Marcel P. Kramer

Chairman of the Executive Board & CEO, Gasunie

Marcel Kramer was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of Gasunie on 1 July 2005. On that day, Gasunie became a natural gas transport, infrastructure and services company. Mr Kramer joined Gasunie in 2003 as Managing Director of the Technology & Assets Division.

Prior to 2003, Mr Kramer held various positions with Statoil. He was posted to the Head Office in Norway (as General Manager, Supply and Shipping Division), to Bangkok (Managing Director, Statoil Thailand), to Singapore (President, Asia Pacific) and then to Caracas (President, Statoil Venezuela). Throughout his 12-year term with Statoil, he was involved with oil and gas interests in the up-, mid- and downstream business segments.

From 1988 to 1992, Mr Kramer was with Petro-Canada (Calgary) as Director, Crude Oil Supply and Trading. From 1979 to 1988, he served in oil and gas-related positions at NATO, Brussels (1979-1982) and as Head of the Oil Industry Division of the International Energy Agency in Paris (1982-1988). From 1976 to 1979, Mr Kramer held a Staff position with the Oil and Coal Directorate of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands.

Mr Kramer holds a masters degree in Private and Corporate Law. He was appointed Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum in London in 1987 and is professionally active in various organisations such as the International Organisation of Energy Economists (IAEE), the Royal Dutch Gas Association (KVGN) and the Energy Delta Institute (EDI) in the Netherlands (an educational institute supported by Gasunie, Gazprom and the University of Groningen).