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On 16th June 2020, the Board of Management of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), Berlin/Germany, unanimously approved Marie-Luise Wolff, Chair of the Board at ENTEGA AG, Darmstadt, as BDEW President. Nathalie Leroy, Spokeswoman for Management at HAMBURG WASSER, was elected as the new Vice President for Water/Wastewater of the BDEW. She succeeds Jörg Simon from the ...

Joseph Dzierzawski has been named President and CEO of BEUMER Corporation, the US subsidiary of BEUMER Group, Beckum/Germany, in Somerset, New Jersey/USA, effective 27th April 2020. He will be fully responsible for the business lines Conveying & Loading Systems, Palletizing and Packaging Technology, and Sortation and Distribution Systems in the North American market.

The Board of Directors of Metso Outotec Corp. convened after the registration of the demerger of Metso Corp.. The members of the Board of Directors of Metso Outotec are Mikael Lilius (Chair), Matti Alahuhta (Vice Chair), Klaus Cawén, Christer Gardell, Hanne de Mora, Antti Mäkinen, Ian W. Pearce, Emanuela Speranza, Kari Stadigh and Arja Talma. In its organizational meeting, Metso ...

In its inaugural meeting following this year’s annual general meeting on 29th May 2020, the Supervisory Board of Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG, Heilbronn/Germany, elected Harry Mergel, Mayor of the City of Heilbronn and former Deputy Chairman of the committee as its new chairman. Thomas Strobl, Minister of the Interior, Digitalisation and Migration of the State of Baden-Württemberg, took over the office ...

On 15th May 2020, the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA), Bochum/Germany, appointed Kai van de Loo as honorary professor. Prof. van de Loo has already been passing his knowledge on to budding industrial engineers at the THGA for many years in his role as lecturer. From 1992 to May 2020, he worked for the German Coal Association (GVSt), Essen/Germany, in ...

Christian Schneider is the new director of the human resources department “People and Culture” (P&C) at BEUMER Group, headquartered in Beckum/Germany. A lawyer by trade, he will be responsible for the People and Culture division of the corporate group in his new position.

At its meeting on28th April 2020, the Supervisory Board of RWE AG, Essen/Germany, decided that Markus Krebber is to succeed Rolf Martin Schmitz as CEO of RWE as of 1st July 2021. The formal decision on the appointment of Krebber as CEO of RWE by 1st July 2021 will be passed the Supervisory Board at a later date. The succession ...

The supervisory board of STEAG GmbH, -Essen/Germany, has filled three vacancies on the company’s management board for the coming years. On 1st May 2020, Michael Baumgärtner, who left his role of CFO on the management board on 30th April 2020, was replaced by Heiko Sanders. The businessman and tax consultant, who holds a doctorate, has many years of experience in ...

At an extraordinary meeting on 22nd April 2020 the Supervisory Board of Uniper SE, Düsseldorf/Germany, elected Prof. Klaus-Dieter Maubach as new Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Prof. Maubach began his career in the energy sector in 1995. Over the last 25 years, he has fulfilled many leadership roles in several energy companies, such as E.ON. In addition, he is also ...

Barbara Minderjahn, General Manager of the German Association of the Industrial Energy and Power Industry (VIK) in Essen/Germany, has left this association by mutual agreement. Christian Seyfert will take on the role of managing the VIK as a new Managing Director on 1st July 2020. He currently holds a leading position as an authorised signatory for Vattenfall in the regional ...