Peter Terium

Chief Executive Officer Essent N.V.
Member of the Executive Board of RWE AG
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of RWE AG

(appointed as Member of the Executive Board of RWE AG until August 31, 2016;
appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of RWE until June 30, 2012;
appointed as Chief Executive Officer of RWE AG from July 1, 2012 until August 31, 2016)

 

Group-level responsibilities

Group Public Affairs /Energy Politics, Group Legal / Board Affairs, Group Audit and Corporate Responsibility / Group Environmental Protection,Corporate Development & Strategy


Biography

26 September 1963born in Nederweert, Netherlands
1981 – 1989 Studied to become auditor at Nederlands Institut voor Registeraccountants, Amsterdam
1981 – 1983

Rijksoverheids Academie (ROA), Utrecht

Trainee tax auditor in the tax department of the Dutch Ministry of Finance

1984 – 1985Independent tax auditor working for the Dutch Ministry of Finance
1985 – 1990Audit Supervisor at KPMG, Eindhoven
1990 – 2002

Various positions at Schmalbach-Lubeca AG

Plant controller at PET Containers Germany,
Head of Controlling for White Cap Germany and Product Group Controller for White Cap Europe,
Vice President Finance and Accounting, White Cap Europe and Asia,
Vice President Finance and Accounting, PET Containers Europe and Asia

2003 – 2005Head of Group Controlling at RWE AG, Essen
2004 – 2005Member of the Executive Board at RWE Umwelt AG, Viersen
2005 – 2008

CEO of RWE Trading GmbH, Essen

Until 11/2007 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and in dual role Member of the Group Business Committee (GBC) up to its termination

04/2008 – 03/2009RWE Supply & Trading GmbH (RWEST), Essen
Chief Executive Officer
04/2009 – 10/2009Programme Manager Essent
10/2009 – 12/2011Chief Executive Officer, Essent N.V.
From 1 September 2011Member of the Executive Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board of RWE AG, Essen

Other appointments

(content as of February 17, 2012)

Member of other mandatory supervisory boards

  • RWE IT GmbH (Chairman)
  • Supply & Trading GmbH

Member of comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commerical enterprises

  • NET4GAS s.r.o.
  • N.V. KEMA (Arnhem, Netherlands)