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Ewald Woste
BDEW President
Ewald Woste (13 January 1960) has been President of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), Berlin, since July 2010. Born in Werne/North Rhine-Westphalia, he has been CEO of Thüga AG, Munich, since 2007.
After graduating from Paderborn University with a diploma in economics, Ewald Woste started his professional career as an assisent to the Managing Director of heroal GmbH & Co.KG, Verl, a medium-sized aluminium processing company. Later on he switched to Benteler AG, Paderborn, an international group active in the Automative, Steel/Tube and Distribution business, where he worked as a controller. B
Since 1992, Woste has been working in the energy industry: First, as officer with power of attorney at Stadtwerke Paderborn GmbH. At the same time, he took over the office of Managing Director of the joint undertakings of PESAG AG and Stadtwerke Paderborn GmbH (today E.ON Westfalen Weser AG) as well as of the Paderborn Economic Development Agency. In 1998, Woste became Member of the Management Board of Städtische Werke (municipal utilities) Nürnberg GmbH and of the Board of Directors of Energie- und Wasserversorgung AG (energy and water supply) as well as of the Board of Directors of Verkehrsaktiengesellschaft (transport corporation) in Nuremberg. After merger of the Nuremberg municipal utilities with the regional energy utility Fränkisches Überlandwerk, Woste became appointed Member of the Board of Directors of N-ERGIE AG in Nuremberg. In 2004, he assumed the office of CEO of Mainova AG, Frankfort-on-Main.
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Wulf Abke
BDEW Vice-President
Wulf Abke (7 April 1953) has been Vice-President of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). Berlin, since July 2010. Born in Bremen, Abke is Managing Direc-tor of Hessenwasser GmbH & Co. KG, located in Groß-Gerau. The regional water provider ensures the drinking water supply to more than two million people in the Rhine-Main metropolitan area.
After graduating in food science from Hamburg University, Abke was scientific assistant at the Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin. In 1983, he switched to Stadtwerke Frankfort-on-Main where he worked in the water supply division. He became Head of that division in 1995. From 1998 to 2001, Abke held the same position at Mainova AG which originated from Stadtwerke Frankfort-on-Main and Maingas AG. With the founda-tion of Hessenwasser GmbH in 2001, Wulf Abke became sole Managing Director.
Abke is committed to numerous honorary appointments. Since 1985, he has been active in different committees of the Association of the German Gas and Water Industries (BGW). From 2007, he was a permanent guest of the BDEW Board of Directors. Furthermore, in 2004, he was appointed Member of the National Board of the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW). From 2004 to 2008, Abke was Member of the Executive Committee of EUREAU, the European Federation of National Associations of Wa-ter and Wastewater Services. Since 2007, he has been Chairman of the BDEW Expert Committee on "Drinking water policies". Within the regional association of the energy and water industry in the German Länder Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate – LDEW – Abke is Member of the Board of Management, spokesman for water affairs and chairman of the "Water Industry" Land Committee.
Abke is married with two children.
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Dr. Claus Gebhardt
BDEW Vice-President
Claus Gebhardt (18 February 1949) has been Vice-President of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), Berlin, since June 2008. He is Managing Director of Stadtwerke Augsburg Holding GmbH and of its subsidiaries responsible for energy, water and transport as multi-utility companies. The utility is ranking third among the municipal utilities in Bavaria.
After graduating in physics from Munich Technical University and the Garching reactor station, Claus Gebhardt gained his doctorate at Ulm University. He started his professional career at Kraftwerk Union AG, Erlangen where he worked in the nuclear energy division on security technology issues. After that, he switched to Stadtwerke Augsburg where he first assumed the position of Sales Manager. Since 2000, he has been responsible for the electricity, gas and district heat lines of business with the corresponding services and for the water and transport divisions as Managing Director of that company.
In 2003, Gebhardt was appointed Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of the German Gas and Water Industries (BGW), Berlin. Moreover, since 2003 he has been Chairman of the Bavarian Association of the Gas and Water Industries (VBGW), Munich. Gebhardt is Member of the Board of Directors of the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW) and Chairman of the DVGW regional group of Bavaria.
Gebhardt is married with three children.
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Dr. Bernhard Reutersberg
BDEW Vice-President
Bernhard Reutersberg (23 February 1954) has been Vice-President of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), Berlin, since June 2008. Born in Düsseldorf, Reutersberg has been Member of the Board of Management of E.ON AG since August 2010.
After graduating in business economics, he gained his doctorate at Münster University in 1985. Reutersberg started his professional career at Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf. He worked in different functions in the company’s German head office and at its locations in Vienna and Cleveland/Ohio where he was responsible for the national and international product management. In 1992, he switched to Vaillant GmbH, Remscheid, where he became Deputy Managing Director in 1998.
Since 1999, Reutersberg has been working in the energy industry: First, he was Managing Director of Bayernwerk Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH (later on: E.ON Vertrieb GmbH), Munich, and in 2000, he assumed the position of Chairman of the Management Board of E.ON Vertrieb GmbH (later on: E.ON Sales & Trading GmbH), Munich. In 2001, Reutersberg was appointed Member of the Board of Directors of E.ON Energie, Munich. From 2006 to 2008, he was Member of the Board of Directors of E.ON Ruhrgas AG in Essen, and from 2008 to August 2010 CEO of this company.
Bernhard Reutersberg is married with three children.
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Dr. Rolf Martin Schmitz
BDEW Vice-President
Rolf Martin Schmitz (17 June 1957) was President of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft - BDEW), Berlin from July 2008. Since July 2010, he has been Vice-President of BDEW. Schmitz is Member of the Executive Board of RWE AG, Essen.
The mechanical engineer gained his doctorate in engineering at Aachen University in 1985 and started his professional career at STEAG AG, Essen, in 1986. In 1988, he switched to Veba AG (today: E.ON AG), Düsseldorf, where he worked in different areas, such as technology, environmental protection, corporate development in the energy sector and corporate economic policy. In 1998, Schmitz was appointed Member of the Executive Board of rhenag Rheinische Energie AG, Cologne. His career further included the following positions: CEO of Thüga Beteiligungen AG, Cologne, Member of the Executive Board of Thüga AG, Munich, and Chairman of the Management Board of E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH, Hanover. Prior to his change to RWE AG in May 2009, Rolf Schmitz was CEO of RheinEnergie AG, Cologne, and Managing Director of Stadtwerke Cologne GmbH.
From 2006, Schmitz was Member of the Council of Directors of the German Electricity Association (Verband der Elektrizitätswirtschaft - VDEW), Berlin, and from 2007 Vice-President of VDEW. Furthermore, he was Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of German Gas and Water Industries (Bundesverband der deutschen Gas- und Wasserwirtschaft - BGW), Berlin. Since autumn 2007, Schmitz has been Vice-President of BDEW.
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Hildegard Müller
Chairwoman of the General Executive Management Board and Member of the Executive Board
Telefon 030 300 199-1000
E-Mail hildegard.mueller@bdew.de
Since October 2008, Hildegard Müller (29 June 1967) has been Chairwoman of the General Executive Management Board of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft - BDEW), Berlin.
Müller started her professional career at Dresdner Bank AG. After her training as a Bank Business Management Assistant, she studied business economics at Düsseldorf University. In her last position at Dresdner Bank AG she worked as a Division Manager.
From 2002, Hildegard Müller represented her hometown Düsseldorf in the German Parliament as Member of the Bundestag. In 2005, she was appointed Minister of State with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, where she was responsible for Federal/State coordination of the German federal government and for issues relating to the reduction of administrative burdens.
Hildegard Müller has a daughter and is active in several honorary positions. Inter alia, she is Member of the German National Committee of UNICEF, of the Central Committee of German Catholics and of the National Board of donum vitae. Furthermore, she is Chairperson of the Society of German Friends of Yad Vashem, the Center of Holocaust remembrance in Israel.
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