Born in 1953 in Herne, holds a diploma in engineering and a doctorate in mining/mine engineering, joined the RWE Group in 1977, since April 2007 Execute Vice-President of RWE AG, from May 2007 to February 2008 concurrently CEO of RWE Power AG, Chief Operating Officer of RWE AG since April 2008.
Group-level responsibiities: Organization, Performance Improvement, Value Chain Management.
Other appointments:
- Deutsche Steinkohle Aktiengesellschaft
- RAG AG
- RheinEnergie AG
- RWE Dea AG (Chairman)
- RWE Energy AG (Chairman)
- RWE Power AG (Chairman)
- RWE Npower Holdings plc (Chairman)
- RWE Supply & Trading GmbH (Chairman)
- Member of other mandatory supervisory boards.
- Member of comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises.