Andrijana Nelkova Chuchuk is Head of Economic Department at the Energy, Water Services and Municipal Waste Management Services Regulatory Commission (ERC) of the Republic of North Macedonia. She served as Commissioner from 2019 to 2024. Previously she was a Deputy Head of Economic Department at the ERC. She has 19 years’ experience in energy regulation in the field of electricity, natural gas, district heating and oil and oil derivatives. In the period 2016 - 2019 she was also a Coordinator of the Water Services Regulation Group at ERC North Macedonia.

In 2018 Andrijana was elected for her second term as Chair of the ERRA Tariff/Pricing Committee and in 2020 and 2022 she was elected as ERRA Presidium member. In May 2024 Andrijana assumed the position of ERRA Chair for a 2-year term. Andrijana Nelkova Chuchuk holds a B.Sc. degree in Economy in the field of Financial and Accounting Management and M.Sc. degree in Economy in the field of Accounting and Auditing and is a member in several professional organizations.

Mustafa Yılmaz was born in Nizip/Gaziantep in 1966. Pursuant to his secondary education in Nizip, he completed his higher education in İstanbul University Law Faculty between years 1984-1988. He became a free-lance lawyer in İstanbul in 1989. He worked as a lawyer in the energy sector between the years 1993-2004. In this period, he contributed to the activities of some non-governmental organisations.

He was appointed as the Board Member of EMRA in February 2004. He was assigned as the Second President with a Decision of Council of Ministers in January 2010 and was re-appointed as the Second President in February 2010. Yılmaz was assigned as the President of EMRA in February 2014 for the rest of his term of office. Finally, he was appointed as the President of EMRA on 1 March 2016 for a period of 6 years. Mustafa Yılmaz is married with three children.

Dr. Péter Kaderják, PhD in Business Administration has a long standing academic and decision-making experience in the fields of energy sector regulation and energy- and climate policy. Currently he is Head of Zero Carbon Hub at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He is also the managing director for the Hungarian Battery Association. Formerly he served in several high-level government and regulatory positions: as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Policy at the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Hungary; as member of the Supervisory Board of ACER; as President of the Hungarian Energy Office; and as Chief of Cabinet for the Minister of Economic Affairs, Hungary. His academic contribution is linked primarily to Corvinus University of Budapest, where he received his degrees and established and directed REKK (the Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research) between 2004 and 2018. His past and current activities are strongly linked to the liberalization and European integration of the Hungarian electricity and natural gas sectors; the successful diversification of the Hungarian natural gas sector; and the creation of national strategies to meet climate neutrality by Hungary by 2050. Today he is busy with the design and implementation of policies, programs, research and education that promote Hungary towards climate neutrality.  

Giulia Taromboli is currently a PhD Candidate in Electrical Engineering at the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano. She also serves as the techno-economic administrator of CER.ca.MI Solidale ETS, an energy community in Italy co-founded by Politecnico di Milano and the Municipality of Milan.

She holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano.

Her research focuses on the planning and operation of energy communities, long-term decarbonisation strategies for urban districts, and electricity market analysis.

Ms Szolnoki is a senior research associate at Zero Carbon Hub based at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Her topics include the decarbonizational transformation of the natural gas sector. Earlier she was responsible for natural gas market monitoring at the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority. She has been active in the natural gas sector since 2004. She started her carrier at REKK where she was leading natural gas market related projects and gave regularly lectures at Corvinus University and at ERRA. Later she joined the then newly formed Hungarian natural gas exchange (CEEGEX) and then the natural gas division of the Hungarian national energy company MVM Partner. Preceding HEA she was a senior business analyst at IP Systems the primary provider of IT solutions to the region’s gas sector players and also the developer of the EU acknowledged Regional Booking Platform the allocation platform of natural gas interconnection capacities.

In 2017 she won 1st prize at the ERRA Regulatory Research Award with her paper on natural gas balancing.

Harald Proidl is director for Renewables and director of the Energy Efficiency Authority with the Austrian regulator E-control. He holds a Master and a PhD in Economics. He is working in the field of Renewables and Energy Efficiency for 2 decades. Before he joined E-Control he was researcher on the University of Linz/Austria, senior expert with the Austrian Energy Agency and the Austrian Association of Electricity Companies. Beside the daily regulatory business he is involved in international projects in Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Kaukasus region and he is active in international organisations like ERRA and CEER.

Alexandr has been working for the Czech NRA since 2021 as the head of department that is responsible mainly for the organization of electricity and gas market in the Czech Republic. Before joining the Czech NRA Alexandr has been for many years the head of forecasting and commodity procurement in ČEZ Prodej, the largest energy retail supplier in the Czech Republic. He started his career working for Deloitte and KPMG as senior consultant and manager with the expertise mainly in forecasting and risk management for utilities. Alexandr received his M.S. in Physics at the Charles University in Prague and his Ph.D. in Economics at CERGE-EI in Prague.

Dr. Komninos Komnios is the Board Member of the Hellenic Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water (RAAEY) and actively participates in decision-making and shaping regulatory strategy in Greece, gaining direct, hands-on experience with the challenges and opportunities within the energy sector. He is also an associate professor of Energy Law, International Hellenic University (IHU), where he docuses on EU Energy Law and Regulation, sharing knowledge and promoting research on issues critical to ERRA's mission. Also serves as Director of the MSc Program in Energy Law, Business, Regulation and Policy at IHU, demonstrating leadership in specialized energy law education. Dr. Komnios is also a member of the National Council for Consumer and Market (ΕΣΚΑ - ESKA) and contributes expertise on energy market dynamics, regulation, and consumer protection issues at a national advisory level. He is the Head of the Hellenic Energy Ombudsman Office and leads the independent national body responsible for out-of-court dispute resolution within the energy sector. This role involves managing complex energy-related disputes and stakeholder relations, demonstrating practical leadership in fostering fair market practices and consensus-building – skills vital at a regional level.

Ahmet Hüsrev has been working for the EMRA since 2018 as an energy expert. He is primarily responsible for regulation relating to the design, planning, installation and real-time operation of the transmission grid and ancillary services market. He has made significant contributions to the preparation of secondary legislation on aggregation, demand-side participation, and storage-integrated power plants in Türkiye. He is also interested in international electricity trade and in technologies for generating and storing electricity.

He earned his BSc and MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering from Sakarya University. He is currently studying for a PhD at Gazi University.

Engineer by profession, Mr. Kocou Laurent Rodrigue TOSSOU was Managing Director of the Beninese Electric Power Company (SBEE) from 2016 to 2019. As such, M. TOSSOU actively participated in the process of setting up the West African Power Pool (WAPP) as a member of the Board of Directors and organized in Cotonou, Benin in June 2018 the event of the launching of phase 1 of the ECOWAS regional electricity market. A Graduated in Energy Market Management at CentraleSupélec in France, he was just before his appointment to ERERA, Member of the National Regulatory Council of the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Benin.

Azaria Nathan Lwila is currently a Senior Electrical Engineer at EWURA (Energy and Water Utilities Authority) in the Department of Electricity. Previously, he served as a Technical Auditor at TANESCO (Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited) in the Directorate of Internal Audit. He began his career at Symbion Power LLC in the construction of the distribution networks in the rural rectification projects.

He graduated BSc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2012). He also holds an MBA (Finance) from the Open University of Tanzania (2022). Currently, he is pursuing a Master of Engineering Management in Project Management at the University of Dar es Salaam.

Umar Mohammed is a Regulatory Specialist at the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), where he has played a key role in developing regulations and frameworks that promote renewable energy and minigrid growth. Before joining the Commission, he built a long career in the banking industry, focusing on corporate finance and investment for over fifteen years.

At NERC, Mohammed has concentrated on integrating Minigrids into Nigeria’s electrification strategy, developing tariff methodologies, and creating regulatory models that balance investor confidence with consumer protection. His efforts have supported Nigeria’s energy access goals, promoted private sector involvement, and advanced renewable energy integration into the national energy mix.

Mohammed holds a master’s degree in Energy Finance and an MBA. His current research interests focus on the economics of renewable energy in developing countries, emphasizing innovative financing and regulation as key drivers of the clean energy transition.

Simon Sandler is a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He has been at NREL for over 2 years and has over 5 years of combined experience working in techno-economic and policy analysis of renewable energy (solar, storage, energy efficiency, wind, and more) in both the public and private sector. He has an engineering background, obtaining a B.S. in civil engineering before getting his M.S. in Sustainable Energy Systems. His current work at NREL is focused on policy and modeling of distributed solar and storage. Projects he works on include the National Community Solar Partnership+, Federal Energy Management Program, and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Solar For All program.