Board and Presidium

The FfE is strongly supported by its board members from industry and the energy sector.

The members of FfE e.V. elect the Board every two years. The Board acts as an advisor and supports the FfE in its strategic orientation. The voluntary members of the Board are generally active in leading positions in the energy sector or industry.

The FfE Board elects the three-member Presidium from among its members. Together with the management, the Presidium forms the Executive Board in accordance with Section 26 of the German Civil Code (BGB). The Executive Committee consists of Prof. Dr. Bieberbach, Prof. Dr. Münch and RA Schweizer, with Prof. Dr. Bieberbach as Chairman.

Presidium

Prof. Dr. Wolfram Münch
Head of Research and Development of EnBW AG
Prof. Dr. Florian Bieberbach
Chairman of the Management Board of Stadtwerke München GmbH
RA Sarah Schweizer
Lawyer and partner at the BW Schweizer & Kollegen Partnerschaft mbB

Board Members:

Kerstin Andreae
^{Chairwoman of the Executive Board and member of the BDEW Executive Committee}
Dr. Götz Brühl
^{Managing Director of Stadtwerke Rosenheim GmbH & Co. KG}
Dr. Frank-Detlef Drake
^{Managing Director of E.ON Group Innovation GmbH and Head of Research & Technology at E.ON}
Dr. Klaus Engels
^{Director Hydropower Germany of Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH}
Dr. Catharina Friedrich
^{Managing Director of DigiKoo GmbH}
Dr. Dietrich Gemmel
^{Member of the Board of Management of Lechwerke AG (LEW)}
Dr. Werner Götz
^{Chairman of the Management Board of TransnetBW GmbH}
Götz Hanau
^{Vice President Strategic Development of RWE Generation SE}
Erik Höhne
^{Spokesman and member of the Executive Board of ENERVIE Südwestfalen Energie und Wasser AG}
Stefan Kapferer
^{Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of 50Hertz}
Dr. Urban Keussen
^{Chief Technology Officer of EWE AG and President of the European Association of Local Energy Companies (CEDEC)}
Dr. Markus Klausner
^{Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Viessmann Climate Solutions SE}
Markus Last
^{Spokesman of the Management Board of Erdgas Schwaben GmbH}
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Mauch
^{Honorary Professor at the Technical University of Munich and former Managing Director of FfE e.V.}
Tim Meyerjürgens
^{Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TenneT Germany}
Julien Mounier
^{Chairman of the Management Board of Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG}
Dr. Hendrik Neumann
^{Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Amprion GmbH}
Dr. Andreas Schnauß
^{Senior Officer of BEW Berliner Energie und Wärme AG}
Matthias Taft
^{Chairman of the Board of Management of BayWa r.e. AG}
Martin Wagner
^{Managing Director of VERBUND Energy4Business GmbH}
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Wagner
^{Retired professor at the Technical University of Munich and former Scientific Director of FfE e.V.}
Gerd Wegeler
^{Technical Director of illwerke vkw AG}
Dr. Michael Weinhold
^{Head of Technology & Innovation Smart Infrastructure der Siemens AG}
Dr. Egon Leo Westphal
^{Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bayernwerk AG}
Dr. Peter Wolffram
^{Geschäftsführer der Hamburger Energienetze GmbH}
Dr. Michael Würtenberger
^{Vice President Business Line My Journey at BMW Group}

Status: February 2025