natsource's London office in January 2001 and has conducted extensive research into the European green certificate markets and renewable energy policy development. Fiona has focused on the development of the UK renewable energy market, and has structured and brokered significant volumes of ROCs (Renewables Obligation Certificates), both standalone and through long-term structures whereby the certificates are traded together with the underlying physical power. She holds a masters degree in environmental sciences with legislation and management and a bachelor's degree in natural sciences, specialising in physics and mathematics.

Hans E. Schweickardt was born in 1945 and holds degrees from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (engineering), Stanford, and Insead in Fontainebleau. Between 1970 and 1989 he worked for BBC/ABB in various executive positions in sales, engineering and marketing, and then from 1989 to 1992 for Habasit AG as a member of the executive board. He joined Aare-Tessin Ltd. for Electricity (ATEL) in 1992 as a member of the executive board and head of the electricity trading division. He joined EUREX in 1999 and was a member of the executive board of the European Energy Exchange EEX until 2002. Since 2002 he has been chief executive officer of EOS Holding (Lausanne).

Rick Sellers is head of the Renewable Energy Unit of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris. The unit is responsible for developing a strategy for accelerating renewable energy markets worldwide, as well as overseeing the coordination of member country R&D. Before joining IEA he was deputy manager of the US Solar Energy Industries Association, where he was involved in creating market development strategies for the solar industry.

Axel Sieling is managing director of Elementerra GmbH. From 1982 to 1985 he studied at the Federal University for Applied Public Administration in Cologne/ Dieburg, graduating with a degree in law, microeconomics and marketing. He has worked as head of research and marketing support at Deutsche Telekom, head of customer relations at o.tel.o communications, head of direct marketing at Yello Strom, and power industry sales director at Schober Information Group. Since November 2002 he has been managing director of Elementerra GmbH, responsible for corporate management, strategic and operational development, PurePower St. Moritz market placement, customer acquisition and relations, and public utilities.

Dr Walter Steinmann holds a PhD in socioeconomics from Constance University. Following his scientific carrier, he became business development delegate of the cantons of Basel-Land and later Solothurn. From 1994 to 2001, he was head of the Office for Employment and Economic Affairs of the canton of Solothurn. Walter was involved in launching different technology and business promotion initiatives, like the Swiss Technology Award, and was secretary of the conference for the heads of cantonal economy departments. Since 2001 he is Managing Director of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.

Martine Uyterlinde, MSc, is senior scientist at the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), working in the policy studies department, which she joined in 1996. Martine has a background in applied mathematics and is an experienced project manager. Her fields of work include renewable energy policy analysis, costs and potentials of renewable energy technologies in the EU and CEE, and distributed generation in a liberalising electricity market. She has coordinated the ADMIRE REBUS project (EU Altener).

Dr Roberto Vigotti joined ENEL, the Italian National Power Board, in 1974, and was involved in the creation and coordination of scientific and demonstration programmes in the field of new renewable energies. Today he works in international operations and business development at Enel Generation, responsible for international relations and scouting out business opportunities emerging from the Kyoto flexibility mechanisms. Roberto is chairman of the Renewable Energy Working Party at the OECD's International Energy Agency and chairman of the Renewables and Distributed Generation Working Group at Eurelectric, the association of European electric utilities.

Giulio Volpi is president of the European Green Electricity Network (EUGENE), an international association promoting an international standard for labelled green electricity. In his free time, Giulio also works as a senior climate and energy officer at the WWF European Policy Office, campaigning for international and European policies to develop renewable and decentralised energy technologies. Other areas of expertise include sustainable energy for development, international climate negotiations, and trade and the environment. In the past, Giulio has worked as an advisor to the UK government on the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), the United Nations Environment Programme and ECOTEC Research and Consulting.

Dr Rolf Wüstenhagen is an international expert on green power markets and sustainable energy. He currently co-heads the Institute for Economy and the Environment at the University of St. Gallen, one of the leading European business schools. His research and teaching assignments include green power marketing, eco-labelling, entrepreneurship and the role of venture capital in sustainable energy systems. Rolf holds a PhD, and enjoys applying academic knowledge to the business world.

Stefan Zisler has worked for the Vattenvall Group since 1998. At HEW he works for the renewable energy systems department. His technical role is the implementation of hydrogen as a fuel. Stefan is project manager for the Hamburg H2 refuelling station in the pan-European CUTE project. His focus is on certificate systems for greenhouse gases and renewable energy, including pilot trading activities and green products on the basis of green certificates. Stefan Zisler joined RECS in 1999, and is chairman of the RECS Germany Association.