Energy transition in South East Europe – Speakers

Mr. John Desypris

Director Regulatory Affairs, Mytilineos

At Mytilineos S.A. since 2000, as Director General of Energy Division, Managing Director of Mytilineos Power Generation and Supplies and to all RES companies at the time. In addition, he was Director of Regulatory Affairs at Endessa Hellas S.A., Member of the BoD of Protergia S.A. and M&M S.A., and in METKA as General Manager. Before 2000, at DEP and Hellenic Petroleum Group of companies, specifically in ASPROFOS Engineering S.A. as Managing Director, with major pipeline, industrial, refinery and infrastructure projects in Greece and neighboring countries, in DEP and DEPA S.A. as project engineer for international gas supply negotiations and the project of introduction of natural gas in Greece.
John has served as member of the BoD’s of ASPROFOS and DEPA, member of the Council of Directors of Hellenic Petroleum, member of the National follow-up committee for natural gas introduction in the country. Has worked as Scientific Assistant for Energy and Environmental issues at the Prime Minister’s Office for Economic Affairs in 1987-89, and at Intra-ministerial Committee for the follow-up management of all projects in the country in 1997- 2000.
A Chemical Engineer (UK), with a PhD in Fuels and Energy (Leeds, UK), Chartered Engineer in Greece and UK, he is a Member of the BoD of Institute of Energy of SE Europe, Member of BoD of Hellenic Association of Cogeneration Producers and was the Chairman of IENE in 2009-2013.

Mr. Lars Gullev

CEO VEKS

The Managing Director of VEKS since 1997. VEKS is the company in charge with the District Heating operation in Vestegnen (western area of Copenhagen which includes 12 municipalities). He is also the Danish representative and vice-chairman of the IEA Executive Committee for District Heating and Cooling (IEA ExCo DHC). He is also Member of the Board of Gate 21 (a partnership between municipalities, companies and knowledge institutions which work with the common goal of accelerating the green transition).
With 40 years of experience in energy efficiency and district heating, he trained management in the Bulgarian, Hungarian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Russian and Chinese district heating sectors. He participated with presentation of papers at district heating conferences, symposiums in more than 20 countries including Canada, China, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Korea, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Serbia, Ukraine and USA. He has a B. Sc. in Power Engineering, from the Technical Academy of Denmark (1979) and a Bachelor of Commerce with specialization in Accountancy (1983).

Mr. Teodor Chirica

President, FORATOM Europe

President of FORATOM since January 2018, and currently adviser to the CEO of Nuclearelectrica, Teodor is a nuclear engineer with a rich experience (40+ years) in Romanian nuclear industry. He was instrumental in setting up ROMATOM in 2000 and in its affiliation to FORATOM. Actively involved in development of the CANDU project in Romania since the early ‘70s, Teodor worked for ISPE, CITON and RENEL, as well as for CANDU Owner Groups, before serving in different managerial positions at Nuclearelectrica (1998-2009) which he lead as CEO between March 2005 and January 2009. He acted also as Managing Director of AMEC Nucleare Romania (2009-2013), before being appointed CEO of EnergoNuclear – SPV for Cernavoda Units 3&4 – in November 2013. He holds a PhD in nuclear science from the Politehnica University in Bucharest and is a FORATOM Executive Officer since 2006.

Mr. Dimitrios Mezartasoglou

Head of Research at IENE

He has full exposure across the energy sector specifically for Greece/SE Europe. Whilst at IENE, Dimitrios has been part of a variety of projects, including “SE Europe Energy Outlook 2016/2017” study and “Greek Energy Directory 2016” publication, while he is Assistant Editor of “Market Fundamentals and Prices”, “Monthly Analysis” and several other IENE’s newsletters. Dimitrios holds two Master’s degrees from the University of Strathclyde on Global Energy Management and from the University of Exeter on Money and Banking.

Mr. Costas Theofylaktos

IENE Secretary-General & Chairman of Energy Efficiency Committee

Is a USA trained Mechanical Engineer with an MSc from the University of Evansville, Indiana, and has 25 years of experience in the energy sector. Constantinos’s special interests include cogeneration and RES. He was for many years chairman of Greece’s Cogeneration Association and also member of the executive council of COGEN Europe. Until recently, he was chairman and CEO of the Athens based Centre of Renewable Energy Sources (CRES).

Mrs. Eugenia Gusilov

Director, ROEC

Eugenia is the founder of the think tank Romania Energy Center (ROEC). She has worked with NATO, the UN, Energy Charter, the Romanian government (Ministry of EU funds, Ministry of Energy), DGAP (Germany), companies, universities and NGOs on a wide range of projects. She authored think tank publications, business outlooks and forecasts, having worked on such topics as natural gas, energy infrastructure, district heating, energy economics, policies and markets. In the past, Eugenia worked as an analyst for the Romanian Diplomatic Institute, Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the Department of Political and Strategic Analysis. She holds a Master of International Affairs with a concentration in International Energy Management and Policy from Columbia University in New York (USA, 2010) and a BA in European Studies from Bucharest University (2005).