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FREDERIK THURE
Secondee from , Denmark
Working for ENTSOG was an incredibly rewarding experience both
from a personal and professional perspective.
During my time with ENTSOG, I was actively engaged in a number of
stakeholder sessions aimed at creating a harmonised legal framework for
gas transmission in Europe. This work process tested my ability to estab-
lish and nurture relationships with major energy companies, primarily
from the European gas sector, along with national regulators and senior
EU officials. This experience also gave me a profound understanding of
business leaders’ mind-set and their preoccupation with preserving and
expanding commercial activity in the face of demanding European legis-
lation. Making proposals for business rules or legal texts and taking into
account stakeholders’ opinions could be extremely challenging but also
very rewarding when an acceptable compromise was reached.
Subsequently, the most important thing I learned from my ENTSOG
experience was how important it was to listen carefully to people, to
understand their core objectives and to incorporate their points of view
as much as possible. I am therefore a big supporter of the ENTSOG
motto, being “a fair partner to all” which I also try to apply in my current
job when working with stakeholders.
CARMEN RODRIGUEZ
Secondee from Enagás, Spain
Working as an ENTSOG adviser gave
me the chance to work along some
really amazing people.
It would be easy to talk about the advantages of the multi-cultural envi-
ronment of an association like this, but it was not that, or at least it was
not only that. It was the people. Some of them were so committed to the
job, so passionate, so skilful in one or another aspect, so selfless and
kind, and so polite in their manners that they have somehow set a refer-
ence for me, a standard of what a colleague and/or a boss should be.
It was a very positive period, particularly from a learning perspective. But
it was not acquiring knowledge or developing professional skills which
made the experience great. It was something else. It was the feeling of
belonging to a team, sharing a target, feeling free to disagree with others’
ideas and feeling open to having one’s own ideas questioned. It was
about trusting the team and being trusted. It was very hard work from
time to time, but hard work that was really enjoyable. It was a great ex-
perience.
I am a big supporter
of the ENTSOG
motto, being “a fair
partner to all”.
It was very hard work
from time to time, but
hard work that was
really enjoyable. It was
a great experience.
Frederik Thure
Adviser, Market
from 2011 to 2014
Carmen
Rodríguez Valdés
Adviser, System Development
from 2011 to 2015
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