Mark Van Stiphout

Previously he has worked in the Cabinet on other issues such as electricity and gas networks, and as assistant to the Director-General for Energy. From 2006 to 2010 he worked as Policy Officer in DG Energy in the Electricity and Gas Unit. As coordinator of the gas team he was responsible for the liberalisation of the internal market for natural gas, including the preparation and negotiation of the 3rd internal energy market package. Previous roles include consultancy on renewable energy projects, at Ecofys, with a focus on generating energy from biomass, and market analyst at Cogas Energie. His academic career contains post graduate studies in Economics of the Environment and Natural Resources in Paris and an MSc in Technology and Society (at Eindhoven University of Technology).