Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Großmann

President and CEO of RWE AG

(appointed until June 30, 2012)


Group-level responsibilities

Group Compliance & Management Board Office, Group Communication and Group Executive Management


Biography

4 March 1952born in Mülheim an der Ruhr
1971 – 1980 

University studies in Ferrous Metallurgy in Clausthal (Germany);
Studies in Economics in Göttingen, Freiburg and Purdue/USA (business administration)

Numerous foreign internships during this period (South Africa, Japan, USA, Brazil, France)

Various scholarships (Study Foundation of the German Public, Rotary Foundation, German Marshall Fund, Atlantic Bridge “Young Leader“, French American Foundation)

Diploma thesis in Brazil

Doctorate at the Technical University of Berlin with study trips to South Africa, Brazil, Venezuela and Mexico

1980 – 1993Various jobs within the Klöckner-Werke AG Group, Duisburg (Germany): management assistant, management positions for various subsidiaries, Member of the Executive Board at the holding (from 1991 with profit responsibility for the whole steel sector)
1993Managing Partner of Georgsmarienhütte GmbH
1997 – 2006Owner and Managing Director of Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH
since 2007Owner of Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH
since 1 October 2007Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
RWE AG, Essen

Other appointments

(content as of February 11, 2011)

Member of other mandatory supervisory boards

  • BATIG Gesellschaft für Beteiligungen mbH

  • British American Tobacco (Industrie) GmbH

  • British American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH

  • Deutsche Bahn AG

  • SURTECO AG (Chairman)

Member of comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commerical enterprises

  • Hanover Acceptances Limited