Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board consists of twenty members, ten of which are elected by the General Meeting pursuant to the provisions of the German Stock Corporation Act and ten of which are elected by the employees pursuant to the provisions of the German Co-determination Act (Mitbestimmungsgesetz/MitbestG) of May 4, 1976.

In fiscal 2012, the Supervisory Board convened four times. Of the 20 members of this corporate body, 18 attended all of the sessions, and two attended three sessions.
Therefore, the average participation rate was 97.5 %.

Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board (PDF | 0.5 MB)

Supervisory Board Report 2012 (PDF | 132 KB)


Werner Bischoff,

Former member of the Main Executive Board of IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie

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Dr. Werner Brandt,

Member of the Board of Management of SAP AG, CFO

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Roger Graef,

Member of the Board of Directors of Verband der kommunalen RWE-Aktionäre GmbH,
Former district administrator of the rural district of Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

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Manfred Holz,

Member of the Group Works Council of RWE Power AG,
Deputy Chairman of the General Works Council of RWE Power AG

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Frithjof Kühn,

Chief Administrative Officer, Rhein Sieg Rural District

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Christine Merkamp,

Head of Controlling, Upgrading of RWE Power AG

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Dagmar Schmeer,

Chairwoman of the Works Council of VSE AG

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Ing. E. h. Dr. h. c. Ekkehard D. Schulz,

Former Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp AG

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Frank Bsirske,

Deputy Chairman,
Chairman of ver.di Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft

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Reiner Böhle,

Chairman of the General Works Council of RWE Deutschland AG

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Dieter Faust,

Chairman of the Group Works Council of RWE Power AG,
Chairman of the General Works Council of RWE Power AG

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Arno Hahn,

Chairman of the Works Council of RWE Vertrieb AG

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Hans-Peter Keitel, Essen

Former Chairman of the Board of Management of HOCHTIEF AG
Vice President of Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie

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Hans-Peter Lafos,

Regional District Sector Head, Utilities and Disposal (Sector 2), ver.di Vereinte Dienstleistungsgesellschaft, District of NRW

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Dagmar Mühlenfeld,

Mayor of the City of Mülheim an der Ruhr

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Dr. Wolfgang Schüssel,

Former Federal Chancellor

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Ullrich Sierau,

Mayor of the City of Dortmund

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Dr. Dieter Zetsche,

Chairman of the Executive Board of Daimler AG

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