The announced departure of Anje Stiers as Head of the Financial Markets Working Group at Europex, effective 31 January 2025, led to an extraordinary mid-mandate election by the Europex General Assembly. As a result, Jethro van Hardeveld was confirmed as the new Head of the Financial Markets Working Group. Consequently, he stepped down from his previous role as Head of the Environmental Markets Working Group, creating a second vacancy. To fill this position, Ellen De Vocht was elected as the new Head of the Environmental Markets Working Group. Both appointments took effect on 1 February 2025.
Jethro van Hardeveld, Director of Regulatory Policy at ICE Endex, brings over fifteen years of experience in European regulatory policy and commodity derivatives markets. Jethro has actively engaged in shaping discussions on MiFID/R, EMIR, BMR, REMIT and others. Additionally, he is a longstanding member of the Consultative Working Group of the ESMA Commodity Derivatives Task Force and the ACER Expert Group on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency.
Ellen De Vocht, Head of the EU Representation Office at EEX, has extensive experience in European climate and sustainable finance policy, with a particular focus on carbon markets and the EU ETS. A dedicated member of the Europex Environmental Markets Working Group for five years, she is also a founding and leading member of the Women in Carbon Brussels Network.
Christian Baer, Secretary General of Europex, commented: “We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Anje Stiers for her dedication and service to the association over the past eight years. Her leadership in the Financial Markets Working Group, the former Market Integrity and Transparency Task Force as well as the Forward Capacity Allocation Task Force has been outstanding and will be greatly missed. At the same time, we look forward to working with Ellen De Vocht and Jethro van Hardeveld in their new roles. We are delighted to keep a very high level of technical competence and talented leadership in these key positions, especially at a time when European energy policy remains high on the political agenda.”
