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Jelena Lukić, PhD in Chemical Engineering, has been working in the field of power transformers paper/oil insulation testing, condition and risk assessment and development of mitigation techniques in domain of corrosive sulfur removal, PCB decontamination and aged oils reclamation. She holds three 3 patents, published more than 100 papers, among them, 14 peer review papers in scientific journals and 12 papers as invited lecturer at international conferences worldwide.
Jelena is delegate of Serbian National Committee in International Electrotechnical Committee Technical Committee 10 (IEC TC 10) – Fluids for Electrotechnical Applications, member of advisory groups of CIGRE SC A2- Power Transformers AG 2.4 and SC D1- Material and emerging testing techniques AG D1.01. She has been member of more than 30 CIGRE and IEC TC 10 working groups and a convener of CIGRE WGs: A2.40: „Copper sulphide long-term mitigation and risk assessment “(2015-2019), currently ongoing CIGRE D1.76: “Tests for verification of quality and ageing performance of cellulose insulation for power transformers” (2021-2024) and CIGRE SC A2.02 TF on silver corrosion (2024-2025). In 2024 she has been selected as distinguished member of CIGRE.
Giulia Frattini holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and is an Instrumentation, Control, and Electrical Maintenance Manager with six years of experience in power plant maintenance and eight years in industrial plant maintenance.
She currently serves as the I&C and Electrical Maintenance Manager at A2A Gencogas, based at the large Sermide Power Plant, which has an installed capacity of 1,236 MW. She obtained a Green Belt Six Sigma certification after developing a project focused on online monitoring systems and predictive maintenance for step-up transformers.
She conducts seminars on electrical machines and predictive maintenance techniques at various Italian universities.
Tony McGrail is Doble Engineering Company’s Solutions Director for Asset Management & Monitoring Technology, providing condition, criticality and risk analysis for utility companies.
Previously Tony has spent over 10 years with National Grid in the UK and the US; he has been both a substation equipment specialist and subsequently substation Asset Manager, identifying risks and opportunities for investment in an aged infrastructure.
Tony is a Fellow of the IET, a member of the IEEE, CIGRE, ASTM, ISO and the IAM, and a contributor to SFRA, Condition Monitoring and Asset Management standards. His initial degree was in Physics, supplemented by an MS and a PhD in EE followed by an MBA.
Dr. Peter Werelius, Member of IEEE, holds an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, earned in 1991 and 2001, respectively.
He began his professional career in 1996 by founding WaBtech in Stockholm, a company focused on manufacturing FDS/DFR diagnostic equipment primarily for cables and power transformers. In 1999, he continued his work on FDS/DFR applications at Programma Electric AB, also in Stockholm, and remained with the company following its acquisition by GE Energy Services in 2001.
In 2005, Dr. Werelius co-founded Pax Diagnostics in Stockholm. The company was acquired in 2008 by Megger Sweden AB, located in Danderyd, where he currently serves as a Senior Application Specialist in transformer testing.
He has authored numerous papers and articles, mainly on FDS/DFR measurement techniques and their applications. Dr. Werelius is also an active member of Cigré, contributing to various working groups and task forces.
Senja Leivo is the Senior Industry Expert at Vaisala in Finland, specializing in the condition monitoring of power transformers. With 25 years of international industry experience, she plays a crucial role in integrating customer feedback into the company’s research and product development. Notably, she has been a key contributor to the development of Vaisala’s multi-gas DGA monitor and moisture sensors.
Senja is an experienced speaker at industry conferences and has authored numerous publications. Actively engaged in various international research collaborations, she is a member of CIGRE working groups, IEC maintenance teams, and other initiatives focused on transformer condition assessment. She is the Convenor of CIGRE joint working group on “Online moisture monitoring of transformers for ageing assessment” and Finnish representative in CIGRE Study Committee D1.
With a Master of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering, she possesses a solid academic background complementing her extensive practical experience.
Fabrizio Ferrari was born in Pavia (Italy) in 1968. He is a Senior Advisor for CESI/KEMA, for some major Utilities (e.g. EGP, A2A, ENGIE) and for transformer manufacturers (e.g. TAMINI Trasformatori). He has long time experience in small, medium and large power transformers and the main HV, MV and LV components.
Previous experience as Quality and Environmental Management Systems Responsible in Italian leader transformer manufacturer Groups. Member of IEC/CEI TC 10, TC 14, TC 36 and TC 68, member of CENELEC TC 14, member of CIGRE A.2 and T&D Europe. Chairman of “Transformers Group” in ANIE Energia (Italian Federation associated to Confindustria).
James Reid holds a MSc Reliability Engineering & Safety Management from Heriot Watt University and a BEng Chemical Engineering from University of Edinburgh. He has been a chartered Chemical Engineer with the IChemE since 2002 and is also a member of ASTM. Based in the UK, James leads the technical applications team providing global support for all the ester-based products manufactured by global specialty materials company M&I Materials, including the MIDEL range of dielectric liquids. Prior to joining the technical team at M&I Materials in 2019, James has over two decades experience in technical and operational management roles with major UK utility, leading international chemical, and specialist oil companies.
Jean SANCHEZ is senior transformer engineer at EDF, French main generation utility, mostly on investigations, tests and its associated diagnosis, Factory Acceptance Tests, HV bushings, fleet assessments. He’s involved in IEC and CIGRE working groups. He completed a PhD degree on power transformers fault diagnosis in 2011 with a French power transformer reparation factory, TSV.
Riccardo Actis was born in 1969 He holds a degree in mechanical engineering, obtained from Polytechnic University of Turin in 1995. Today he is the Global Operation Manager of the On-Site Service Department at Sea Marconi, with more than 25 years of experience in organization and follow-up of on-site work activities, in Italy, France, Spain, and other countries (KSA, Argentina, Uruguay, Japan). Riccardo has a deep knowledge of condition-based maintenance, as well as treatment and decontamination techniques of insulating liquids.
Head of the Laboratory for Physical and Chemical Testing since 2016. Main areas of expertise are related to testing of insulating and construction materials with condition assessment, e.g., dissolved gas analysis for transformer condition assessment, insulating oil monitoring, specific requirements and compatibility testing of insulating materials, recommendations for materials and equipment handling, investigations of faults and post-mortem analyses.
Vojko Mrdic has been working as applications engineer in transformer testing group at DV Power, a well-known manufacturer of test and measurement equipment for electric power industry. His responsibilities include development of new methods for transformer testing, providing technical support to DV Power customers, as well as performing on-site field testing. Before joining DV Power 13 years ago, he had been working at the large apparatus manufacturer Energoinvest RAOP for 1 year as a junior engineer in circuit breakers and instrument transformers development department. Vojko has a BSc diploma degree in electrical engineering from the University of East Sarajevo.
Roberto Fernández is an experienced Electrical Engineer who has spent most of his career on the transformer design field and R&D activities focused on the magneto-electric and thermal design for a wide range of transformer applications. He is member of the IEC, CIGRE and several national and international working groups. He is currently the Application Technical Leader at Cargill Bioindustrial.
Alfredo Ortiz Fernández is Professor in the area of Electrical and Energy Engineering at the University of Cantabria.
His research focused on the analysis of the quality of electrical energy, electromagnetic and thermal studies of electrical machines and optimization of energy systems in buildings. On these topics, he has supervised 6 doctoral theses, published 73 publications, 50 of them considered by the Journal of Citation Report (JCR-index), more than 80 congress communications, and 5 book chapters.
He has also participated in several national and European research projects. He has also participated or led several projects contracted by important private companies such as Repsol, Iberdrola, Eon, Gas Natural, Nissan or Robert Bosch. Moreover, he is also Associate Editor of Electrical Engineering-Archiv für Elektrotechnik and he is an active member of national and international working groups in the area of power transformers, such as the Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the European Commission for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and CIGRE.
Field Service engineer since 1976 working for Merlin-Gerin on GIS Switchgear, Schneider Electric Equipment, JST Tranformateurs , following in SIEMENS as African Aera sales Manager and JST Maintenance as business development
Vander Tumiatti is the founder and owner of SEA MARCONI GROUP (since 1968 – www.seamarconi.com), Torino, Italy, an international company that is involved in research, technologies, products, and services for energy and environment. He has developed BAT and BEP Sustainable Solutions for Life Cycle Management (LCM) of insulating liquids and transformers focalized on inventory, control, diagnosis, decontamination, depolarization (DBDS, TCS, and polar compounds) and dehalogenation / detoxification (PCBs/POPs). He holds more than 40 international patents and is the author of many international technical and scientific publications. He has been the Assistant Secretary of IEC TC10 from 2000 to 2024. He is also a member of several international groups, with major participation in technical normative activities (CEN, IEC, CIGRE, IEEE). In 2009 June, he received – “1906 Award”, the IEC’s award for “the precious contribution to the understanding of the potentially corrosive behaviour of mineral insulating oil used in power transformers and for his discoveries, recognized worldwide, in the development of diagnostic chemical analyses”. He also received the “Alessandro Volta” award as expert since 1978 in the standardization activities. He was the coordinator of European and national research projects in the field of circular and granular bioeconomy (BIOENPRO®). He also inventor of My Transfo Meeting since 2002 (www.mytransfo.com)