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The German EU official Michael Hager is new Director for Energy Policy in the EU Commission, Brussels/Belgium. He was recently head of cabinet of the EU Commissioner for Budgets Günter Oettinger.

In October 2019 Philipp Migura succeeded Jürgen Zuchowski as Managing Director of the Society of Metallurgists and Miners (GDMB) and GDMB Verlag GmbH in Clausthal-Zellerfeld/Germany. Jürgen Zuchowski had been in charge since the end of 2005. Over the past few years as Advertising Manager for the three journals World of Metallurgy – ERMETALL, World of Mining – Surface & Underground ...

At its meeting on 10th October 2019, the Supervisory Board of innogy SE, Essen/Germany, elected Johannes Teyssen, Chief Executive Officer of E.ON SE, as its Chairman. Teyssen replaces Erhard Schipporeit, who had stepped down from the Supervisory Board along with the other shareholder representatives following the takeover of innogy by E.ON. The Supervisory Board also resolved on a number of ...

A change has occurred at the top of the supervisory board of Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft mbH (MIBRAG), Zeitz/Germany. The former Minister President of the Free State of Saxony, Stanislaw Tillich, is the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He succeeded the long-standing chairman Wilhelm Beermann, who was appointed an honorary chairperson. The Supervisory Board announced this on 24th September 2019 after ...

Since 1st October 2019 Marcel Tiedeken has been managing the Mining Damage division in the service area Location and Geo Services of RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, and succeeds Roland Pawlicki, who went to Adjustment. Christian Müller, Head of the Service Department, assists him as deputy.

Ulf Kerstin, previously Head of Portfolio Management & M&A at RWE AG, Essen/Germany, became Chief Commercial Officer of RWE Generation and RWE Supply & Trading on 1st October 2019. His predecessor Tom Glover moved to the management of the new RWE Renewables, where as Chief Commercial Officer he is responsible for marketing electricity production from renewable energies.

The Technical University Georg Agricola (THGA), Bochum/Germany, appointed Peter Schrimpf as honorary senator for his excellent accomplishments as patron of the university. A special honour was bestowed on the CEO of RAG Aktiengesellschaft and long-standing Chairman of the University Council. He is only the third honorary senator in the university’s history – the title was last awarded in 2002.

The Managing Director of the Association of German Municipal Enterprises VKU e.V., Katherina Reiche, will leave the association at the end of 2019. She is moving to a management role within E.ON SE.

On 13th August 2019, Kerstin Andreae was appointed by the Chair of the Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e. V. (BDEW), Berlin/Germany, to become the new Chair of the Executive Management Board. The economics graduate will take over as Chair of the sector association on 1st November 2019. Andreae is currently the economic spokesperson of the German Federal BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN ...

At the annual conference on 5th July, the Chairman of the DFK – Verband für Fach- und Führungskräfte e.V., Essen/Germany, Thomas Goldschmidt, announced his retirement after many years‘ service. His successor is Michael Krekels.