Dr Manfred Thumann (1954)
Swiss citizen, Dr. Ing.
Member of the Board since 2013
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Previous
- Head of Axpo Assets Division (from 2013)
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Axpo AG (2007 – 2012)
- Member of the Group Executive Board, Axpo Holding AG (since 2004)
- Member of Axpo AG Executive Board, responsible for nuclear power division, and Managing Director of Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG (2003 – 2007)
- Director of gas turbine business at Alstom (1997 – 2003)
- Prior to this: various roles at ABB Group and as a researcher at the German Aerospace Centre
Current
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OTHER ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS
Positions on boards of major corporations, organisations and foundations
- Member of Group Management and Head of Assets at Axpo
- Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG, Axpo Grid AG, Ersatz Kernkraftwerk Beznau AG and Resun AG
- Vice Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG, Ersatz Kernkraftwerk Mühleberg AG, Axpo Power AG and Kernkraftwerk Niederamt AG
- Member of the Board of Directors of swissgrid AG
Permanent positions with important interest groups
- Member of the Executive Board of swisselectric
- Member of the Swiss Federal Energy Research Commission (CORE)