Curriculum vitae

Here you can download the Supervisory Board profile and the CV of Dr. Marie-Theres-Thiell.

Studies

1979-1985 Study of law at the WWU Münster
1987-1989 Legal clerkship Stammdienststelle Arnsberg district court
1992 Doctor of Law

Professional career (1) - freelance work

1990 Joined RWE Energie AG as in-house legal advisor
1993 – 1996 RWE Energie AG, Head of Department "Domestic Acquisitions and Investment Management”
1996 – 2000 RWE Energie AG, Head of Department "Shareholdings and Board Affairs”
2000 – 2003 RWE Plus AG, Head of "Investment Management”
2003 – 2005 RWE Energy AG, Head of "Participation Projects / Participation Services”

Projects during my freelance work

Designing contracts for the takeover of the energy industry in former East Germany by RWE, PreussenElektra and Bayernwerk as well as structuring (spin-offs, mergers) of the acquired companies; formation of enviaM
Acquisition of numerous municipal utility holdings (z.B.: GEW Köln, SW Duisburg, SW Essen etc.)
Legal support of the international acquisitions of RWE (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia)
Accompanying the merger of four large energy supply companies of RWE in south-west Germany to Sügwag

Professional career (2) - operational activities

2005-2010 Member of the Management Board of RWE Energy Hungária Kft. (CFO)
Member of the board of ELMŰ Nyrt./ÉMÁSZ Nyrt. (CFO)
2007-2010 Non-executive member of the Board of Fővárosi Vízművek Zrt. (Budapest Waterworks)
2007-2013 Non-executive member of the Board of Fővárosi Gázművek Zrt. (Budapest Gas Works)
2010-2020 Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of RWE Hungária Kft. -now innogy Hungária Kft.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of ELMŰ Nyrt. and ÉMÁSZ Nyrt.
2011-2016 Member of the Management Board of RWE EAST (in addition to the country responsibility for Hungary and Romania, responsible for the coordination of networks in Eastern Europe, IT, procurement, HR and diversity)
2015- Member of the board of the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DUIHK), Budapest
2017- Vice President of the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DUIHK), Budapest
2016-2017 Head of Lighthouse Urban Solution within the Innovation Hub/innogy SE
2016-2020 Member of the Executive Committee Networks of innogy SE, responsible for Grid Management in Central Eastern Europe

Focus of operational activities

– Formation of RWE Hungária as management company for Hungary (initially only electricity and gas supply)
– Implementation of the RWE unbundling model (separation of grid and sales) in the ELMŰ/ÉMÁSZ Group
– Establishment of risk controlling at RWE Hungária
– Group-compliant design of IT (standardisation of IT systems and introduction of RWE IT as general service provider)
– Reorientation of the customer service of ELMŰ/ÉMÁSZ (automation, introduction of online service, EU-compliant billing system)
– Integration of the MÁTRA power plant into RWE Hungária
– Management of a group of energy companies in a politically difficult environment
– Development of gas activities in ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ after the sale of the stake in FŐGÁZ (Budapest Gas Works)
– Establishment of ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ Solutions GmbH, as a provider of solutions beyond commodity retail offers and regulated network
– Management of the regulated and non-regulated network activities of innogy SE in CEE (CZ, PL, HU, SL and HR)
– Establishment of telco activities as a new business unit within ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ
– Management of the integration project of ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ into the E.ON Hungária Group

Supervisory Board mandates

2002-2005 and 2009-2010 Member of the Supervisory Board envia Mitteldeutsche Energie AG, Chemnitz
2001-2003 Member of the Supervisory Board Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG, Düsseldorf
2001-2004 Member of the Supervisory Board Süwag Energie AG, Frankfurt am Main
2003-2005 Member of the Board of Directors Luxempart-Energie S.A., Luxembourg
2010 Member of the Supervisory Board Transgaz, a.s., Prague
2011-2016 Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board MÁTRA power plant, Visonta/Hungary
2013-2016 Member of the Supervisory Board RWE Generation SE, Essen
2016-2019 Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board innogy Česká republika a.s.
2011-2020 Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of innogy Polska, Warsaw

Company initiatives

– Foundation of the RWE Women's Network and later transfer to the innogy Women's Network,
– in 2013 foundation of "Women in Energy Politics" as an initiative of the Women's Network
- until 2014 Head of the company-wide competence team for customer service
– 2014-2016 Member of the company-wide competence team electrical network

Professional career (3) - Supervisory board member and networker

2020 – Managing Director of DialogUngarn Nonprofit Kft., Budapest
2020 – Mitglied des Kuratoriums der Stiftung der Universität Miskolc, Miskolc
2020 – 2022 Member of the Supervisory Board of innogy Westenergie AG, Essen
2020 – 2022 Member of the Supervisory Board of Bayernwerk AG, Regensburg
2020 – 2022 Member of the Supervisory Board of VSE AG, Saarbrücken
2020 – 2021 Member of the Supervisory Board of Lechwerke AG, Augsburg

Honorary offices

– Mitglied des Vorstandes der German-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Hungarian Interchurch Aid for Education Foundation
- Ambassador of the International Child Rescue Service Hungary
– Mitglied des Vorstand des VdU Landesverband Westfalen und der internationalen Kommision des VdU
– Mitglied im Vorstand von Westphalia e.V.

Memberships

– Association of German Women Entrepreneurs e.V.
– FidAR - Women on Supervisory Boards e.V.
– Association of Women (in) Business e.V.
– Westphalia e.V.
– Wirtschaftsbeirat Bayern e.V. / Bavarian Economic Advisory Board
– United Europe e.V.
– German-Hungarian Society e.V.
– German Business Club Hungary e.V.
– Austro Hungarian Business Council e.V.

Awards

– Pro Caritate award in August 2015 by Zoltán Balog, then Minister of Human Resources, for services to the support of non-profit organisations
– Prize 2018 of the German Business Club Hungary for the German-Hungarian Friendship (Laudator Antal Rogán, Minister, Head of Cabinet of the Prime Minister)
– Awarded the Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit in August 2018 by Finance Minister Mihály Varga for services to the Hungarian energy industry

Private life

- golfer (handicap 28.3)