Dr.-Ing. Leonhard Birnbaum
Member of the Executive Board (CSO)
(appointed until September 30, 2013)
Group-level responsibilities
Business Development, Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Research & Development and Special Projects
Biography
19 February 1967 | born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
1987 to 1992 | Degree course in chemical engineering with emphasis on thermal and mechanical process engineering at the University of Karlsruhe – engineering degree (diploma) |
1996 | Doctorate at the University of Cottbus |
1996 to 1998 | McKinsey & Company, Inc., Duesseldorf Focus: Clients in the energy sector, as well as energy-intensive primary industry sectors (steel, special materials, paper and cellulose) |
1998 to 1999 | McKinsey & Company, Inc., Houston office, Texas |
1998 | Project manager, McKinsey & Company, Inc. |
1999 | Senior project manager, McKinsey & Company, Inc. |
2000 | Partner (principal), McKinsey & Company, Inc. |
2004 | Assumption of personnel responsibility for the global Basic Material Institute of McKinsey, McKinsey & Company, Inc. |
2006 to 2008 | Senior Partner (director), McKinsey & Company, Inc.; co-author of McKinsey’s study on the costs and potential of avoiding greenhouse gases in Germany |
April to September 2008 | Head of Group Strategy & Business Development, RWE AG |
| since 1 October 2008 | Member of the Executive Board of RWE AG |
| since 1 January 2009 | Chief Strategy Officer of RWE AG |
Other appointments
- RWE Npower Holdings plc
(content as of February 12, 2010)
