Gergely Szabó has been leading MET Central Europe Sales from May 2024 as Regional Chairman, which is a new division of MET Group, established in the beginning of 2024, incorporating the operation of the former MET Central Europe and MET Gas and Energy Marketing. Prior to this, he led the MET Central Europe operations since 2019.
Gergely Szabó is responsible for the strategic and business management of the expanding regional team operating on the Central Europe Sales markets, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine, where the regional group offers a broad portfolio of natural gas and electricity products and energy efficiency services to the business partners in the SME, state-owned institutions and large industrial segments.
Gergely Szabó led MET Hungary Ltd. from 2014 to 2024. and between 2020 and May 2024 he also managed METCE Hungary, which integrated the operations of MET Hungary Ltd. and E2 Hungary Ltd. Between 2011 and 2014, he was the Managing Director of MET International, managing the Swiss subsidiary of MET Group.
Mithat AYDIN is the Deputy Managing Director in BOTAS. He previously served as Head of Gas Purchase and Export Department and Advisor of Managing Director in the same company. He completed his undergraduate education in 2006 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and his master’s degree in 2009 at the same university. He started his business life during his university years and continued in the private sector in Germany for a while. He has been working for BOTAS for the last 12 years.
KEEP READINGGábor Orbán has more than 15 years of management experience in the energy sector. He began his career in the energy industry as the Commercial Director of EMFESZ, later managing the company’s operations in Poland. In 2011, he was appointed Director responsible for natural gas trading at MVM Partner. From 2013, he held director and later deputy CEO positions at Magyar Földgázkereskedő Zrt., where he was responsible for the company’s commercial and trading activities as well as its international expansion. In parallel, as Deputy CEO of PanRusGas Zrt., a joint venture between MVM and Gazprom, he was responsible for the execution of the long-term gas supply contract. Since May 2023, he has served as CEO of MVM Partner Zrt., and as of November 2024, he has taken over position of CEO of MVM CEEnergy Zrt.
KEEP READINGJefferson Edwards is Vice President in Shell Energy, accountable for fundamental analysis of global gas, LNG, power and low carbon energy markets. Shell Energy is responsible for the marketing and trading of gas, LNG, power and environmental products within Shell Plc. He leads a team of professionals located in Houston, London, the Hague, Dubai, Beijing and Singapore, focused on the analysis of global energy markets and sits on the leadership team of Shell LNG Marketing and Trading and Shell’s internal global energy forecasting leadership team. He is the Shell representative to the Governing Board of the Gastech conference and the Programme Committee of LNG2025.
Previously, he was General Manager for Shell Energy with responsibility for Shell’s global policy and advocacy efforts related to natural gas market development. Prior to that role, Mr. Edwards has held various commercial and strategy roles within Shell’s Exploration & Production and Integrated Gas businesses, based in London, the Hague and Singapore.
Prior to joining Shell, Mr. Edwards was Director of Asian Energy Research for Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA). He holds a MS in International Business Diplomacy from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., focused on energy security.
Andreas Guth is the Secretary General of Eurogas, a role he has held since September 2024.
With over 15 years of experience in EU affairs in Brussels, he has been at the forefront of policy advocacy in various fields.
In 2019, Andreas joined Eurogas, the leading association representing the gas industry in Europe, as the Policy Director. In this role, he was responsible for the coordination and implementation of the association’s policy work and advocacy strategy, including on all relevant aspects of the Green Deal, Fit for 55, and REPowerEU. Andreas works closely with Eurogas’ members to ensure that their collective voice is heard at European level and that they contribute to shaping the EU’s energy transition agenda.
Before joining Eurogas, Andreas worked for the biofuels industry, where he developed expertise in energy and climate policy. His experience in EU affairs covers a broad range of sectors, including energy, transport, trade and customs policy.
Andreas holds an MA in political science from the University of Maastricht, where he specialized in European integration and governance. He is passionate about contributing to the development of sustainable policies that support the EU’s transition to a low-carbon economy.
KEEP READINGLawrence Korb is a Senior Advisor in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources covering European energy issues. He joined the State Department in 2009 and has served in Europe, China, and Latin America along with Washington, DC postings covering Europe. Prior to joining the Department, he was a corporate lawyer for nearly 10 years, working in New York and San Francisco. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Foreign Affairs and from Columbia Law School. He is married with two children.
KEEP READINGTeodora Georgieva has more than 20 years of experience as a strategic manager, leading significant projects in various economic sectors. Currently, Ms. Georgieva is the Executive Director of the Bulgarian side of the project company ICGB and is also a member of its Board of Directors. ICGB is responsible for the overall management and development of the gas pipeline between Greece and Bulgaria and will soon be an independent transmission system operator.
From 2012 to 2014 Teodora Georgieva was Managing Director of Nabucco Bulgaria, and before that she worked at OMV Bulgaria for 13 years, 8 of which she was Managing Director of the company, holding cluster positions for Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia. Georgieva was the coordinator for Bulgaria of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), in 2009 and 2010 she was awarded as Manager of the Year and is in the list of the top 10 Bulgarian managers.
She graduated from the University of National and World Economy and has a master’s degree in Finance. Married, with two children
KEEP READINGCapt. Marc Nuytemans (°61) is currently Vice President Europe region at Excelerate Energy (www.excelerateenergy.com), a company quoted on the NYSE and a leader in integrated LNG solutions providing security of energy supply. Till April 2023 Marc was CEO of the Blauwe Cluster / Blue Cluster (www.blauwecluster.be) a maritime innovation hub mandated by the Flemish government with over 200 member companies + trade associations & knowledge institutes.
From January 2009 till November 2019 he was Managing Director of Exmar Shipmanagement N.V. and member of the executive committee of Exmar N.V. (www.exmar.be), a Belgian listed ship owning company. He lectures at the University of Antwerp (C-MAT www.c-mat.be) in shipping and shipping management since 2000. After an extensive career at sea he became fleet personnel manager at CMB nv in 1997. In 2000 he took up the position of Managing Director of the Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association leading the revival of the Belgian register.
Capt. Marc Nuytemans also serves on the board of several companies and an international charity.
KEEP READINGFranck studied Energy at the University of Rouen and received an Engineer Degree and then followed a Master of Mechanical Engineering at Cranfield University in United Kingdom. Later on, he earned an Executive Degree from the London Business School. Franck spent 25 years working for the Group Engie. Thus, he started his career at Gaz de France in the engineering department for 7 years and then moved to the Marketing and Sales with different functions in different countries such as France, Czech Republic, Hungary, Netherlands, Italy and UK before joining OMV Petrom. He was appointed member of the OMV Petrom Executive Board as of July 1, 2018 and President of FPPG as of January 30, 2019.
KEEP READINGSzabolcs Ferencz is the Chairman-CEO of FGSZ Natural Gas Transmission Ltd. since February 2019.
Previously, he held the position of SVP MOL Group Corporate Affairs supervising international and domestic governmental relations for Regulatory and Public Affairs, Strategy Development and Corporate Communications. Beforehand, Mr. Ferencz was the CEO and Country Chairman of MOL Romania, a key MOL Group subsidiary. Between 2003 – 2009 he held the position of Vice President for Corporate Communications of MOL Group and was in charge of the overall communications activities of the fast growing Group.
Since 2015 Mr. Ferencz is the Chair of the National Committee of the World Petroleum Council. He is also member of the Advisory Board of the Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research Foundation. Mr. Ferencz is an Associate at the European Round Table for Industry since 2011. He is founding partner of the SEED School for Executive Education and Development based in Budapest.
Mr. Ferencz received his MA in Economics from the University of Regensburg and pursued postgraduate studies in political science.
