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At the regular meeting of the RAG-Stiftung, Essen/Germany, board of trustees on 9th May 2018, Bernd Tönjes was, as expected, unanimously elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Executives for RAG-Stiftung for a five-year term. He succeeds Werner Müller, who, as he announced on 28th February 2018, on 24th May 2018 stepped down from this role and from ...

At the start of April, Hartmut Frank, who has been managing the Ibbenbüren coal power station since 2004, took on the additional role of manager of Lingen gas power station. Both power stations belong to RWE Generation SE, Essen/Germany. The previous manager of the Lingen power station, Hans-Peter Fricke, is transferring to a new position within the RWE Group.

Pipeline network operator Thyssengas GmbH, Dortmund/Germany, has appointed Jörg Kamphaus as its Commercial Director with effect from 1st July 2018. He succeeds Bernd Dahmen, who will enter into retirement on 30th June 2018.

Günter Hilken, Chairman of the Executive Board of Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, was elected to the Chair of the Executive Board of the Verband der Industriellen Energie- und Kraftwirtschaft e.V. (VIK), Berlin/Germany, at a meeting of the association’s board on 27th April 2018. He succeeds Roland Mohr in the role, who is leaving office after three and a half ...

Simone Peter, Federal Chairperson of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen between 2013 and 2018, became President of the German Renewable Energy Association (BEE) in Berlin/Germany on 1st March 2018. She has taken over from Fritz Brickwedde who left the position for personal reasons.

On 31st December 2017, Bernd Länger left the Centre of Excellence for Mining of the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Sydney/Australia, which is part of the German Mining Network (GMN). The process of appointing a new manager is under way.

Renewable energy project developers juwi GmbH, Wörrstadt/Germany, part of MVV Energie, want to expand their business in Australia and have therefore named Cameron Garnsworthy as Managing Director of the Brisbane subsidiary, juwi Renewable Energy Pty.

At the meeting of the RAG Aktiengesellschaft Supervisory Board in Essen/Germany on 24th March 2018, Peter Schrimpf was named the new Chairman of the RAG Board of Executives. Schrimpf, formerly the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Executives, succeeds Bernd Tönjes in the role.

On 24th May 2018, Werner Müller, Chairman of the Board of Executives for RAG-Stiftung in Essen/Germany, will step down from this role and his seats on the supervisory boards of Evonik Industries AG, RAG Aktiengesellschaft and Deutsche Steinkohle AG for health reasons. When the company‘s board of trustees next meet on 9th May 2018, Bernd Tönjes, previously Chairman of the ...

At the beginning of March 2018, Christoph Schlechter assumed the role of Manager for the RWE Generation SE, Essen/Germany, power stations in Werne and Hamm. He succeeds Ralf Heitmüller, who managed the Gersteinwerk power station in Werne until his retirement, and Stefan Laarmann, former manager of the Westfalen station in Hamm, who has left the company.