Board of Directors
Meet our Board of Directors, composed of 18 FEDARENE members from across Europe. The Board’s members are representatives of the following Regions/Provinces: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (FR), Berlin (DE), Castilla y León (ES), North West Croatia (HR), Ile-de-France (FR), Cyprus (CY), Emilia-Romagna (IT), Podravje (SI), Southeast Ireland (IE), Southeast Sweden (SE), Tipperary (IE), Upper-Austria (AT), Wallonia (BE), Gran Canaria (ES), Basque Country (ES), Occitanie (FR), North Region (PT) and Friuli Venezia Giulia (IT).
Executive Management Committee
Seamus HOYNE
Secretary General
Dean of Flexible and Work Place Learning at Technological University of the Shannon (IE)
Vice Presidents
Mikel AMUNDARAIN LEIBAR
Vice-President for Industrial Competitiveness in the Energy Transition
General Manager of the Basque Energy Agency (ES)
Alfonso ARROYO GONZALEZ
Vice-President for Renewable Heating and Cooling
General Director for Energy and Mining of the Regional Government of Castilla y León and EREN’s Director (ES)
Benedetta BRIGHENTI
Vice-President for Climate Neutral Cities and Regions
President of AESS (IT)
John CARLEY
Vice-President for Circular Economy
Chair of the South East Energy Agency (IE)
Gerhard DELL & Christiane EGGER
Vice-Presidents for Climate Neutrality
Managers of OÖ Energiesparverband (AT)
Marie-Laure FALQUE MASSET
Vice-President for Energy Sufficiency
Climate-Energy Department of the Paris Region Institute (FR)
Raúl GARCÍA BRINK
Vice-President for Grid Capacity and Flexibility
Environment, Climate, Energy & Knowledge Counselor at Cabildo de Gran Canaria (ES)
Thekla HEINEL
Vice-President for Climate Protection in Municipalities and Regions
Head of Department at Beratungs- und Service Gesellschaft Umwelt (DE)
Vlasta KRMELJ
Vice-President for Financing and Investments
CEO of ENERGAP and Mayor of Selnica ob Dravi (SI)
Christel LILJEGREN
Vice-President for Sustainable Mobility for Climate Neutral Regions
CEO of the Energy Agency Southern Sweden (SE)
Matteo MAZZOLINI
Vice-President for Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Director of Energy Management Agency of Friuli Venezia Giulia (IT)
Serge NOCODIE & Etienne VIÉNOT
Vice-Presidents for Digitalisation and AI for Energy and Climate
Former Vice-President & Head of EU and International Affairs of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Energy Environment (FR)
Stéphane PÉRÉ
Vice-President for Industrial Decarbonisation
Director General of AREC Occitanie (FR)
Rui PIMENTA
Vice-President for Renewable Energy Communities
CEO of Porto Energy Agency (PT)
Savvas VLACHOS
Vice-president for Smart and Sustainable Islands
Director of the Cyprus Energy Agency (CY)
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