Management Bodies

The composition of the various management bodies within Elia is aimed at meeting the highest standards in the area of corporate governance.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of Elia Transmission Belgium SA and Elia Asset SA currently consists of 14 members each. The same Directors sit on the Boards of both companies. They do not perform any management function within either Elia Transmission Belgium SA or Elia Asset SA.

Half of the members are Independent Directors who meet the conditions of independence as defined in article 7:87 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations. Independent directors according to the law of April 29, 1999 regarding the organisation of the electricity market (as later amended).

Composition

Bernard Gustin
Chairman of the Board of Directors,
independent director

Michel Allé
Independent director

Cécile Flandre
Director appointed upon
proposal of Publi-T
Roberte Kesteman
Independent director

Laurence de l’Escaille

Independent director

Claude Grégoire
Vice-Chairman,
director appointed upon
proposal of Publi-T
Luc De Temmerman

Independent director


Thibaud Wyngaard

Non-independent director

Dominique Offergeld
Director appointed upon
proposal of Publi-T
Saskia Van Uffelen
Independent director

Geert Versnick
Vice-Chairman,
director appointed upon
proposal of Publi-T
Rudy Provoost
Director appointed upon
proposal of Publi-T
Pieter De Crem
Director appointed upon
proposal of Publi-T
Els Neirynck
Els Neirynck
Independent director

Advisory Committees to the Board of Directors

In accordance with legal and statutory provisions, the Boards of Directors of Elia Transmission Belgium SA and Elia Asset SA are assisted by three Advisory Committees. The Advisory Committees of both companies have the same composition.


Corporate governance Committee

  • Geert Versnick, Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee
  • Luc De Temmerman*
  • Roberte Kesteman*
  • Pieter De Crem
  • Laurence de l'Escaille*

Remuneration Committee

  • Luc De Temmerman*, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
  • Pieter De Crem
  • Roberte Kesteman*
  • Dominique Offergeld
  • Saskia Van Uffelen*

Audit Committee

  • Michel Allé*, Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • Roberte Kesteman*
  • Dominique Offergeld
  • Rudy Provoost
  • Els Neirynck*

* Independent directors according to the law of April 29, 1999 regarding the organization of the electricity market (as modified later on)


Executive Committee

The Executive Committees of Elia Transmission Belgium SA and Elia Asset SA consist of eight members each. These are all independent members in accordance with legal and statutory provisions.  The same members sit on the Executive Committees of both companies.

Composition

Chris Peeters

Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman

Markus Berger

Chief Infrastructure Officer


Patrick De Leener

Chief Assets Officer


Frédéric Dunon

Deputy Chief Executive Officer Market

and co-chairman

Peter Michiels

Chief Human Resources and
Internal Communication Officer

James Matthys Donnadieu

Chief Customers, Markets & System Officer

Catherine Vandenborre

Chief Financial Officer


Pascale Fonck

Chief External Relations Officer



Auditors

Félix Fank
BDO, Bedrijfsrevisoren BCV
Paul Eelen
Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren BCV
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