Dr.-Ing. Leonhard Birnbaum

Executive Vice-President of RWE AG (Chief Commercial Officer)

(appointed until September 30, 2013)

Commodity Management, Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Research & Development

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, Essen
since 1 October 2008	Member of the Executive Board RWE AG, Essen
January 2009 until September 2010	Chief Strategy Officer RWE AG, Essen
since 1 October 2010	Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) RWE AG, Essen

(content as of February 22, 2011)

Member of other mandatory supervisory boards

Member of comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commerical enterprises