Adi Roesch
Adi Roesch has been CEO of LEAG since September 2024 and has also assumed responsibility for the Power Plants and Technical Services divisions.
Roesch was previously Chairman of the Management Board of Köster GmbH and Chairman of the Management Board of Köster Holding SE, one of Germany's leading construction companies, for six years. From 2012 to 2017, he held various management positions at General Electric, most recently as Head of Power Plant Services for Central Europe and Spokesman of the Management Board of General Electric GmbH and member of the Management Board of GE Power AG. Prior to that, he held various management positions at the Alstom Group from 2008 to 2014, most recently as Managing Director of Alstom Power GmbH. Adi Roesch graduated with a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Karlsruhe.
Dr. Markus Binder
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 since 1st 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.
Dr.-Ing. Philipp Nellessen
Born 1977
Dr.-Ing. Philipp Nellessen is responsible for the Production department including his new business areas and subsidiaries such as GMB, MCR Engineering, Sero Lausitz and TSS Logistik. Previously, he was responsible for the mining department at LEAG. He joined from Thyssenkrupp in September 2021. There, as CEO, he was most recently responsible for plant engineering, including the group's mining, power plant and chemical facilities in Africa. From 2013 to 2014, Nellessen was Division Manager Business Optimisation Mining at Nystar AG in Zurich. As a project leader and manager at the Boston Consulting Group, he supported numerous improvement and transformation processes in various industries from 2005 to 2013. Nellessen studied civil engineering at the Ruhr University in Bochum, graduating in 2002. He worked there as a research assistant at the Chair of Construction Process Engineering, Tunnelling and Construction Operations until his doctorate and graduation as Dr.-Ing. in 2005.
Jörg Waniek
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.