Lufthansa Supervisory Board announces personnel changes
March 3, 2021
The Chairman of the Executive Board of Fresenius has been a member of the Lufthansa Supervisory Board since April 2015 and has chaired the Audit Committee since January 2018
The Supervisory Board nominates Britta Seeger as the successor to Stephan Sturm
Detlef Kayser’s contract was extended ahead of schedule for three more years
Stephan Sturm will be resigning from the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, which will go into effect after the Annual General Meeting on May 4, 2021. The Chairman of the Executive Board of Fresenius has been a member of the Lufthansa Supervisory Board since April 2015 and has chaired the Audit Committee since January 2018.
Teyssen served as E.ON CEO since 2010 Handover comes after Innogy breakup (Adds context, shares)
FRANKFURT, Dec 15 (Reuters) - E.ON said on Tuesday it had appointed board member Leonhard Birnbaum to succeed Johannes Teyssen as chief executive after the firm’s transformation from a traditional utility to a pure energy grid and retail player.
Teyssen, 61, has led E.ON as CEO since 2010, steering the group through a tumultuous decade that included Germany’s nuclear exit as well as two major structural makeovers that have turned it into Europe’s largest power and gas grid player.
Birnbaum, long seen as a potential successor to Teyssen, takes over just after the group’s latest overhaul, which saw it take over the broken up grid and retail assets of former rival Innogy.
The Supervisory Board of E.ON SE appointed Leonhard Birnbaum as Chairman of the company’s Board of Management effective April 1, 2021. Birnbaum will thus succeed Johannes Teyssen. Teyssen joined the Group in 1989, has been a member of the Board of Management since 2004, and has led E.ON for more than ten years.
Supervisory Board Chairman Karl-Ludwig Kley said: “The integration of innogy marks the successful completion of E.ON’s major corporate restructuring so far. For the new E.ON, it will be important in the coming years to build on this stable foundation and to further develop the company as a driver of the European energy transition in the digital age for our customers, society, and our investors. The Supervisory Board is convinced that Leonhard Birnbaum is the right person for this task. He has played a key role in shaping the transformation of the energy industry over the past 20 years in various top positions and is regarded as a bridge-builder. He has played a decisive
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