Dr Becker joins the company at an exciting time. Thyssengas is at a turning point: in future, hydrogen and other green gases will flow through the pipelines instead of natural gas. The key challenges for the new Commercial Director include managing the expansion of the workforce and steering the internal change process as part of the hydrogen ramp-up.
Hilko Schomerus, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Thyssengas GmbH, emphasises: "As Commercial Managing Director of NCG and later THE as Market Area Manager in the German gas market, Dr Thomas Becker has also been closely involved with industry issues in recent years. We are delighted that we have been able to recruit a proven expert with many years of experience in managing companies in the regulated energy supply sector."
Dr Thomas Becker on his appointment: "Thyssengas is a forward-looking company with promising prospects - one thing is clear: we have big plans for the coming years. Our goal is to successfully shape the transformation towards hydrogen and other green gases. At the same time, we need to fulfil our supply mandate in the natural gas business. As Commercial Director, I am looking forward to leading the company into a green future together with the Thyssengas team and thus making a significant contribution to the decarbonisation of Germany
Dr Thomas Becker has been working in the energy industry since 1996 and already knows Thyssengas from personal experience. After holding various management positions within the RWE Group, he first joined Thyssengas in 2004, where he was most recently an authorised signatory responsible for corporate development, among other things. In 2015, the business administration graduate moved to NetConnect Germany (NCG) as Commercial Managing Director. Most recently, he spent three years as Chief Financial Officer and member of the management board of the newly founded Trading Hub Europe (THE).
The current Thyssengas Management Board thus consists of Dr Thomas Gößmann, Chairman of the Management Board, and Dr Thomas Becker, Commercial Managing Director.
About Thyssengas
Thyssengas GmbH is a German transmission system operator. The company, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2021, is headquartered in Dortmund. Thyssengas operates a gas network around 4,400 kilometres long - mostly in North Rhine-Westphalia, but also with individual pipelines in Lower Saxony. It supplies downstream distribution network operators as well as industrial companies and power plants. Thyssengas is focussing on hydrogen as a gaseous energy source for a climate-neutral future. The Dortmund-based network operator is involved in numerous initiatives to this end. At the same time, it is making targeted investments in the conversion of its pipeline system to enable a rapid hydrogen ramp-up as part of the energy transition. The company currently employs around 460 people at seven locations in the grid area, and the number is growing.
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