{"id":20690,"date":"2025-12-08T17:15:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/?p=20690"},"modified":"2025-12-08T17:15:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:15:36","slug":"vik-elects-executive-board-three-new-members-strengthen-the-associations-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/blog\/vik-elects-executive-board-three-new-members-strengthen-the-associations-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"VIK elects Executive Board: Three new members strengthen the association\u2019s leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20665\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/KN_01_Gilles-Le-Van_VIK.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20665 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/KN_01_Gilles-Le-Van_VIK-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/KN_01_Gilles-Le-Van_VIK-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/KN_01_Gilles-Le-Van_VIK.jpg 523w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 1. Gilles Le Van, Chairman of the Board of VIK. Photo: VIK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the general meeting of the Association of Industrial Energy and Power Industry (VIK) in Berlin\/Germany on 13th October 2025, three new members were elected to the Executive Board. With their extensive and long-standing experience and industry expertise, they will significantly enrich the work of the association. The following new members were elected to the Executive Board:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heike Denecke Arnold, Chairwoman of the Management Board of Salzgitter Flachstahl AG;<\/li>\n<li>Carin Martina Tr\u00f6ltzsch, Member of the Executive Board of K+S AG;<\/li>\n<li>Helmut Winterling, Senior Vice President at BASF SE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, the following members of the Executive Board were re-elected:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volker Backs, Managing Director of Speira GmbH;<\/li>\n<li>Hans Gennen, Member of the Mana\u00adgement Board of Currenta GmbH und Co. OHG;<\/li>\n<li>Joachim Kreysing, Managing Director of Infraserv GmbH und Co. H\u00f6chst KG;<\/li>\n<li>Gilles Le Van, Vice President Large Industries and Energy Transition Central Europe at Air Liquide Deutschland GmbH; and<\/li>\n<li>Heiko Mennerich, Head of the Energy and Utilities Business Unit, Evonik Operations GmbH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Chairman of the VIK Executive Board, Gilles Le Van (Figure 1), expressed his delight at the new additions to the committee: \u201cWith Ms Denecke Arnold, Ms Tr\u00f6ltzsch and Mr Winterling, we are gaining three outstanding personalities who embody the diversity and strength of German industry. Their expertise in the steel, chemical and calibration sectors is of great value to our work. I am very much looking forward to working with them and am convinced that their perspectives will make a decisive contribution to further advancing the energy policy framework for our members.\u201d (VIK\/Si.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the general meeting of the Association of Industrial Energy and Power Industry (VIK) in Berlin\/Germany on 13th October 2025, three new members were elected to the Executive Board. 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