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Chairman of the Executive Board of the Gelsenkirchen-based water supply company Gelsenwasser, Henning Deters has been appointed a member of the Supervisory Board at energy supplier EWE AG, Oldenburg/Germany. In addition, Jürgen Löcke, Deputy Managing Director of Sparkassenverband Niedersachsen, and Bernd-Carsten Hiebing, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at EWE Netz GmbH, have also been nominated to the board. In exchange, ...

Marie-Luise Wolff-Hertwig, Chairwoman of the Executive Board at Entega AG, is the new President of the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI). She is assisted by Barbara Schädler, Head of the Communications & Political Affairs division of E.ON SE and Sven Becker, spokesman for the Board of Management of Trianel GmbH.

Since 1st April 2017, Holger Becker, formerly at EnBW AG, has been the new Commercial Director of Großkraftwerk Mannheim AG (GKM). He succeeds Markus Binder, who has become Chairman of the Executive Board of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and moved to Lausitz Energie Kraftwerk AG (LEAG).

Former Financial Director Burkhard Lohr succeeded Norbert Steiner as Chairman of the Executive Board of K + S AG, Kassel/Germany, on 12th May 2017. Thorsten Becker, who used to manage the Investor Relations department, has taken on Lohr’s previous role. At the head of the K + S Supervisory Board, former BASF Chairman Andreas Krei-meyer replaced the long-standing Chairman of the Supervisory ...

Former Chairman of the Executive Board of OMV AG, Gerhard Roiss, has been appointed the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of state-owned electricity company Verbund AG, Vienna/Austria. He succeeds Gilbert Frizberg.

The Supervisory Board of Thyssengas GmbH, Dortmund/Germany, has decided to cease collaboration with the Chairman of the Management Board, Axel Botzenhardt, initiate proceedings to terminate his contract and find a suitable replacement. The Federal Network Agency has been informed. Until a replacement has been appointed, the second Managing Director, Bernd Dahmen, will be solely responsible for the management of the ...

Jörg Kubitza has been the Head of Strategy at Czech energy supplier CEZ in Germany since the beginning of January 2017. This role will primarily see him take care of strategic expansion and corporate development in the field of renewable energies.

As of 1st February 2017, Peter Heydecker, former Head of European Power at Swiss commodity trading company Vitol, succeeded Ulf Heitmöller as Head of Trading at Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW), Karlsruhe/Germany. Werner Götz, former Head of Generation at EnBW, was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board at TransnetBW GmbH on 1st January 2017.

On 1st January 2017, Marc Spieker became a Member of the Board of Management at E.ON SE, Essen/Germany. On 1st April 2017 he assumed the responsibilities of former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Michael Sen, who has left the company.