Vitaly Vasiliev, Chief Executive Officer of Gazprom Marketing & Trading, also joined the Management Board at Wingas GmbH, Kassel/Germany, at the beginning of February 2017. He is working together with fellow directors Kotulskiy and Möhring on the strategic alignment of the Gazprom Group subsidiary. Artour Chakhdinarov, responsible for Procurement, and Chief Financial Officer Gennady Ryndin have stepped down from the ...

On 1st January 2017, Christiane Giesen became the new Managing Director of Aral Vertrieb GmbH, Bochum/Germany. She succeeds Ralf Schanzmann, who was responsible within BP Europa SE for the handover of the Ruhr Oel Joint Venture.

Since 1st January 2017, Dieter Kempf has been President of the Federation of German Industry (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e. V., BDI) in Berlin/Germany. He takes over from Ulrich Grillo, whose term in office ended on 31st December 2016 and who is now starting his term as BDI Vice President.

On 1st April 2017, Thorsten Diercks, Managing Director of the German Raw Materials and Mining Association (Vereinigung Rohstoffe und Bergbau e. V.,VRB), Berlin/Germany, also became successor to George Milojcic as Managing Director of DEBRIV.

Following on Bernd Dubberstein, who has entered retirement on 1st January 2017, Alexander Montebaur became Chairman of the Board of Management of the network operator Edis AG, Fürstenwalde/Germany.

As successor to Gertjan Lankhorst from GasTerra, Klaus Schäfer, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Uniper SE, became the new President of the Eurogas association in Brussels/Belgium.

At the request of Ines Kolmsee, the Supervisory Board of EWE AG, Oldenburg/Germany, released her from her duties as member of the Board responsible for technology at EWE AG with effect from 31st December 2016. Initially, the general representation regulations of the Board shall apply. A decision will be made on a successor at the beginning of 2017.

Ralph Jäger, Member of the Board of Management and Labour Director responsible for the areas of Finance & Controlling, Human Resources, Structure & Organisation and Compliance at K+S Kali GmbH, Kassel/Germany, left the company on 30th November 2016. As a result, since 1st December 2016, and until further notice, the Board comprises two members. Alexa Hergenröther, who has been responsible ...

In their most recent meeting, the Super-visory Boards of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG (LEAG), Cottbus/Germany, appointed Markus Binder, formerly Commercial Director at Grosskraftwerk Mannheim AG, as Chairman of the Board of Management of both companies from 1st March 2017. He will take over the finance department from Helmar Rendez. The former Financial Officer, Rendez, became ...

Since at least the end of July 2016, former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has taken on the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the gas pipeline operator Nord Stream 2 AG in Zug/Switzerland. He remains Chairman of the Board of the old company Nord Stream.