Bogdan Chirițoiu is the new Chair of the ACER Administrative Board
What is it about?
Mr Bogdan Chirițoiu takes over as the new Chair of the Administrative Board of the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), and Mr Tomasz Dąbrowski as the Vice-Chair.
They were elected by consensus by the Administrative Board on 11 December 2025. The term of office of the ACER Administrative Board Chair and Vice-Chair is two years, renewable once, effective from 22 January 2026.
Mr Volker Zuleger, ACER Director ad interim, welcomed Mr Chirițoiu and Mr Dąbrowski to their new roles. He pointed to their understanding of oversight and governance issues of an EU agency, gained from serving as members of the ACER Administrative Board (and in Mr Chirițoiu’s case as Vice-Chair). Such first-hand experiences of ACER will be invaluable to the Administrative Board at a time of significant change in ACER’s leadership. An immediate task is the recruitment of the new ACER Director (in 2026) to head up and run the EU Agency.
Mr Zuleger expressed his deep appreciation to the outgoing Administrative Board Chair, Ms Edit Herczog, for her commitment as Chair for the past 2 years and previously as the Vice-Chair.
Mr Chirițoiu is Chairman of the Romanian Competition Council, the National Competition Authority since 2009. He holds a PhD in Economics. His professional career includes posts as State Councillor and as a university lecturer.
Mr Dąbrowski is Head of Legal Services at Zarządca Rozliczeń S.A., the state agency in charge of disbursement of payments under the state aid schemes for the power sector in Poland. He has deep knowledge of the energy sector including having served in Poland’s Ministry of Energy.
Changes in the Administrative Board Members and Alternates
In addition to Ms Herczog, the longstanding Board member Mr Jurij Spiridonovs and alternate member Ms Britta Thomsen are leaving the Board, while the mandate of alternate member Mr Attila Nyikos is also coming to an end. The European Parliament has appointed Ms Josianne Cutajar as a new member and Mr Markus Pieper as an alternate; their mandate started on 22 January 2026.
The Council of the EU appointed two members and three alternates. It reappointed Mr Václav Bartuška as a member for a second four-year term, as well as Mr Atanas Georgiev and Mr Boris Makšijan as alternate members for a second term. The Council also appointed Mr Jorge Sousa as a member and Mr Oliver Púček as an alternate member for the first time. Their mandates start on 28 January 2026.
ACER welcomes the Administrative Board Chair and Vice-Chair and new members/alternates while paying tribute to the outgoing ones.
More on ACER’s Administrative Board
The Administrative Board is ACER’s governing body. It appoints its main bodies, including the Director, adopts the annual work programme and its multi-annual programme. It also plays a central role in establishing the Agency’s budget.
The Administrative Board is composed of 9 members and 9 alternates, appointed by the European institutions. 2 members are appointed by the European Commission, 2 by the European Parliament and 5 by the Council of the European Union (and the same composition for the alternates).
Read more about ACER’s Administrative Board Members and Alternates.
For more on ACER governance and the roles of the different bodies, see the Agency's organisation and bodies.