Leonhard Birnbaum
Dr. Leonhard Birnbaum
E.ON
Dr. Birnbaum joined E.ON SE as a Member of the Board of Management on 1st July 2013. In his current role he is responsible for Trading & Supply, Distributed Energy, Engineering & Projects, Commercial Operations, Politics & Regulation, Technology & Innovation and Consulting.
Dr. Birnbaum is also Vice Chair Europe of the World Energy Council (WEC), Vice President of Eurogas and Member of the Board of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW).
With more than 18 years of experience in the energy industry, Dr. Birnbaum has held senior management positions in several companies. Before joining E.ON, Dr. Birnbaum was a Member of the Executive Board of RWE AG for five years focusing on strategic topics.
He also held a leadership role at McKinsey & Company Inc., where he was appointed partner in 2001 and elected as senior partner in 2006. In this role, Dr. Birnbaum was a Member of the Management team for the European energy sector. The focus of his consulting activities, both in Germany and abroad, was on the energy industry and the energy-intensive raw materials industry.
Dr. Birnbaum has a Master in Chemical Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He also holds a PhD from Cottbus University, Germany, where he completed his doctorate in 1996.
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