To register, visit the link.

We are very excited to announce that our third event of the GEF Energy Leaders Talk series will feature Nicola Battilana, CEO of DESFA.

Our Leadership Talk series bring our members closer together and attempt to inspire during a time of high uncertainty as industry leaders share with us their career, journey, vision and advice on being a successful leader. 

Registration 

The event is limited to GEF active members and DESFA employees. For GEF active members, you will need your GEF Membership Number to register for the event. This can be located by navigating to the GEF website and logging in to the members section. In your profile under your name you will be able to locate your unique GEF Membership Number.

For DESFA employees, please choose a DESFA employee ticket and make sure you use your DESFA email address to register.

The log in details will be shared with the participants prior to the event.

To register, visit the link.

About the Speaker

Nicola Battilana is the new Chief Executive Officer of DESFA, the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator.

Born near Genoa, Italy, in 1967, he graduated – after college in Nautical School – in Electrical Engineering at Genoa University.

After a few collaborations within the university and a period in the Italian Navy, he joined Snam in 1995, where he worked for 3 years in the technical area.

After a diversified professional path in the operations area, that led him through LNG terminal and gas network maintenance to pipeline construction, with several assignments of increasing responsibility, he was appointed in 2009 Network Development VP and in 2010 Network Dispatching and Balancing VP.

In 2013 he started up as SVP of the Technical Division, with the aim of promoting operational excellence and granting technical support in the then starting foreign asset acquisition process.

In October 2015, he was appointed CEO of TAG Gmbh, the Austrian company owned by Snam (85%) and Gas Connect Austria (15%) that owns and operates the Trans Austria Pipeline, the strategic transit infrastructure transporting ca. 40% of the Italian annual natural gas demand through Austria.

Before his new assignment as CEO of DESFA, he was managing, since September 2018, Snam’s activities in Greece and the Balkans, including the opening of a representative office in Athens.