Rolf Martin Schmitz
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Rolf Martin Schmitz | |
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| Born | 17 June 1957 Mönchengladbach, West Germany[1] |
| Alma mater | RWTH Aachen University |
| Occupation(s) | ex-CEO, RWE |
Rolf Martin Schmitz (born 17 June 1957) is a German manager and the former chief executive officer (CEO) at the German utilities company RWE AG.[2][3]
Schmitz studied engineering from 1976 to 1981 at the RWTH Aachen and received his doctorate in 1985.[4]
Career
Schmitz started his career as planning and project engineer at STEAG in Essen, Germany, in 1986. He served in the machine technology department until 1988. He then served at the VEBA AG in Düsseldorf, where he finally worked as deputy head of economic policy. He stayed with VEBA until 1998.[4] In 1998 Schmitz was appointed as member of the executive board at RheinEnergie AG in Cologne.[5] In 2001 he became a member of the management board at Thüga AG, Munich, where he served before becoming chairman of the board at E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH in Hannover in 2004.[6]
Rolf Martin Schmitz has been the CEO of RWE AG since October 2016.[7] He was succeeded by Dr. Markus Krebber on 1 May 2021.[8]
