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Martin Bachmann, Member of the Board at Wintershall Holding GmbH, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Board of the Federal Association of Natural Gas, Crude Oil and Geothermal Energy (BVEG), Hanover, formerly the German Industrial Association of Oil and Gas Producers (WEG), following Gernot Kalkoffen‘s decision to step down.

The Supervisory Board of Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW), Karlsruhe/Germany, has elected Lutz Feldmann as its new Chairman, taking over from Claus Dieter Hoffmann.

Florian Barsch, former Managing Director at the production subsidiary ExxonMobil Production GmbH, was appointed the new Chairman of the Board of ExxonMobil Central Europe Holding GmbH (EMCEHG), Hamburg/Germany, on 1st July 2016. His predecessor Gernot Kalkoffen is now Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Reinhard Florey, of Finnish stainless-steel producer Outokumpu, succeeded David C. Davies as Financial Director at OMV in Vienna/Austria on 1st July 2016. Peter Löscher, former Chairman of the Board at Siemens, has become the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OMV.

On 9th May 2016, the three academic vice presidents of the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA) were elected in the university‘s first ever elective assembly: Prof. Dr. Jochen Arthkamp was made Vice President of Study and Teaching, Prof. Dr. Michael Bendrat Vice President of Research and Development and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Paschedag is taking up the office of Vice President ...

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. mult. Friedrich Ludwig Wilke, Vice Chancellor of Clausthal Technical University (TUC) from 1976 to 1978, has contributed to the international exchange of knowledge in the field of mining for decades. Three years ago, the Society of Mining Professors founded the „Ludwig Wilke Award“ in his honour. Now the academic community has commended him once again ...

Thilo Wieland, former General Manager of Wintershall Libya, was appointed to the Board of Executive Directors at Wintershall Holding GmbH, Kassel/Germany, on 1st December 2015 and is responsible for Exploration & Production in Russia, North Africa and South America.

The German Industrial Association of Oil and Gas Producers (WEG), Hamburg/Germany, has elected a new Board of Management. Chairman of the Board and successor to Gernot Kalkoffen, who chose not to stand for re-election after 13 years in office, is Martin Bachmann, member of the Board of Executive Directors at Wintershall Holding GmbH. Thomas Rappuhn, Chairman of the Board of ...

Lars Kulik, Executive Board member at RWE Generation SE and RWE Power AG, has succeeded Joachim Geisler as Chairman of the Board at the VRB (German Raw Materials and Mining Association), Berlin/Germany.

Prof. Dr. Claudia Ernst became the first woman to take up a professorship at the Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola University (THGA), Bochum/Germany, in 200 years. She teaches Applied Material Sciences.