Jan HAIZMANNManaging Partner Correggio Consulting BV (Brussels) Managing Director Founder ZETA (Zero Emissions Traders Alliance) (Abu Dhabi)
Jan Haizmann is the Secretary General /Founder of the Zero Emissions Traders Alliance (ZETA)
www.zeta-global.org ). In parallel he is CEO of boutique energy trading Correggio Consulting (www.correggio-consulting.eu) and CorreggioNET DMCC
Dr. Haizmann fully qualified as lawyer graduating in Germany, UK and Belgium. Dr Haizmann attended universities and graduated in Law in Freiburg , London (LL.M) and Brussels (PhD). He was admitted to the German Bar in Munich in 1994.
Following his studies, Dr. Haizmann started his career at a Brussels based law firm, specializing on European competition law and industry regulation. In 1999, Dr. Haizmann moved to London working as regulatory and legal affairs manager for various large wholesale commodities firms, focusing on industry regulation applicable to the power, gas and renewable sector. Mr. Haizmann gained commercial experience as gas origination manager at the front desk of Glencore Energy in London. Since 2005, Dr. Haizmann has been a seasoned consultant to the energy trading industry, advising clients on legal and regulatory aspects of energy trading. In 2012, the European Commission entrusted Dr Haizmann with technical advice to governments in the context of market and exchange building. Dr Haizmann managed energy exchange and market development in cooperation with various governments.
Dr. Haizmann was appointed expert in several arbitration proceedings helping dispute resolution in gas and power transactions. In 2005, Dr. Haizmann founded Correggio Consulting (www.correggio-consulting.eu) and in 2017 he invented CorreggioNET (www.correggionet.eu). The company has 30 staff in 2025 and serves top tier companies in commodity trading in legal and compliance matters.
Between 2005 and 2023, Mr. Haizmann was holding different executive functions within the Energy Traders for Europe (“EFET”). He was member of its Board of Directors between 2008 to 2023 and Chair of the Legal Committee (General Counsel for the President) for 19 years. For many years, Mr. Haizmann served long standing member of the exchange council of the European Energy Exchange (EEX – Leipzig 2009 -2017).
In 2024, Jan Haizmann co-founded Zero Emissions Traders Alliance (ZETA), based inAbu Dhabi, UAE. ZETA is aiming at the creation of sustainable energy markets in the UAE and the GCC-region.
The European Commission engaged Dr Haizmann to lead various technical assistance projects related to building of transparent energy markets. Beneficiary were state governments. Dr Haizmann was acting Project-Lead for EU sponsored projects aiming at a Gas Trading Hub in Turkey (2014-2018), and a modern commodity market in Ukraine (2020-2024), and in 2025 advised the Energy Ministry of Azerbaijan as Team Leader on how to unbundle of the electricity grid and draft power market rules.
Dr. Haizmann has 2 grown up children and lives with his family in Abu Dhabi.