Dr. Bernhard Günther

Personal Data

• Year of birth: 1967

• Place of birth: Leverkusen

• Nationality: German

Education

• Master of economics (lic. oec.), St. Gallen and Oxford

• PhD (Econ.), St. Gallen

Career

• 1993 - 1998 Management Consultant, McKinsey & Company

• 1999 - 2001 Head of Department Group Controlling, RWE AG, Essen (listed energy supply company)
  Deep involvement in the merger of RWE with VEW: Due diligence and subsequent organization of the Group along the value chain. Exit from the water business, in particular sale of Thames Water.

• 2001 - 2005 Vice President Corporate Planning and Controlling, RWE Power AG, Essen and Cologne

• 2005 - 2006 Vice President Group Controlling, RWE AG, Essen

• 2007 - 2008 Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, RWE Gas Midstream GmbH, Essen
  - Responsible for departments Finance & Reporting, Project Controlling & Valuation, Back Office, IT, Integration & Organization, Legal & Compliance, Risk
  - Establishment of RWE Gas Midstream as a new segment within the RWE Group.

• 2007 - 2008 Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, RWE Trading GmbH, Essen
  Responsible for departments Finance & Reporting, Project Controlling & Valuation, Back Office, IT

• 2008 - 2012 Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, RWE Supply & Trading GmbH, Essen
  - Responsible for departments Finance, Risk, Back Office, Project Valuation & Control, IT, Legal & Compliance, Business Change Management
  - Merger of the subsidiaries RWE Gas Midstream and RWE Trading to form RWE Supply & Trading and further integration of RWE Key Account and the trading activities of the acquired Dutch utility company Essent into RWE Supply & Trading.

• 2012 - 2016 Member of the Executive Board, RWE AG, Essen
  Development of a new cross-segment management model for the RWE Group with subsequent new setup of cross-divisional functions.

• 2013 - 2016 Chief Financial Officer, RWE AG, Essen
  2016: Responsible for the IPO of RWE subsidiary innogy SE

• 2016 - 2019 Chief Financial Officer, innogy SE, Essen

• 2019 - 2020 CFO and CHRO, innogy SE, Essen

• 2021 - 2023 CFO, Fortum, Espoo/Finland (listed energy supply company)

• March 2023-December 2024 Chief Transformation Officer, Fortum, Espoo/Finnland

Membership of supervisory boards within the meaning of § 125 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)

^{(as of January 1, 2025)}

• thyssenkrupp AG (since 2020, appointed until 2026) ^*)

^{*) Company listed on the stock exchange}