Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt
| Name: | Prof. Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt |  |
| Date of birth: | 08.05.1949 | |
| Education: | ||
| 1968 - 1972 | Degree in Chemistry at the University of Münster / Westphalia Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes | |
| 1972 - 1974 | Doctorate in the field of Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat.) | |
| Career: | ||
| 1974 - 1975 | Research work at the University of Münster and at the Max Planck Institute for Carbon Research, Mülheim | |
| 1976 - 1981 | Head of the section “Chemical Industry” in the Federal Environmental Agency in Berlin | |
| 1981 - 1984 | Head of Department of Environmental Policy, Waste Management and Air Pollution Control at the Hessian Ministry of Regional Development, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry | |
| 1984 - 1990 | Deputy Minister in the City of Hamburg Environmental Ministry | |
| 1990 - 1991 | Head of Chancellery of the City of Hamburg | |
| 1991 - 1997 | Senator and Principal of the City of Hamburg Environmental Ministry Supervisory Board Chairman of Hamburgische Elektrizitätswerke HEW AG, Hamburg utility | |
| since 1991 | Lecturer at the University of Hamburg (Chemistry Department), since April 1999 Professor of the chemistry department | |
| 1998 - 2001 | Member of the Board of Directors of Deutsche Shell AG with responsibility for chemicals, renewable energy, public affairs, environment, electricity, 2001 member of the supervisory board | |
| 2001-2007 | Chief executive of REpower Systems AG, Hamburg Member of the “sustainability advisory board” to chancellor Schröder and Merkel, Berlin | |
| since 01.02.2008 | Chief Executive Officer, RWE Innogy GmbH, Essen | |
Additional mandates | Member of the supervisory board of Aurubis AG , Hamburg Member of the supervisory board of Mateco AG, Stuttgart Chairman of the supervisory board of Rheinkraftwerk Albbruck-Dogern AG, Laufenburg Member of the board of New York Green Exchange Member of the “Körber-Stiftung", Hamburg Member of the Senate of "Frauenhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V." Member of the advisory committee of the German "Wildtier Stiftung" Member of the supervisory board of "Putz & Partner Unternehmensberatungs AG", Hamburg | |
