Company profile Marcel Kramer About Gasunie Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO Gasunie is a European gas infrastructure company. Our network ranks among the largest high pressure gas pipeline grids in Europe, consisting of over 15,000 kilometres of pipeline in the Netherlands and northern Germany, dozens of installations and approximately 1,300 gas receiving stations. Annual gas throughput totals approximately 125 billion cubic metres. We serve the public interest in the markets in which we are active and work to create value for our stakeholders. Gasunie is the first independent gas transport provider with a cross-border network in Europe. We offer transport services via our subsidiaries Gas Transport Services B.V. (GTS) in the Netherlands and Gasunie Deutschland GmbH in Germany. We also Marcel Kramer was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board and offer other services in the gas infrastructure field, Chief Executive Officer of Gasunie on 1 July 2005. On that day, including gas storage and LNG. We consider the Gasunie became a natural gas transport, infrastructure and services wishes of our customers to be of prime importance. company. Mr Kramer joined Gasunie in 2003 as Managing Director of We aim for the highest standards in safety, reliability, the Technology & Assets Division. efficiency and sustainability. Due to the reliability and strategic location of the Gasunie transport network in From 1992 to 2003, Mr Kramer held various positions with Statoil. He relation to expanding international gas flows, Gasunie was posted to Norway (General Manager, Supply and Shipping is growing to become the 'Gas Roundabout' of Division), to Bangkok (Managing Director, Statoil Thailand), to northwest Europe. (www.gasunie.com) Singapore (President, Asia Pacific) and most recently to Caracas (President, Statoil Venezuela). Throughout his time with Statoil, he was involved with oil and gas in the up-, mid- and downstream business segments. From 1988 to 1992, Mr Kramer worked with Petro-Canada (Calgary) as Director, Crude Oil Supply and Trading. From 1979 to 1988, he served first in oil and gas-related positions at NATO, Brussels (1979- 1982) and then as Head of the Oil Industry Division of the International Energy Agency in Paris (1982-1988). From 1976 to 1979, Mr Kramer held a Staff position in the Oil Department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands. Mr Kramer holds a degree in Private and Corporate Law. He was appointed Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum in London in 1987 and is professionally active in various organisations such as the International Association of Energy Economists (IAEE) and the Energy Delta Institute (EDI) in the Netherlands (an educational institute founded by Gasunie, Gazprom and the University of Groningen). In November 2007, Mr Kramer was elected President of Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), the European association of companies operating and/or owning pipeline networks, LNG terminals and gas storage facilities (www.gie.eu.com). In 2008, Mr. Kramer was elected President of the Royal Dutch Gas Association (KVGN). In August 2009, Mr Kramer was appointed member of the Supervisory Board of Royal Boskalis Westminster nv. Biography August 2009 .