Alexander SCHWANZER

President

Alexander Schwanzer, Member of the MARCOGAZ Board since 2008, and President of MARCOGAZ since June 18, 2024, after two years as the Vice-President.

In Austria, he is head of the Certification Body at the Austrian Association for Gas and Water (ÖVGW), for products, people and companies in the gas, water, and electricity sector, as well as the representative for European Gas Affairs.

Active in the industry for more than 25 years, Alexander Schwanzer is an experienced strategist with an extensive network and wide-ranging expertise in the gas and water sector.

He serves on several Standing Committees and Working Groups at the ÖVGW, Austrian Standards, CEN, and MARCOGAZ.

Alexander Schwanzer also organized the MARCOGAZ EGATEC 2015 in Vienna.

His education includes a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Building Technology and Supply Business.

“As a technical organization serving the European gas industry, MARCOGAZ supports the necessary diversification and decarbonisation of Europe’s energy supply. It is a special honour for me to have been tasked with accompanying this process over the coming years”, stated Alexander Schwanzer.

Diego MODOLELL

Vice-President

Diego Modolell is the Vice-President of MARCOGAZ since June 18, 2024.

He is the Vice-Director of the Swiss Gas and Water Association (SVGW) and leads the area of gas and district heating. His activities are very much focused on the development of technical knowledge and standards in regards of decarbonisation of the gas sector. Before, he experienced several positions in the Power Generation Business in Switzerland and abroad. He holds a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) of TU Braunschweig, Germany.

Manuel COXE

Secretary General

Manuel Coxe is the Secretary General of MARCOGAZ since 2020, where he guides the activities of the association in close collaboration with the Executive Board members and technical committees, while managing the Secretariat. Manuel also currently serves as Vice-Chairman of the European Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking Stakeholders Group.

With more than 20 years of professional of experience in the energy sector, including competence in hydrogen, natural gas and power, Manuel has held different management and technical positions before joining MARCOGAZ. Previously, Manuel was Head of Unit at IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency), Secretary General of Europex (European power exchanges), Secretary General a.i. at European electricity TSOs (currently named ENTSOE), grid operator at the Portuguese electricity and gas TSO and academic researcher on power electronics and motion control, spanning various countries, including Portugal, Germany, United Arab Emirates and Belgium.

Manuel`s expertise and interests range from system operation and management for electricity and gas networks (including hydrogen, biomethane and natural gas) to energy policy and energy markets.

His education background includes energy systems engineering (MEng.) from the University of Lisbon, business administration (MBA) from the University of Durham Business School and economics (PhD Program) from the Université de Bruxelles. In addition, he pursued executive education in management law from the University of Harvard Law School, communications from the Ivey Business School of University of Western Ontario, and psychology from the University of Oxford.