Doris Leblond
OGJ Correspondent
PARIS, Mar. 18 -- Jean-Marc Leroy, vice-president of large infrastructures at Gaz de France, has been appointed president of Gas Storage Europe (GSE). He takes over from Klaus Dieter Barbknecht, who has been GSE president since it was established in 2005.
GSE is one of the three branches of Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) through which European gas operators can express a single view on matters involving transport, storage, and LNG. GIE represents 60 European companies and caps three organizations: GSE, Gas Transmission Europe (GTE), and Gas LNG Europe (GLE).
For Leroy, the mission of GSE is to "promote a stable regulatory framework and a good climate for investments in order to contribute to supply safety and the emergence of a European internal gas market."
He started off at EDF GDF Services, a joint Electricité de France and Gaz de France management body, and joined Gaz de France in 1994 where he has held different jobs. From 2003 to 2005 he was deputy manager of the transport directorate. Since 2005, he has been in charge of the group's methane terminals and gas storage units.
