LEAG’s management

Born 1962

Dr. Helmar Rendez is heading the Management Board of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG. He has been a member of the joint Management Board of Vattenfall Europe Mining AG and Vattenfall Europe Generation AG since 2015. He has had various senior management positions in the energy industry since 1988: Chairman of the Board of Stromnetz Berlin GmbH, Stromnetz Hamburg GmbH and Vattenfall Europe Netzservice GmbH as well as Head of Business Unit 'Distribution' of the Vattenfall Group (2007-2014), member of the Executive Group Management of Vattenfall AB (2007-2010), member of the Management Board of WEMAG AG (2004-2007), Head of the Integration Management Office/Head of Corporate Development of Vattenfall Europe AG (2001-2004) and Head of Corporate Development of VEAG Vereinigte Energie-werke AG (1998-2001). From 1993-1998 he was Head of Management Services and of the Berlin office of the Management Consultants Kienbaum Unternehmensberatung GmbH. He began his career in 1988 for the Zentrum für Logistik und Unternehmensplanung GmbH after graduating with a degree in economics from the TU Berlin.

Born 1961

Hubertus Altmann is a member of the joint Management Board of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG, responsible for the division Power Plants. Prior to this he was a member of the joint Management Board of Vattenfall Europe Mining AG and Vattenfall Europe Generation AG and responsible for the division Power Plants since 2010. From 2003 to 2013 he was Head of Engineering in the Management Board division Power Plants in Vattenfall Europe Generation AG. In the past, he held had various positions as department Head of engineering in the power plants Hagenwerder/Hirschfelde, Schwarze Pumpe and as Deputy power plant Manager in Jänschwalde power plant. In 1980 he began his professional career in Boxberg power plant, where he became department Head of boilers, machinery and conveyor systems. Hubertus Altmann studied power plant technology, majoring in energy conversion, at the Technical University Dresden.

Born 1967

Dr Markus Binder has been the Chief Financial Officer of the Management Board of Lausitz Energie Berbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG as of 1 March 2017. Prior to this he was a member of the Management Board of Grosskraftwerk Mannheim AG, responsible for the commercial field. From 2008 to 2010 he was Head of various departments of EnBW Ostwürttemberg DonauRies AG. In 2001 he moved to EnBW Kraftwerke AG where Dr Markus Binder was Head of Project Controlling, before he took over the overall commercial responsibility. In 1997 he started his professional career working for A.T. Kearney Management Consultants GmbH in Stuttgart and headed several energy related projects and was member of the European Expertise Centre for Energy Industry amongst others. Dr Markus Binder studied and obtained his doctorate in technically-orientated business administration at the University of Stuttgart.
 

Born in 1961

Uwe Grosser is a member of the joint Management Board of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG and responsible for the mining division. He has been a member of the joint Management Board of Vattenfall Europe Mining AG and Vattenfall Europe Generation AG in this position since 2014. From 2004 – 2013 he was Head of technical services opencast mines and Head of mining of Vattenfall Europe Mining AG. He began his professional career as a shift leader in Welzow-Süd opencast mine, supervisor production and team leader, before becoming Manager of Nochten/Reichwalde and Jänschwalde/Cottbus-Nord opencast mines. Uwe Grosser studied at theFreiberg University of Mining and Technology, and graduated with a degree in mining in1988 and was awarded the Helmut-Härtig-prize. He qualified as a maintenance mechanic with "Abitur" in 1981.

Born 1969

Andreas Huck has been a member of the joint Management Board since 1 May 2021 and is responsible for the establishment and development of new business areas as well as for the digitalisation of LEAG. Prior to this, he was Managing Director Controlling, Accounting, Human Resources, IT & Facility Management at the electrotechnical leading Friedhelm Loh Group in Haiger since 2017. From 1997 to 2017, Huck worked at CONTINENTAL AG as a controller and financial expert in leading positions. For example, he managed the SAP migration to R/3 and, as Managing Director in Romania, was responsible for building up a new plant and market. For more than 10 years, Huck was CFO of Continental ContiTech's materials handling division. He graduated with a degree in business administration from the Justus Liebig University in Gießen, before which he completed an apprenticeship as a savings bank clerk.

Born 1968

Jörg Waniek is member of the joint Management Board of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG and responsible for the Human Resources division as of 1 August 2019. Prior to this he was Head of Human Resources Management of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG and also the predecessor companies Vattenfall Europe Mining AG und Vattenfall Europe Generation AG for ten years. Until his move to Vattenfall in November 2009 he was responsible for Human Resources Services and Strategic Human Resources Management of envia Mitteldeutsche Energie AG (enviaM), Chemnitz. From 1998 to 2002 he worked as a lawyer and in corporate development for MEAG - Mitteldeutsche Energieversorgung AG, Halle (Salle). He completed his degree in law at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen and the Universität of Bayreuth with the State Examination of 1st and 2nd degree.