Dr. Frank Mastiaux
Chairman of the Board of Management of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG / Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Frank Mastiaux was born in 1964 in Essen. After completing his studies which culminated in a doctorate in chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen, he began his professional career at Veba Oel AG in 1993. Up until 1999 he held several management positions there in Research & Development, Commerce, and as a member of the management team. On an overseas posting, he also worked at CITGO Petroleum Corp in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Following the merger of Veba Oel AG and ARAL AG, he became Managing Director of ARAL Mineralöl-Vertrieb GmbH in 2000. Dr. Frank Mastiaux was then employed in various management positions in the BP Group in London between 2001 and 2007 after the Veba Oel/Aral Group was acquired by BP p.l.c.
Before joining EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG in 2012, he held a number of positions on the Board of Management of the E.ON Group. Amongst other things, the renewable energies business was developed under his management.
On 1 October 2012, Dr. Frank Mastiaux was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Management of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. As well as being in charge of corporate development and sustainability, his area of responsibility as “Chairman of the Board of Management” covers strategy and energy industry, communication and policy, transformation, IT, procurement and infrastructure, innovation management, sales, marketing and operations, the gas value chain, escalation, risk management and trading.
Dr. Frank Mastiaux is married and has four children.
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Dr. Bernhard Beck LL.M
Member of the Board of Management of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG / Chief Personnel Officer
Dr. Bernhard Beck, born in 1954 in Tuttlingen, studied law at the University of Tübingen until 1978.
In the period between 1979 and 1985, he worked as, amongst other things, an assistant professor at the University of Tübingen and the European University Institute in Florence and as a lecturer at the universities of cooperative education in Villingen-Schwenningen and Heidenheim. He also studied at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA, during this period, where he completed his Master of Laws. Dr. Bernhard Beck received his Doctor of Laws (Dr. jur) in 1985.
Before joining the EnBW Group, formerly Badenwerk AG, Dr. Bernhard Beck worked in the legal department at Robert Bosch GmbH between 1985 and 1995, holding posts abroad in various different countries.
Since 1 October 2002, Dr. Bernhard Beck has been a member of the Board of Management of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. His area of responsibility is “Personnel, law and compliance, auditing” which covers personnel and executive management, law, auditing, compliance management and data protection, regulatory management, boards and shareholder relationships, as well as equity investment management and health management.
Dr. Bernhard Beck is married.
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Thomas Kusterer
Member of the Board of Management of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG / Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Kusterer, born in 1968 in Pforzheim, studied business management at the University of Mannheim until 1993.
Afterwards, he began his professional career at KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG. He held various positions and worked in several departments, in locations such as Berlin, New York and Stuttgart, over a period of 10 years. In this time, he completed his Certified Tax Advisor Exam in 1998, his exam to qualify as a Certified Public Accountant in Vermont, USA, in 2001 and his exam to become a Chartered Accountant in 2004.
He was Head of Accounting and Taxation at EnBW from 2004 to 2009, as well as holding the position of Senior Vice President Finance from 2008. Afterwards, he moved to EDF Energy plc, London, for two years where he was a member of the Board of Management/CFO.
On 1 April 2011, Thomas Kusterer was appointed as member of the Board of Management of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. His area of responsibility is “Finance” which covers accounting, tax, controlling, finance, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, as well as risk management, the internal control system and trade.
Thomas Kusterer is married.
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Dr.-Ing. Hans-Josef Zimmer
Member of the Board of Management of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG / Chief Technical Officer
Dr.-Ing. Hans-Josef Zimmer was born in 1958 in Merzig. He completed his degree in mechanical engineering with a focus on heating technology with a Diploma in Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) at the RWTH Aachen in 1986.
After obtaining his diploma, he worked in research at the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center and later at the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, USA. He gained his Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe in 1989.
Since 1989, he has held various posts within the EnBW Group, especially in the field of technology.
On 1 January 2012, Dr.-Ing. Hans-Josef Zimmer was appointed member of the Board of Management of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. His area of responsibility is “Technology” which covers generation (renewable, conventional, nuclear), waste management and environmental services, electricity and gas transmission grids, distribution grids (electricity and gas), grid technology, research and development, as well as occupational safety, environmental protection and crisis management.
Dr.-Ing. Hans-Josef Zimmer is married and has 3 children.
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