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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 attitude
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
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.
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.
Dr. Rainer Pflaum
Born in 1962 in Karlsruhe. After working at the Stuttgart Landesgirokasse, Dr. Rainer Pflaum joined EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG in 1998. Here, he was initially responsible for strategy projects before taking over responsibility for group risk management at EnBW-Holding from 2000 to 2010. In December 2010, he became a member of the Board of Directors at EnBW Transportnetze AG. When EnBW Transportnetze AG was transformed into TransnetBW GmbH in 2012, Dr. Pflaum became a member of the TransnetBW Executive Board.
Supervisory board members
The Supervisory Board, chaired by Dirk Güsewell, is made up of the 18 following members:
- Dirk Güsewell (Vorsitzender)
- Rainer Voesbein (stellv. Vorsitzender)
- Janina Becht
- Angelo Bonelli
- Dr. Bernhard Böhm
- Maria Dehmer
- Landrat Mario Glaser
- Hanno Grimm
- Johannes Heinloth
- Giovanna Heldmayer
- Kerstin Hofmann
- Dr. Hubert Lienhard
- Marcel Münch
- Maike Schollenberger
- Peter Schneider
- Christian Schorn
- Bernhard Schwartz
- Dr. Bernd-Michael Zinow