Executive Board

The management of Alpiq Holding Ltd. is the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), who is supported in coordinating the Group's business activities by the Executive Board. The CEO has overall responsibility towards the Board of Directors. 

Our Executive Board at a glance

  • Portrait of Amédée Murisier Head of Switzerland for Alpiq
Antje Kanngiesser CEO / Head Energy Solutions a. i. - Alpiq Holding Ltd.
Nationality:

Swiss/German

Function:

  • CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

  • Head Energy Solutions a. i. 

  • President of the Executive Board since 2021

Education:
  • EMBA, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Finance for Executives, Insead, Fontainebleau, France
  • Doctor of Law, University of Regensburg, Germany
  • First and Second State Examination in Law, Bavaria, Germany
Professional background:

  • 2014 – 2021: BKW AG, Vice President of Group Markets & Services and Member of the Executive Board, various functions

  • 2007 – 2014: Alpiq Group and Energie Ouest Suisse, various functions

  • 2005 – 2007: Lawyer at S&K, Berlin

  • 2001 – 2005: Lawyer at GGSC, Berlin

Year of joining the Alpiq Group:

2021 (also 2007 – 2014)
Portrait of Amédée Murisier Head of Switzerland for Alpiq
Amédée Murisier Head of Assets - Alpiq Holding Ltd.
Nationality:

Swiss

Function:
  • Head of Assets
  • Executive Board member since 2024
Education:
  • CAS, Board of Directors certification program, St. Gallen
  • MBA, Columbia University, New York
  • MSc. Civil Engineering, ETH Zurich
Professional background:
  • 2015 – 2024: Head Hydropower Generation, Alpiq; various functions
  • 2012 – 2015: Senior Associate, McKinsey & Company, Boston, USA
  • 2007 – 2010: Project Manager, Hydropower plants, AF-Consult Ltd., Baden; various functions
  • 2006 – 2007: Civil engineer, PRA Ingénieurs-Conseils SA, Sion
Year of joining the Alpiq Group:

2015
Peter-Wim Gerssen CFO - Alpiq Holding Ltd.
Nationality:

Dutch

Function:
  • Head of Financial Services, CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
  • Executive Board member since 2025
Education:
  • Non Executive Board and Governance, Nyenrode Business Universiteit, Breukelen, Netherlands
  • Executive Master Finance & Control, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • MSC Business Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Professional background:
  • 2023 – 2025: CEO, Shell Asset Management Company, The Hague, Netherlands
  • 2021 – 2023: Vice President Projects and Technology, Shell, The Hague, Netherlands
  • 2017 – 2021: CFO & COO, Shell Asset Management Company, The Hague, Netherlands
  • 2014 – 2017: Vice President Finance Global Credit, Shell, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • 2012 – 2014: Vice President Finance Exploration, Shell, The Hague, Netherlands
  • 2009 – 2012: Head of Reporting & Appraisal Upstream, Shell, The Hague, Netherlands
  • 2004 – 2008: Various finance management functions for Shell Nigeria, Shell, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  • 1996 – 2004: Various finance and strategy functions within Shell, in London, Madrid and Rotterdam
Year of joining the Alpiq Group:

2025
Morgane Trieu Cuot Head of Trading a. i. - Alpiq Holding Ltd.
Nationality:

French

Function:
  • Head of Trading a. i.
  • Executive Board member since 2026 
Education:
  • Master in Finance, Institut Supérieur du Commerce (ISC) of Paris (2001 – 2005)
  • Securities & Investment Institute, London, UK / 
    FCA certification in Financial Regulation and in Derivatives (2005)
Professional background:
  • 2024 – 2026: Head of Asset Trading, Alpiq
  • 2016 – 2024: Head of Flexibility Optimisation, EDF TRADING, London
  • 2015 – 2016: Senior Energy Option Trader, BP, London
  • 2004 – 2015: Energy Derivatives Trader, EDF TRADING, London
  • 2004: French Financial Supervisory Authority (AMF), Paris
Year of joining the Alpiq Group:

2024