Personal details

• Year of birth: 1949
• Place of birth: Gelsenkirchen-Buer
• Nationality: German

Mandate at Aurubis AG

• Function: Chairman of the Supervisory Board
• In office since: November 26, 1999; Chairman since March 1, 2018
• Committees   
  • Conciliation Committee (Chairman)
  • Innovation and Investment Committee (Chairman)
  • Personnel / Renumeration Committee
  • Nomination Committee

Mandates

• Encavis AG*, Hamburg, Member of the Supervisory Board

Professional career

• Currently no professional occupation

• 2012-2019: Chairman of the Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung, Hamburg
• 2008–2012: Executive Board Chairman of RWE Innogy GmbH, Essen (RWE Group, renewable energy division)
• 2001–2007: Executive Board Chairman of REpower Systems AG, Hamburg (wind energy division), Member of the German Council for Sustainable Development under Chancellor Schröder and Chancellor Merkel, Berlin
• 1998–2000: Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Shell AG, Hamburg (responsible for the areas of chemistry, renewable energy, public relations, environmental protection, electricity business)
• 1999: Honorary professor in chemistry at the University of Hamburg in the Faculty of Chemistry
• 1991–1997: Senator of the Hamburg Environmental Authority
• 1990–1991: Head of the Hamburg Senate Chancellery
• 1984–1990: State Council of the Hamburg Environmental Authority
• 1981–1984: Group leader for air pollution control, waste and environmental sustainability in the Ministry of the Environment, Hessen
• 1976–1981: Head of Chemistry at the German Federal Environment Agency, Berlin

Education

• 1974: Doctorate at the University of Münster
• 1968–1972: University studies in chemistry at the University of Münster

Status: February 2023

* stock exchange-listed company