Our Executive Management

Executive and Supervisory Board of EWE AG

The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board work closely together to ensure that EWE AG continues to operate successfully and is well-positioned for the future.

Our Executive Board

Portrait Stefan Dohler EWE AG — Stefan Dohler Chief Executive Officer

Current Position	Stefan Dohler has been a member of the Executive Board of EWE AG since January 2018. Since Juni 2024, he has also been the President of the BDEW (German Association of Energy and Water Industries).
Career	Stefan Dohler started his career in 1998 at the Hamburg energy supplier HEW, one of the predecessor companies of Vattenfall. Since then, he has held a number of leadership positions in M&A, finance, networks and generation. In 2012, he became a member of the Executive Management Team of the Vattenfall Group. Most recently he was CFO of Vattenfall AB in Stockholm, Sweden.
Education	Master of Science (Dipl.-Ing) in aviation and aerospace technology, Master of Business Administration (MBA).
	Stefan Dohler, born in 1966, comes from Cochem on the Moselle.

Portrait Christian Friege — Dr. Christian Friege Chief Sales Officer

Current Position	Christian Friege has been on the Board of Management of EWE AG since March 2023.
Career	Christian Friege began his career in 1995 with Bertelsmann AG in Gütersloh. After holding positions in New York and London, he moved to the Management Board of Debitel in 2005, where he was responsible for customer relations. From 2007 onwards, he also worked occasionally as an independent corporate consultant and interim manager. In 2008, Christian Friege became Chief Executive Officer of Hamburg-based energy supplier Lichtblick. In 2015, he moved to photographic service provider CEWE in Oldenburg, where he became Director of Sales in 2016 and, additionally, Chairman of the Management Board in 2017.
Education	qualified banker, graduate in business administration, doctorate in marketing
	Christian Friege, born in 1966, was born in Lübeck.

Portrait Vera Weidemann — Vera Weidemann Chief Human Resources Officer and Legal Affairs

Current Position	Vera Weidemann joined the Board of Management of EWE AG in June 2023.
Career	After graduating, Vera Weidemann initially worked as a consultant and trainer before joining the healthcare provider B. Braun in 2009. There she held various management positions in the area of human resources management until she became Vice President, Human Resources & Legal in 2016. Most recently, Vera Weidemann was responsible for HR for the entire group at the globally active logistics group Dachser.
Education	Master's Degree, Political Science & Public Administration
	Vera Weidemann, born in 1975, was born in Hann. Münden in the South of Lower Saxony.

Portrait Frank Reiners — Dr. Frank Reiners Chief Financial Officer

Current Position	Dr. Frank Reiners has been a member of the Executive Board of EWE AG since October 1, 2024.
Career	Dr. Frank Reiners was previously the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the management of Open Grid Europe GmbH (Essen), where he had been working since February 2018. Prior to that, he held various senior positions, including Senior Vice President Controlling at Uniper SE (Düsseldorf), as well as various leadership roles at E.ON SE (a.o. in Dusseldorf and the Netherlands) and Deutsche Telekom AG (Bonn).
Education	Dr. Frank Reiners holds a diploma in Business Administration from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and completed his doctorate there in 1999.
	Dr. Frank Reiners was born in Nuremberg (1968).

Our Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board of EWE AG comprises political, business, union and employee representatives. It advises the Board of Management and monitors its work.

The current members of EWE AG’s Supervisory Board are as follows:

Name	Position	Location
Heinz Feldmann	Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Former Bank Director	Nortmoor
Fritz-Gerhard Friedrichs	First Deputy Chairman, Utility Network Supervisor at EWE NETZ GmbH	Edewecht
Herbert Winkel	Second Deputy Chairman, Association Manager EWE-Verband / Former District Administrator	Lohne
Johann Wimberg	Third Deputy Chairman, former District Administrator	Friesoythe
Dr. Andreas Radmacher	Fourth Deputy Chairman, CEO of R3AMP GmbH	Essen
Patrick Assing	Consultant at EWE TEL GmbH	Oldenburg
Christian Blömer	Head of Corporate Communications & Brand at EWE AG	Oldenburg
Dr. Sebastian Campagna	Head of Department at the Institute for Co-determination and Corporate Governance of the Hans-Böckler-Foundation	Düsseldorf
Henning R. Deters	CEO of GELSENWASSER AG	Essen
Sigrid Flegel	Commercial Employee at swb Vertrieb Bremen GmbH	Bremen
Petra Gerlach	Administrative Civil Servant	Ganderkesee
Lars Giegling	Sales Trader/Dipl. Geol., Technical Business Economist (IHK) at EWE TRADING GmbH	Wardenburg
Karin Harms	former District Administrator	Bad Zwischenahn
Jürgen Krogmann	former Mayor	Oldenburg
Thomas Mang	President of Sparkassenverband Niedersachsen	Langeoog
Immo Schlepper	Regional Department Head at ver.di (retired)	Oldenburg
Paul Schneider	Dipl. Ing. at EWE GASSPEICHER GmbH	Oldenburg
Dr. Daniel Graf von der Schulenburg	Chief Operating Officer, Senior Managing Director & Head of Ardian Infrastructure Germany, Benelux & Northern Europe	Frankfurt
Vera Visser	Union Secretary at ver.di District Weser Ems	Bremen
Thomas Walter	Senior Consultant at BTC AG	Bremen

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Focusing on the Energy Transition EWE integrates energy, telecommunications, IT, and mobility into a comprehensive strategy, enabling it to actively shape both the energy transition and digitalization.