Stephan Kamphues

Stephan Kamphues

President

Stephan Kamphues is currently Chairman of the Board of Management of Vier Gas Transport GmbH (VGT), the sole owner of Open Grid Europe GmbH (formerly E.ON Gastransport GmbH). Following his involvement with the GTE Executive Committee, he was elected the first ENTSOG President in December 2009.

Mr. Kamphues has held various positions at E.ON Ruhrgas AG, which he joined as Head of the Business Law/East European Law Section in 1992 after practicing as a lawyer. In 1996, he took over as Head of the Legal Department at E.ON Ruhrgas International AG (formerly Ruhrgas Energie Beteiligungs-AG) before becoming a member of the Management Board in May 2004. While there, his main focus was on the acquisition and development of the company’s foreign shareholdings in Western and Central Europe. During this period, he also served on several supervisory and management boards.

The ENTSOG General Assembly unanimously approved the appointment of Mr. Kamphues as President of ENTSOG for the term 1st January 2016 - 31st December 2018