portrait

Management

The Executive Board of TransnetBW GmbH is made up of three members who manage the company jointly under the chairmanship of Dr. Werner Götz.

Our stance

Energy transition

We at TransnetBW are strong advocates of the energy transition. We are convinced that every investment in a climate-neutral energy system will pay off since we want to ensure that we can enjoy a good quality of life on our planet for all in the future. We know that we are on the right path and that renewables are the solution to halting climate change. We are helping to put this into practice. 

War in the Ukraine

We at TransnetBW stand with the people of Ukraine who were attacked by Russia on 22 February 2022. We condemn the Russian war against Ukraine and are in favour of supporting Ukraine in its efforts to defend itself against the Russian aggressor. Russia’s actions contravene international law and endanger the freedom of all of us. 

Populist parties

The TransnetBW Executive Board advocates a defensive or well-fortified democracy as outlined in article 21 of the German Basic Law. We as TransnetBW reject parties that aim to impair our free democratic basic order. We appeal to the population not to be deceived by party programmes that are only pretending to be democratic. Because we are convinced that freedom, equality and the rule of law must be defended where extremist parties jeopardise them. TransnetBW considers populist parties like the AfD a risk. The AfD denies man-made climate change, advocates ruinous form of protectionism, stokes racism and wants to isolate Germany. We at TransnetBW believe in the benefits of the European Union and that the transformation of the energy system can only succeed if the countries of Europe collaborate within the framework of a democratic basic order. In our view, parties like the AfD attract protest voters that have not looked at the party-political goals as such, but who are simply dissatisfied with the current government. However, we do not consider a protest vote the right way to solve the challenges we are faced with. 

Diversity

We at TransnetBW foster an open and appreciative corporate culture. Equal opportunities for all are important to us. We employ qualified people – regardless of their social or ethnic backgrounds, their gender, their gender identity, their sexual orientation or religion, their age, their physical or mental abilities. We believe that diversity is an asset. 

The Executive Board of TransnetBW GmbH

From left to right: Dr. Oliver Strangfeld, Dr. Werner Götz, Michael Jesberger

Dr. Werner Götz (Chairman)

Born in 1962 in Munich. After working in a number of international positions for TÜV Süddeutschland AG, Dr. Werner Götz joined EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG in the year 2000. Here, he took up a number of management roles, including for EnBW Energy Solutions GmbH and EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH. Dr. Götz subsequently became Technical Director of EnBW Erneuerbare und Konventionelle Erzeugung AG before going on to take up the role of Production and Operation Director at EnBW AG. In early 2015, Dr. Götz joined the Executive Board of TransnetBW GmbH. In 2017, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer.

CV Dr. Werner Götz

Dipl.-Ing. Michael Jesberger

Born in 1963 in Stuttgart. Michael Jesberger started his career at ABB Schaltanlagen GmbH in 1990, and then went on to work at the ABB Holding company in Switzerland between 1999 and 2002, where he was responsible in various managerial functions for power transmission systems. In 2002, Jesberger moved to RWE and, among other positions, headed up the Infrastructure Systems Department. After this, he moved to the High-Voltage Substations Department at Siemens AG, before he began a period as Head of Asset Management at TenneT TSO GmbH in 2013. Michael Jesberger has been a member of the Executive Board at TransnetBW since March 2019.

CV Michael Jesberger

Dr. Oliver Strangfeld

Dr. Oliver Strangfeld, born in 1972 in Heidenheim, Germany, studied Physics in Bonn and completed his PhD with summa cum laude in 2006 at the Otto Beisheim School of Management. After positions as a Pre-development Engineer at Moeller GmbH and as a McKinsey consultant, he moved to EnBW AG in 2009, where he held various roles, including in corporate strategy and controlling nuclear. In addition, he was Commercial Managing Director at the Gesellschaft für Nukleares Reststoffrecycling GmbH as well as Managing Director Finance from 2019 at EnBW Kernkraft GmbH. He has been with TransnetBW since 2025, and a member of the Executive Board since 2026

CV Dr. Oliver Strangfeld

Supervisory Board members

The Supervisory Board, chaired by Dirk Güsewell, is made up of the 16 following members:

  • Dirk Güsewell (Chairman)
  • Rainer Voesbein (Vice Chairman)
  • Angelo Bonelli
  • Maria Dehmer
  • Tobias Egeler
  • Mario Glaser
  • Hanno Grimm
  • Johannes Heinloth
  • Giovanna Heldmayer
  • Kerstin Hofmann
  • Prof. Dr. Klaus Kleinekorte
  • Katrin Kraemer
  • Gisela von Krosigk
  • Dr. Hubert Lienhard
  • Marcel Münch
  • Peter Schneider