Overview of the year

Reinforcement for the executive board

December

“I’m delighted and honoured to be able to reinforce our management with two highly experienced people with outstanding professional credentials,” says CEO Roland Leuenberger on the election of the two new members of Repower’s executive board.

Michael Roth (age 46) has more than 18 years of experience in the energy industry. Since 2013 he has been the director of Graubünden utility Engadiner Kraftwerke, responsible for the power supply in the Lower Engadine and the economic operation of hydropower assets producing around 1,500 GWh of energy a year. He is also CEO of Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Inn (GKI), a new run-of-river power plant on the border between Switzerland and Austria that from 2023 will produce 400 GWh of electricity a year. Prior to that Michael Roth, born in Solothurn, worked as Head of Production & Trading at Zurich utility Elektrizitätswerk der Stadt Zürich (EWZ). Michael Roth has an ETH degree in electrical engineering and a postgraduate diploma in business and management. He will be taking over as head of the Power Generation & Grid division on 1 May 2022.

Dario Castagnoli (age 46) has been working in the energy industry for 20 years, with a focus on energy trading and asset optimisation. Since 2015 he has been a member of the management of international energy company Nexus Energia, where he is responsible for energy management, trading and renewable energy. Prior to that Dario Castagnoli, who is a native of Italy, had roles including senior energy trader at Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH and RWE Supply & Trading, as well as working for almost six years as a project manager at ABB in Baden. Dario Castagnoli has a master’s in electrical engineering from the University of Pavia and an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne. At Repower Dario Castagnoli will head the Trading & IT division. He will be taking his seat on Repower’s executive board on 1 June 2022.