- Dec- 2017 -15 December
DVGW
Michael Riechel, Chair of the Thüga AG Management Board, has been elected the new President of the Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches (DVGW), Bonn/Germany.
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EWE
Stefan Dohler, former CFO of Vattenfall AB, has been appointed Chair of the Board of Management by the Supervisory Board of EWE AG, Oldenburg/Germany. Dohler will take office at the earliest possible date and at the latest by 1st April 2018.
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Rosneft
At the suggestion of the Russian government, former Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder was first appointed to the Supervisory Board of petroleum company Rosneft, Moscow/Russia, on 29th September 2017 and then elected Chair.
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Thyssengas
Thomas Gößmann replaced Axel Botzenhardt on 1st September 2017 as Chair of the Management Board of Thyssengas GmbH, Dortmund/Germany. He also holds the post of Commercial Director and is in charge of the company together with Bernd Dahmen.
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Vattenfall
Anna Borg succeeded Stefan Dohler on 1st November 2017 as the CFO of Vattenfall AB, Solna/Sweden. She was previously the director of the Markets business area.
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VDMA Mining
VDMA Mining elected its new board of directors at its general meeting on 23rd November 2017. Michael Schulte Strathaus, F. E. Schulte Strathaus GmbH & Co. KG, Werl/Germany, was endorsed as Chairman. The additional board members: Honorary Chairman Peter Jochums, Hauhinco Maschinenfabrik G. Hausherr, Jochums GmbH & Co. KG, Sprockhövel/Germany, Corinna…
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Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA
The Shareholders’ Committee of Voith Management GmbH, Heidenheim/Germany, has decided on a successor for long-standing President of the Corporate Board of Management, Hubert Lienhard. Stephan Schaller, currently a member of the Voith Shareholders’ Committee and head of the BMW Group’s global motorcycle division, has been appointed as his successor. Lienhard,…
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Wintershall
Oil and gas group Wintershall, Kassel/Germany, has appointed Hugo Dijkgraaf Managing Director of its Norwegian subsidiary. He succeeds Bernd Schrimpf, who has retired.
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Positive results for the RAG-Stiftung after two years of its „Glückauf Zukunft!“ project
Roughly two years ago, the Essen/Germany based RAG-Stiftung foundation, RAG AG and Evonik Industries AG collaborated with the IG BCE union, Hanover/Germany, to launch the “Glückauf Zukunft!” project, aiming to wind down the German coal mining industry by the end of 2018. The programme acknowledges the industry’s historical achievements while…
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New quarter on the Shamrockring
The RAG site on the Shamrockring is to be converted to a residential and business district over the next few years. Essen-based FAKT AG has acquired the plot and is planning a large amount of development within the existing buildings at the 10 ha site in Herne/Germany. FAKT AG CEO…
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