18.03.2016

Sebastian Bleschke joins INES management

The Initiative Erdgasspeicher e.V. (INES) strengthens its management: As of April 1, Sebastian Bleschke will join the association and the current management as full-time Managing Director and support INES managers Ulrich Duda (Uniper Energy Storage GmbH) and Andreas Kost (Storengy Germany GmbH).

Bleschke, a 31-year-old graduate in Business Administration is currently working as a Senior Consultant for nymoen | strategieberatung in Berlin. Previously, from 2012 to 2015, he was
Head of Department at the Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry (BDEW), where he represented gas industry interests at national and European level, including at EUROGAS. In the future, Bleschke will be present as a central point of contact around the topics of the German natural gas storage operators.

"We are pleased to have Sebastian Bleschke, a managing director with experience in the field of energy and associations, who is available in Berlin as the central point of contact. His excellent expertise and ability to balance between different stakeholders is recognized in the gas industry. We look forward to working with Sebastian Bleschke ", says Bernd Protze, Director of the INES Board.

With the arrival of Mr. Bleschke, INES is also setting up new business premises in Berlin. The association of German storage operators is committed to increasing public awareness of natural gas storage, which is equally indispensable for the energy transition and security of supply.