About
Having made his first professional steps in Investment Banking with Trinkaus Samuel Montague and West Merchant Bank, he started his industrial career in VEBA Group from 1995 onwards. With VEBA Group focusing entirely on power and gas and turning into E.ON, he became Senior Vice-President for Corporate Development at E. ON AG in 2003. He was inter alia responsible to further internationalize the gas business (Ruhrgas), to integrate the power and gas activities downstream and to develop the first renewable strategy of E.ON. In 2008 he joined the Board of E.ON-Energie and directed the Transmission and Distribution Grid business in Germany, Czech, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria. In 2012, he was asked by the German Industry Association to found and manage Resource Alliance, a Joint-Venture of 16 German Industrial Companies focusing on supply of critical raw materials. From 2017 until end of 2022, he was appointed CEO of Encavis AG, a M-Dax listed Independent Power Producer (IPP) from Renewable Energy Sources. He was Member of the Executive Risk Committee. Whilst growing the production portfolio to > 4 GW and focusing on Power Purchase Agreements as well as Traded Markets, he introduced in particular a risk management system coping with the growing merchant exposure of the company in Renewable Energy.
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| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Energies | Board | Member | 26/05/2023 |