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 2008Member of the Executive Board of RWE AG
since 1 January 2009Chief Strategy Officer of RWE AG

 

Other appointments

  • RWE Npower Holdings plc


(content as of February 12, 2010)