Name:
Paul van Son, Chairman of EFET and Governor of EFETNet.
Mr. van Son is co-founder and Chairman of the Board of EFET, the
European Federation of Energy Traders, which founded and owns
EFETnet.
Mr. Van Son is well-known in the international energy industry. He
has been active over 30 years in different management and board
functions of energy companies, technology providers and
consulting companies. He has been a pioneer in unbundled energy
grid operation, the liberalisation of energy markets, energy trading
and the development of green energy production and marketing in
Europe and beyond.
Presently Mr. Van Son is CEO of the international industry
consortium Dii (www.dii-eumena.com), that aims at bringing the
Desertec vision into reality in North Africa and the Middle East. In
addition he is Chairman of the Energy4All Foundation
(www.energy4all.org) and NICE International (www.nice-
international.com) that are active in Africa, bringing decentralized
energy, water and internet solutions to the poor of our world.
Mr. Van Son has been Chairman of the APX Advisory Committee,
Chairman of the Environment Committee of EnergieNed, Member of
the Supervisory Board of swb (Bremen), Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of KOM-STROM AG and a member of several
environmental and industry committees in Europe, including CIGRE,
UCTE, FGE (Germany), IEE and IEEE.
Education:
Mr. van Son received his M.Sc. of electrical engineering (power
system engineering) at the Delft University in the Netherlands and
is a post graduate of Corporate Governance at the Nyenrode
University.
Professional experience:
Mr. van Son has been active in the electricity and gas business
for over 30 years at respectively Siemens AG (Germany),
TenneT/SEP (formerly the Dutch power pool), KEMA
Consulting/ECC (international energy consultants), Chief Executive
Officer of Essent Energy Trading, Managing Director of Essent
Sustainable Energy and Chairman of the Management Board of
Deutsche Essent GmbH in Düsseldorf, being responsible for the
German activities of Essent N.V.
During 2008/2009 Mr van Son was an active Member of the Board
of Econcern, Nl (renewable energy and energy efficiency).
In 2009 Mr van Son was appointed CEO of the Desertec Industrial
Initiative (Dii) with a mission of developing substantial amounts of
renewable energy from the deserts.
