P4F #016 with Thilo Kassen, Executive manager of Prisma

In our latest Episode we were very pleased to welcome Thilo Kassen,
Executive Manager of PRISMA Capacity, the leading gas capacity
platform in Europe. Together with Thilo we discussed the
interesting shareholder model behind the company and how
sustainability and climate change affect the future gas market in
the long run. PRISMA Capacity is acting as the leading gas capacity
trading platform in Europe. Within their marketplace they offer the
possibility to easily auction transmission gas capacity at primary
and secondary market level. Founded in 2005, PRISMA is currently
connecting 45 infrastructure operators and over 600 shipper
companies all over Europe. Although the number of players on the
platform sounds quite small, PRISMA manages about 70% of the
European gas market which is highly fragmented. What makes PRISMA
so special is the shareholder model they operate. Founded and owned
by many energy companies around Europe, this cross-country
collaboration model of PRISMA could act as a role model for other
industries and european wide platforms initiatives We are very
pleased to discuss together with Thilo Kassen, Executive Manager of
PRISMA Capacity, about the background of the company's foundation
and the shareholder management that goes along with its business
model. Henrik is Chief Digital Officer of the Evonik Group and CEO
of Evonik Digital. In his role, he initiated the development of a
marketplace in 2017 - an absolute novelty in the very traditional
chemical industry. 3 years later, however, the platform is already
history. Why Evonik abandoned the idea, what hurdles Henrik had to
deal with, and what he nevertheless learned from this journey into
the startup world - that's what he talks about rather frankly with
Natalie and Matthias.