The EnBW Board of Management has four members. It is jointly responsible for managing the business of the Group. In addition to the duties of the Chairperson of the Board of Management, the responsibilities of the Board of Management are divided into the “Finance,” “Sales and Human Resources,” “Sustainable Generation Infrastructure,” and “System-Critical Infrastructure” portfolios. The Chairman of the Board of Management is Dr. Georg Stamatelopoulos, Deputy Chairman is Thomas Kusterer, the other members of the Board of Management are Dirk Güsewell and Colette Rückert-Hennen.
Dr. Georg Stamatelopoulos
Chief Executive Officer / Chief Operating Officer Sustainable Generation Infrastructure
Dr. Georg Stamatelopoulos
Chief Executive Officer und Chief Operating Officer Sustainable Generation Infrastructure
Georg Stamatelopoulos was born in Athens in 1970. He received his doctorate in engineering from the Technical University of Braunschweig in 1996. He started his career in industry in 1998 at AE Energietechnik GmbH in Vienna, where he most recently held leading positions in engineering. Two years later, he moved to ALSTOM Power Systems GmbH, where he assumed responsibility for the design and implementation of large-scale plants in the European "Utility Boilers" division. He moved to EnBW in July 2010, where he was initially responsible for conventional and renewable new construction projects in the area of generation - including the expansion of the Iffezheim hydropower plant and the construction of the RDK8 hard coal-fired power plant and the EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm.
In August 2014, he was appointed Head of the Generation Business Unit and was responsible for the operation of renewable and conventional generation facilities. In addition, he was responsible for the Contracting business unit from January 2020.
Dr. Georg Stamatelopoulos was appointed to the EnBW Board of Management effective 1 June 2021.
Dr. Georg Stamatelopoulos is head of the “Sustainable Generation Infrastructure” segment, which encompasses all market-based generation and trading matters, as well as growth areas, especially in the field of renewable energy sources. The segment covers renewable and conventional generation, the dismantling of nuclear plants, trading, the areas of technology coordination, waste disposal / environmental services, occupational safety, environmental protection and crisis management. He will continue to lead the company’s Sustainable Generation Infrastructure division until his successor has been appointed.
Dr. Georg Stamatelopoulos was appointed Chairman of the Board of Management effective 9 March 2024. In addition to Corporate Development and Sustainability, he will be responsible for Strategy / Energy Industry, Communications and Political Affairs, Marketing and Operations, IT / Digital Office, Transformation, Corporate Security and Decentralized Energy Services.
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Thomas Kusterer
Deputy Chief Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Kusterer
Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Kusterer, born in Pforzheim in 1968, studied Business Administration at the University of Mannheim until 1993.
He then began his professional career at KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG. He worked there for ten years in various positions and areas, including Berlin, New York and Stuttgart. During this time, he passed his tax advisor exam in 1998, his Certified Public Accountant exam in Vermont, USA in 2001 and his Public Auditor exam in 2004.
From 2004 to 2009, he was Head of Accounting and Taxes and, from 2008, Chief Financial Officer at EnBW. He then moved to EDF Energy plc, London, as a member of the Board of Management/CFO for two years.
Thomas Kusterer was appointed to the EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG Board of Management on 1 April 2011. In his “Finance” division, he is responsible for Accounting/Taxes, Controlling, Finance, Digital Finance Transformation, Investor Relations, Mergers and Acquisitions, Risk Management/ICS, Investment Management, Performance in Growth, Purchasing, and risk management trading.
Thomas Kusterer was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Board of Management effective 9 March 2024.
Thomas Kusterer is President of the Administrative Board of Energiedienst Holding AG (Laufenburg) and Member of the Supervisory Board of Sick AG.
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Dirk Güsewell
Chief Operating Officer Critical Infrastructure
Dirk Güsewell
Member of the EnBW Board of Management / Chief Operating Officer Critical Infrastructure
Dirk Güsewell was born in Radolfzell (Lake Constance) in 1970. After graduating in with a degree in Business Administration, he held various specialist and management positions at Robert Bosch GmbH from 1993 to 1998 before joining EnBW in 1999. Initially, he held various management positions there in the power plant sector. Since 2008, Dirk Güsewell was responsible for the expansion of the Renewable Energies business unit at EnBW, including as a member of the Board of Management of the then subsidiary EnBW erneuerbare und konventionelle Erzeugung AG. Following the dissolution of various subsidiaries as part of a comprehensive reorganization of EnBW's structures, he became Head of the Generation/Portfolio Development business unit in 2014.
Effective 1 June 2021, Dirk Güsewell has been appointed to the EnBW Board of Management.
Dirk Güsewell is head of the “System Critical Infrastructure” segment, which includes all grid-bound business activities involving electricity, gas and water, the gas value chain and the growth areas of telecommunications and innovation management.
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Colette Rückert-Hennen
Chief Sales and Human Resources Officer
Colette Rückert-Hennen
Member of the EnBW Board of Management / Chief Sales and Human Resources Officer / Director of Personnel
Colette Rückert-Hennen was born in Leverkusen/Opladen in 1961. After studying law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn, completing her legal clerkship and second state law examination in Düsseldorf, she began her professional career in 1990 at the law firm of Dr. Klassen & Partner in Bonn. In 1992, she moved to the tourism company Air Marin Flugreisen GmbH in Bonn, where she headed the Human Resources, Legal and Administration Departments until 1999.
In 1999, Rückert-Hennen moved to the international tourism group Thomas Cook Group, where she was responsible for quality, customer and process management in the German market as director until 2008. In November 2008, she became CEO of the Thomas Cook Service AG in Switzerland.
From 2011 to 2018, Colette Rückert-Hennen was Chief Human Resources, Brand and Compliance Officer at SolarWorld AG in Bonn. In 2013, she also took over the Information Technology area, and in 2015 she became Labor Director. From August to November 2017, she headed the organizational and structural development of SolarWorld AG’s successor company, SolarWorld Industries, as Executive Vice President.
From 2018 to February 2019, Rückert-Hennen was CEO at EJOT GmbH & Co. KG in Bad Berleburg. There, she was responsible for Human Resources, Legal Affairs as well as Environment and Facility Management.
Since 1 March 2019, Colette Rückert-Hennen has been Member of the Board of Management, and since 1 July 2019, she has also been Labor Director at EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG in Karlsruhe. Her division responsibilities include Sales, Human Resources, HR Strategy, Legal, Auditing, Regulatory Management, Compliance Management/Data Protection, Committees/Shareholder Relations, Occupational Medicine & Health Management and Corporate Real Estate Management.
Colette Rückert-Hennen is an honorary board member of the Bonner Kunstvereins e.V., as well as a member of the board of trustees of the ZKM (Center for Art and Media) in Karlsruhe.
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