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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 organisations.

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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 2025-2028 – Members of the Management Team

Andrea Stegher

President, International Gas Union

Italy

Contact

President@igu.org

Menelaos (Mel) Ydreos

Secretary General

Canada

Contact

secretarygeneral@igu.org

Cav. Eng. Khaled Abubakr

Vice President, International Gas Union

Egypt

Li Yalan

Immediate Past President, International Gas Union

People´s Republic of China

Maurizio Zangrandi

Chairman of the Coordination Committee

Italy

Contact

Karim Shaaban

Vice Chair, Coordination Committee

Egypt

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Executive Committee 2025-2028 – Representatives from Charter Members of IGU Committees

Prof. EM. Andrew Garnett

Sustainability Committee

Australia

Ben De Waele

Transmission Committee

Belgium

Adriano Zerbini

Strategy & Gas Market Joint Committee

Brazil

Yan Kang

Strategy & Gas Market Joint Committee

China

Madeleine Lafon

Distribution Committee

France

Prof. Dr Gerald Linke

Storage Committee

Germany

Dr Ryota Kuzuki

LNG Committee

Japan

Yunseok Koh

Utilisation Committee

Republic of Korea

Abdul Aziz Othman

Exploration & Production Committee

Malaysia

Rastislav Ňukovič

Marketing & Communication Committee

Slovakia

Karen Harbert

R&D and Innovation Committee

USA

Executive Committee 2025-2028 – Representatives from Charter members

Dr Djilali Benmahamed

Algerian Gas Industry Association, Algeria

Dr Vitaliy Baylarbayov

SOCAR, Azerbaijan

Luz Stella Murgas

Naturgás, Colombia

Pål Rasmussen

Petoro AS, Norway

Naiara Ortiz de Mendíbil Romo

Sedigás, Spain

Oğuzhan Oğuz

Botaș, Türkiye

Executive Committee 2025-2028 – Representatives from Premium Associate Members

Liu He

China National Petroleum Corporation, China

Francisco P. de la Flor

Enagás, Spain

Didier Holleaux

ENGIE, France

Peder Björland

EQUINOR, Norway

Ajay Shah

Shell, The Netherlands

Executive Committee 2025-2028 – Regional Coordinators

Timothy Egan

North America

Canadian Gas Association, Canada

Abdul Aziz Othman

South and Southeast Asia

Malaysian Gas Association (MGA), Malaysia

Luz Stella Murgas

Latin America & The Caribbean

Naturgás, Colombia

Prof. Dr Gerald Linke

Europe

DVGW, Germany

Akachukwu (Aka) Nwokedi

Africa

Nigerian Gas Association, Nigeria

Dr Amor Bin Nasser Al Matani

Middle East

Oman Lng Foundation, Oman

Dr Vitaliy Barbaylov

Caspian & Central Asia

SOCAR, Azerbaijan

Dr Ryota Kuzuki

North Asia & Oceania

Japan Gas Association, Japan

Coordination Committee 2025-2028

Ismail Anuar

Chair, Exploration & Production Committee

Petronas, Malaysia

Dr Amer Abdel Haq

Chair, Storage Committee

UGS GmbH, Germany

Rudy Van Beurden

Chair, Transmission Committee

Fluxswiss, Belgium

Fabrice Vigneron

Chair, Distribution Committee

GRDF, France

Taekyong Song

Chair, Uitilisation Committee

KOGAS, Republic of Korea

Atsuo Kanno

Chair, LNG Committee

Osaka Gas, Japan

Dr Dennis Van Puyvelde

Chair, Sustainability Committee

Energy Networks, Australia

Yan Kang

Chair, Strategy & Gas Market Joint Committee

Beijing Gas, China

Rafael Lamastra Jr

Chair, Strategy & Gas Market Joint Committee

Compagás, Brazil

Duncan Robinson

Chair, R&D and Innovation Committee

GTI Energy, USA

Richard Kvasňovský

Chair, Marketing & Communication Committee

SGOA, Slovakia

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