The Officers

Trevor Fletcher is the Managing Director and Chairman of "The Hardstaff Group"; a family run organisation of which he is the 5th generation. He started his career as a vehicle apprentice and later went on to graduate from Lough-borough University of Technology with honours in Transport Management and Planning. He joined the family haulage company in 1978 and under his management the company expanded and diversified to include a truck dealership, traffic safety barrier company and an industry related training school.

For almost a decade under Trevor Fletcher's direction, the organisation has been developing advanced dual fuel vehicle technologies powered by natural gas and biomethane, initially for the light and heavy commercial vehicle markets.  The organisation works closely with OEMs and the Lough-borough University Combustion Engine Department and trials all new technology through its own fleet. The organisation is internationally recognised in this field and through its group activities it is now able to supply all the disciplines required to bring the product to market, including the technology, vehicle, refuelling station, fuel and support.

The members of NGVA Europe appointed Trevor Fletcher new Chairman of the association during the annual General Meeting of the members, held in Madrid, Spain, on June 16th.

Dr. Gerhard Holtmeier was elected Chairman of the German "Initiativkreis Erdgas als Kraftstoff Deutschland e.V", an initiative promoting the use of natural gas as a fuel, in autumn 2007. In 2009 it was renamend as "erdgas mobil e.V." and Dr. Holtmeier became Chairman of the supervisory board. "erdgas mobil e. V." represents major German gas companies. In his role as representative of "erdgas mobil" in the Board of NGVA Europe, Gerhard Holtmeier was elected NGVA Europe Vice-Chairman during the annual meeting of the members, held in Madrid, Spain, 
                           on June 16th 2009.

Dr. Holtmeier was also Member of the Board of VNG - Verbundnetz Gas Aktiengesellschaft and in charge of the Gas Sales and Technical Affairs department (from July 2007 until December 2009). VNG is an international group of companies headquartered in Leipzig, Germany, and a reliable supplier of natural gas from Norwegian, Russian and other sources to major users and municipal distributors in Germany and Europe. Today, VNG is Germany's third largest gas importer and ranks among Europe's top ten.

Previously he had worked for Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie KGaA, Cologne/ Germany (investment banking - energy/public sector) for 7 years. He started his career at E.ON Ruhrgas AG (Essen/Germany) in 1992 and is a lawyer by profession.

Hans Wach is the General Manager of Gasverbund Mittelland AG (since April 2001), one of the 3 major regional gas suppliers in Switzerland, and in a second function General Manager of "gasmobil AG" (founded in2002). After finishing his studies as process engineer at the ETH (Federal Institute of Technologie), Zurich, in 1982, he was in charge of several engineering and technical functions first at Ciba-Geigy, Basel, later at Novartis. In his last job at Novartis he was the responsible manager for energy supply and services for all Novartis sites in Basel.

"Gasmobil AG" is the national company and platform of the Swiss Gas Industry for the NGV-development in Switzerland. Gasmobil operates as a competence and coordination centre for NGV development in cooperation with market partners and government administrations. Gasmobil also promotes natural gas and biomethane as a combined vehicle fuel in the transportation sector. Main shareholders of "gasmobil" are the three major regional gas suppliers Erdgas Ostschweiz AG, Gasverbund Mittelland AG and GAZNAT SA. Furthermore the two Swiss associations for natural gas VSG and SVGW participate in the management of gasmobil.