The Supervisory Board of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) has confirmed Chief Financial Officer Iris Weidinger and Chief Executive Officer Peter Reitz (pictured), as members of the Management Board, and extended their mandates by another five-year term.
In addition, Steffen Köhler, in the position of the Chief Operating Officer, Dr Tobias Paulun, in the position of the Chief Strategy Officer and Dr Egbert Laege as the Executive Director Gas Markets will continue to be members of the EEX Management Board.
Dr Thomas Siegl, Chief Risk Officer, will leave the EEX Management Board on 1 November 2018 in order to fully focus on his tasks as a member of the Management Board of European Commodity Clearing (ECC).
Jean-François Conil-Lacoste who currently holds the position of the Executive Director Power Spot Markets will resign from the EEX Management Board on 31 October 2018, going into retirement. The Supervisory Board thanked Jean-François Conil-Lacoste and Thomas Siegl for their commitment to the EEX Management Board and the important contributions which they have made to the company’s development.
The EEX Management Board is to be supplemented by another mandate shortly. The Supervisory Board has laid the foundation for this strategic focus with the resolution to appoint a Chief Technology Officer in the future.
Dr Jürgen Kroneberg, Supervisory Board Chairman, says: “This decision takes account of the higher infrastructure and technology development requirements within EEX Group.”
