VGB PowerTech: New Executive Managing Director

Dr. Karl A. Theis, for 12 years the successful Executive Managing Director of VGB PowerTech – the European technical association of electricity and heat generation – and of the associated KRAFTWERKSSCHULE, will retire age related on June 30, 2011, after more than 37 years in the energy business.

Dr. Karl A. Theis, for 12 years the successful Executive Managing Director of VGB PowerTech - the European technical association of electricity and heat generation - and of the associated KRAFTWERKSSCHULE, will retire age related on June 30, 2011, after more than 37 years in the energy business.

The VGB and KWS Boards have appointed for both functions Erland Christensen (51) from Denmark, who has long-lasting and diverse international professional experience in the power industry. Before taking over VGB´s management, he was head of the Heat Nordic department of Vattenfall AB in Stockholm/Sweden.

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VGB PowerTech e.V. ist der Europäische Fachverband der Strom- und Wärmeerzeugung mit Sitz in Essen, Deutschland. Die 495 Mitglieder aus 36 Ländern repräsentieren eine Kraftwerksleistung von 520.000 MW, 461.000 MW davon in Europa.