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Demand response - Use and limits in a liberalized electricity market – Peter CLAES & Michaël VAN BOSSUYT<br />
THE AUTHOR<br />
Peter Claes graduated in Managerial Economics at the Catholic<br />
University Leuven in 1984 and was Research Assistant in the same<br />
department until 1986. From 1987 until 1992 he was Research<br />
Department Analyst of the Belgian Economy at the BBL in Brussels.<br />
In 1992 he became Director of the Economic Department of<br />
essenscia (Federation of the Chemical Industry and Life Sciences,<br />
previously called FEDICHEM), where he was General Manager from<br />
20<strong>02</strong> until end 2008. He also became Board Member of FEBELIEC<br />
(Federation of Belgian Industrial Energy Consumers) in 1994, and<br />
from May 1996 until May 20<strong>03</strong>, he was President of this same federation. Since<br />
November 1998, he has been Vice-President of IFIEC Europe (International Federation<br />
of Industrial Energy Consumers), and was also President of this federation between April<br />
20<strong>03</strong> and 2007. Since January 2009, he has been full time active for FEBELIEC.<br />
Michaël Van Bossuyt holds a Master in Business Engineering from<br />
Solvay Business School (2005) and a Master in Business Information<br />
Management from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2006). He worked in<br />
a research function at the university, before stepping into strategy<br />
and management consulting. He previously also held a function in<br />
energy sourcing for a large company in the chemical sector and<br />
worked in the European Market Integration and Customer Relations<br />
departments at Elia, the Belgian Transmission System Operator,<br />
before joining FEBELIEC (the Federation of Belgian Industrial Energy<br />
Consumers) as Energy Expert in <strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong> and becoming Demand Response Expert for<br />
IFIEC Europe in the same year.<br />
Revue E Tijdschrift – 131 ste jaargang/131 e année – n° 1-2-3-4-<strong>2<strong>01</strong>5</strong> (publication mars/publicatie maart 2<strong>01</strong>7) 7