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International Gas Union

What is IGU?

What is IGU? As of June 2020, the IGU has 85 Charter members, 15 Premium Associate Members and 62 Associate Members in 5 Continents. The members are shown in dark blue on the map below.

*Status as of June 2020

The International Gas Union (IGU) was founded in 1931. It is a worldwide non-profit organisation registered in Vevey, Switzerland with the Secretariat currently located in Barcelona, Spain.

The mission of IGU is to advocate gas as an integral part of a sustainable global energy system, and to promote the political, technical and economic progress of the gas industry. The more than 160 members of IGU are associations and corporations of the gas industry representing over 95% of the global gas market. The working organisation of IGU covers the complete value of gas chain from exploration and production, transmission via pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) as well as distribution and combustion of gas at the point of use.

IGU encourages international trade in gas by supporting non-discriminatory policies and sound contracting principles and practices, promoting development of technologies which add to the environmental benefits of gas and further enhance safe production, transmission, distribution and utilisation of gas.

IGU has the vision of being the most influential, effective and independent non-profit organisation, serving as the spokesperson for the gas industry worldwide.

IGU Articles of Association

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Executive Committee

Executive Committee 2018-2021 – Members from Management Team

Mr. Joe M. Kang

President of IGU

Mdm Li Yalan

Vice President of IGU

Mr David Carroll

Immediate Past President of IGU

Mr Jeongwook Khang

Chairman of the Coordination Committee

Mr Xavier Chen

Vice Chairman of the Coordination Committee

Mr Luis Bertran Rafecas

Secretary General

Representatives from Charter members of IGU committees

Mr Andrey Sapozhnikov

Ms Karen A Harbert

Mr

Mr Patrick Corbin

Mr José Carlos Broisler Oliver

Mr Han Fennema

Ms Lixin Che

Mr Shinichi Tada

Mr Mazighi Ahmed

Mr Gerald Linke

Mr Satoshi Yoshida

Mr Hazli Sham Kassim ( also Regional Coordinator)

Representatives from Charter members

Mr Patricio Da Re

Mr Graeme Bethune (also Regional Coordinator)

Mr Jean-Pierre Hollovoet

Mr Andreas Rau

Mr Mostafa Sepehrian

Mr Pål fen

Representatives from Associate members

Mr Liu He

Mr Francisco P. del la Flor

Mr Jean-Marc Leroy

Mr Peder Bjorland

Mr Ajay Shah

Additional Regional Coordinators

Mr Andrea Stegher

Mr. Orlando Cabrales Segovia

Mr Timothy M. Egan

Mr Khaled Abubakr

Mr Marcel Kramer

IGU Coordination Committee

The IGU Coordination Committee is organising the different IGU Committees and Task Forces. Here is an overview of the various committees.

José Carlos Broisler Oliver

Chair of Distribution Brazil

Ekaterina Litvinova

Chair of Exploration and Production Russian Federation

Zhaoyan Liu

Chair of Gas Markets China, P.R. of

Farid Berrahou

Chair of LNG Algeria

Pierre Batholomeus

Chair of Marketing and Communications The Netherlands

Hisataka Yakabe

Chair of R&D and Innovation Japan

John Heer

Chair of Storage USA

Gerald Linke

Chair of Strategy Germany

Mohd Azhar Abdul Shatar

Chair of Sustainability Malaysia

Patrick Pelle

Chair of Transmission France

Roger Serrat Anardón

Chair of Utilization Spain

Task Forces

Mark McCrory

Chair of Strategic Communications and Outreach United Kingdom

Barbara Jinks

Chair of Energy Access and Policy Australia

IGU Regional Coordinators

Mr Tim Egan

CEO of Canadian Gas Association North America

Mr Andrea Stegher

Senior Vice-President of SNAM Europe

Mr Orlando Cabrales Segovia

President of Colombian Gas Association Latin America and The Carribbean

Mr Graeme Bethune

Chairman of Australian Gas Industry Trust North East Asia & Australasia

Mr Marcel Kramer

President of Energy Delta Institute Russia, Black Sea and The Caspian Area

Mr Khaled AbuBakr

Chairman of Egyptian Gas Association The Middle East & Africa

Mr Hazli Sham Kassim

President of Malaysian Gas Association South & South East Asia

IGU Wise Persons

Prof. Dr. Coby van der Linde

Head Clingendael International Energy Programme Netherlands

Mr Nobuo Tanaka

President The Sasakawa Peace Foundation Japan

Dr Daniel Yergin

Vice Chairman of IHS USA

Code of Ethical Business Conduct

The IGU’s Code of Ethical and Business Conduct (the Code) addresses ethical conduct in our work environment, business practices and relationships with external stakeholders.

The Code provides the expectations and minimum standards of behaviour that the IGU expects of its representatives in their daily activities and dealings with others.