General
General
Changes to the Board
Willemien Terpstra will assume her position as the CEO of Gasunie on 1 March 2024. She succeeds Han Fennema, who is stepping down on his own initiative on 1 November 2023 after having chaired the Executive Board for almost ten years. In the intervening months, CFO Janneke Hermes will serve as Interim Chair of the Gasunie Executive Board.
Hans Coenen joined the Executive Board on 1 April, succeeding Ulco Vermeulen, who stepped down on 1 July, on his own initiative, as the board member responsible for business development and participating interests. Vermeulen will continue to advise Gasunie on the development of international hydrogen chains until the end of 2024.
Tim van der Hagen joined the Supervisory Board on 1 April and was appointed Vice-Chair. Van der Hagen chairs the Executive Board of Delft University of Technology. On the Supervisory Board, he has succeeded Dirk-Jan van den Berg, who stepped down after serving two full four-year terms.
Pieter Duisenberg, who has been appointed President of the Netherlands Court of Audit, will be stepping down as Chair of the Supervisory Board in the third quarter of 2023 to take up his new position. The procedure for finding a successor is underway. Duisenberg joined the Supervisory Board in September 2019 and was appointed Chair in March 2020.
Parliamentary inquiry
The parliamentary committee of inquiry into natural gas extraction in Groningen presented its final report in February. In Gasunie’s view, the fact that the committee has now published its findings is important for the residents of the province of Groningen. While the Netherlands has gained a lot through gas extraction in the province of Groningen, in recent years it has become painfully clear that this has also caused a lot of damage locally.
Gasunie cooperated extensively with the parliamentary committee of inquiry into natural gas extraction in Groningen. We shared information and organised working visits, and various Gasunie officials, both past and present, were heard by the committee. Together with the residents of the province of Groningen, we hope to be able to build a new sustainable energy supply, one that can bring prosperity and well-being to the province.
Growing payroll
Gasunie is getting busier and busier. With our investments in the energy transition, the number of sustainable energy projects we are working on is increasing. Additional regulatory requirements we intend to meet, for example in the area of cutting emissions and in compliance and governance, as well as our ambition, are also driving growth in our workforce.
60 years of Gasunie
In April we celebrated the 60th anniversary of Gasunie’s founding. On 5 April, we held a reception for our government/administrative partners and our business partners and on 6 April we invited all our staff to an anniversary celebration.
