Eneco CEO Became People-Oriented Leader After Intense Life Experiences as a Student: 'I Want to Build Something that Lasts'

As a Shell man, Gorsselaar As Tempelman (54) seemed destined for oil and gas. But he has now been in sustainable energy for 25 years. As CEO of Rotterdam's Eneco, he internally strengthened that transition with the Japanese shareholders' climate policy. He went all out for the energy transition: "I'm a realist, science doesn't lie." But Tempelman also recently scrapped unfeasible projects.