Dr Egbert Laege was appointed Managing Director of SEFE in June 2022, and has served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since February 2023.

Between April and November 2022, he was also trustee of the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) for SEFE.

Egbert has been active in energy and commodity trading for 25 years and has held multiple senior and executive positions in power and gas trading, asset optimisation, strategy and commodity exchange business. Before joining SEFE, he was a senior advisor for the energy sector at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Further career stations have included the European Energy Exchange (Member of the Management Board), with responsibility for the gas exchange POWERNEXT (President and CEO) and EEX Asia in Singapore (CEO), as well as several leading positions with E.ON, most recently as board member of Ruhrgas as well as E.ON Global Commodities.

In recognition of his long-standing efforts as a board member of the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET), Egbert is an honorary board member of EFET.

He holds a degree in Energy Engineering and Energy Economics from the University of Stuttgart, Germany and the University of Arizona (USA) as well as a PhD in Energy Economics.