Two new, very international members join the Board of Directors. Congratulation to the MET Group, which is the Platinum Sponsor of Budapest LNG Summit for becoming more and more international.

Swiss-based energy company MET Group announces the appointment of two new members to the Board of Directors effective 1 September 2019. Jean-François Cirelli, Chairman of BlackRock France, Belgium and Luxemburg and Charles-Eduard van Rossum, ex-Goldman Sachs Managing Director and EMEA CEO will join MET Group’s BoD as Non-Executive Directors bringing their extensive M&A, investment management and related energy sector experiences to MET.

Mr. Cirelli and Mr. van Rossum join an existing Board of Directors of MET Group which includes Csaba Lantos, Chairman of the Board (former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Budapest Stock Exchange), Benjamin Lakatos, CEO of MET Group and Johannes Niemetz, CFO of MET Group.

Mr. Jean-François Cirelli serves as Senior Advisor at Advent International Corporation and he holds the position as Chairman of BlackRock France, Belgium and Luxemburg. He is a member of the Corporate Board of Sonepar SAS and the Supervisory Board of Uniper SE and Saur.

Mr. Cirelli previously occupied several executive level positions such as Independent Member-Supervisory Board at Vallourec SA, Senior Advisor at McKinsey and Company, Vice Chairman & EVP at ENGIE SA, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Gaz de France SA, President & Vice Chairman at GDF SUEZ, Chairman of ENGIE Global Markets SA, President of Eurogas and Deputy Chairman of Electrabel.

Mr. Charles-Eduard van Rossum is President of Ravel & Co., an independent investment banking firm based in Paris, providing advice to large corporations and financial institutions, family-owned/controlled companies or investment holding groups and the leading global private equity sponsors and sovereign wealth funds.

Prior to founding Ravel & Co. in 2017, Charles-Eduard spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs, during which he developed significant transaction origination and execution experience within the firm’s M&A/strategic advisory practice in London, New York and Paris. He became a Managing Director in 2008 and while a member of the senior leadership team of Goldman Sachs’ Paris office, he co-managed the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources group in EMEA as its Chief Operating Officer from 2011 until his retirement from the firm.

MET Group

MET Group is a Swiss-based energy company with activities in European natural gas, power and oil markets. By way of its subsidiaries, MET is present in 15 countries, 26 national gas markets and 22 international trading hubs. In 2018, MET Group’s consolidated sales revenue amounted to EUR 10.72 billion. The Group is 100% owned by its managers and employees. The company’s workforce of over 1,700 employees currently comprises a total of 40 nationalities.