Natural & bio Gas Vehicle Association Europe

NGVA Europe keeps you informed!

12/12/2011 - GNVert joins NGVA Europe board of directors, which celebrates its past meeting in connection with the first NGV conference in Irelandmore
05/12/2011 - Eurogas Roadmap 2050: Natural Gas Vehicles should reach a market share of 13% and 33% respectively for passenger and freight transportmore
28/11/2011 - TEN-T Guidelines include alternative fuels: 31.7 billion euros allocated to transport under the Connecting Europe Facilitymore
23/11/2011 - EU Commission Task Force concludes that CNG and LNG should be more heavily promoted in transportmore
01/10/2011 - NGVA Europe welcomes MEP report on White Paper calling for 20% CO2 reduction in road transport by 2020more
01/10/2011 - FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW: 5 new NGV series models. European Commission visit to Erdgas Mobil standmore

The Staff

NGVA Europe currently has four members of staff, the General Manager, the Communications & EU Affairs Manager, the Technical Manager Manager and the Managment Assistant. Since the General Manager of the Association, M. Lage, was a former responsible for the institutional relations of Iveco and Fiat in Spain; it has been decided to institute the NGVA Europe headquarters in Madrid. In addition to that, in September 2010 NGVA Europe opened a new branch office in Brussels (see NGVA Europe press release).

Manuel Lage, Dr. Eng., General Manager

Manuel Lage

Senior industry manager with more than 30 years experience in the truck industry, having been responsible for Engine Engineering, Truck Development, Strategy and Product Planning, Sales & Marketing and Business Development.

Former responsible for IVECO Natural Gas Vehicle Development. He was also responsible of Institutional Relations of IVECO and Fiat in Spain until december 2009.

Fluent in Spanish, English, French, Italian and Portuguese

 

Main responsibilities:

  • Chief Executive Officer of the Association
  • To carry out the lobbying actions, mainly at European level, in line with the priorities established by the Working Committees, and confirmed by the Board and by the General Meeting
  • To establish a yearly road map in which any of the actions defined by the Working Committees have to be included and assigned responsibilities and timing
  • To guarantee the correct development of the Association activities, on a day to day basis, and also via special events
  • To represent the Association in different European and International fora

Matthias Maedge, M.A., EU Affairs Manager, Head of Brussels Liaison Office

Matthias_Maedge_webMaster in Political Science, Media & Communication and English / German Translation Studies 
Matthias Maedge has been appointed head of the NGVA Europe liaison office in Brussels in September 2010 and is responsible for representing the political interests of all NGVA Europe members at European level. More than 80% of all national enactments originate in Brussels.
Last employment: Research assistant to Patrick Meinhardt, member of the German parliament, shadow secretary of education, Liberal Democrat (FDP). Responsible for: Writing press releases for regional / nationwide issues and preparing surveys pertaining to the implementation of the Bologna Process.
Officer in the German Army Reserve (current rank: lieutenant).
Fluent in German, English, French and Spanish

Main responsibilities:

  • Permanent representation of NGVA Europe in Brussels
  • Continuous contact and information exchange with the EU institutions and officers
  • Membership acquisition, contact and development
  • Coordination with other associations
  • Marketing of the own association. Exchange of information and news. Website

 

Jaime del Álamo, Eng., Technical Manager

Jaime del AlamoMechanical Engineer. Master in Automotive Engineering by the  Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain)

 

Last employment: Technical assistant in the Spanish Ministry of Environment, Air Quality Dept. Representative in various international technical working groups (EC, ISO, UNECE). Elaboration of reports for the Ministry; main field of activity: transport and environmental sector (DG ENV)

Fluent in Spanish, English and good knowledge of French

Main responsibilities:

  • Managing, coordination and assistance to EU/UN Working Parties activities
  • Monitoring of European Standards & Regulations related to NGV
  • Responsible for the implementation of the Brussels & Geneva technical Roadmaps
  • Support to members in technical issues
  • Coordination of Case Studies, Technical Communications, Technical Reports, etc

 

Pilar Pérez M.A., Management assistant

Pilar PérezMaster in Arts

Last employment: Assistant of the Natural Gas Vehicle Dpt. in IVECO Spain Customer services in Old Church Art Gallery, London Conservation dpt., Museo Luigi Pecci, Florence, Italy

Fluent in Spanish, English and Italian

Main responsibilities:

  • Agenda coordination for NGVA Europe events and participations 
  • Internal and external event managing
  • Fiscal and Social Security Association details. Monitoring and data supply
  • Daily back office and travel organisation
  • Budget data support and updating

 

      

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