Our Governance

Board of Directors

RECOSI is governed by its members, who elect a Board of Directors to lead the organisation. The day-to-day operations are run and managed by the Secretariat.

The RECOSI Board of Directors is the key governing body, currently composed of eleven Directors. The Board provides strategic oversight and works closely with the Secretariat.

  • Profile photo of Gerda Frans

    Gerda Frans

    Head of ESG, ENGIE – International Supply & Energy Management.
    Chair - RECOSI Board of Directors

  • Profile photo of Taco Douma

    Taco Douma

    Director Gas, RWE Generation SE
    Vice-Chair - RECOSI Board of Directors

  • Profile photo of Martin Debusmann

    Martin Debusmann

    Manager, BEW Berliner Energie und Wärme AG
    RECOSI Board Member

  • Profile photo of Lothar Rieth

    Lothar Rieth

    Head of Sustainability, EnBW
    RECOSI Board Member

  • Profile photo of Simone Bertolo

    Simone Bertolo

    Head of New Businesses and New Contracts Global Gas – Global Energy and Commodity Management, Enel
    RECOSI Board Member

  • Profile photo of Juraj Vajda

    Juraj Vajda

    Director, ResInvest Commodities
    RECOSI Board Member

  • Roger Walter

    Head of Physical Coal Trading, Jera Trading
    RECOSI Board Member

  • Profile photo of Henning Liddiard

    Christian - Henning Liddiard

    Managing Director and Head of Commercial & Risk Management, ONYX Power
    RECOSI Board Member

  • Profile photo of Nadja Wendler

    Nadja Wendler

    Senior Vice President Sustainability, Uniper
    RECOSI Board Member

  • Profile photo of Guy Smith

    Guy Smith

    Head of Gas Trading & LNG, Vattenfall AB
    RECOSI Board Member

  • Profile photo of Katie Warrick

    Katie Warrick

    Executive Director, RECOSI
    RECOSI Board Member

Other Governing Bodies

Bettercoal Programme Technical and Advisory Committee

The Bettercoal Technical and Advisory Committee (TAC) is a multi-stakeholder committee composed of members from civil society, academia, industry, and individual representatives from RECOSI Member companies. The TAC provides expert analysis and peer review of technical aspects of the Bettercoal programme.


Luis Fernando De Angulo, Executive Director, CREER

Assheton Carter, CEO, TDi Sustainability

Luke Danielson, President, Sustainable Development Strategies Group

Glen Mpufane, Director of Mining and DGOJP, IndustriALL Global Union

Paul Rogers, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

Neslihan Er Ogur, Sustainability Coordinator, Menar

Günter Ott, Head of Material Flow and Contract Management, Onyx Power

Programme Committees and Working Groups

Each sector-specific programme has a committee formed by our members to provide support to the programme and enable member consultation. There are also working groups established to further meet the needs of members on specific issues, such as country working groups.