RWE npower

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RWE npower is a division of RWE group, serving the UK energy market with electricity and gas. npower has been a key player in the UK renewable energy sector, building one of the first offshore windfarms.

According to their website:

The npower business was formally created in October 1999 and launched in April 2000. It combines the former electricity and gas supply businesses of MEB, Calortex, MEB Powerline, National Power Energy Direct, Independent Energy, Yorkshire Electricity and Northern Electric and Gas.

npower cogen, a division of npower is a leading company making Combined Heat and Power (CHP) units.

People

Executive Board

• Volker Beckers, Group Chief Executive Officer, since Jan 2010. Also Deputy Head of the Executive Commercial Management Committee at BDEW (German Association of Energy and Water Industries) and also represents the German companies at Eurelectric's "Finance & Economics" Focus Group.
• Dr Frank Weigand Chief Financial Officer since January 2010. Prior to this, he was Head of Group Controlling at RWE AG. Before joining RWE, he held senior positions with management consultants McKinsey and Company serving energy intensive clients in “Electric Power and Natural Gas”, “Cement” and “Operations” practices.
• Kevin McCullough Chief Technical Officer.
• Kevin Miles, CEO of npower Retail

• Andrew Duff non-Executive Chairman. Previously worked for BP and Innogy

Senior Management Team

• Alison Cole Director of Communications
• Guy Johnson Company Secretary, General Counsel and Director of Regulation
• Chris Pilgrim Human Resources Director

• Giuseppe Di Vita, Managing Director of Retail Markets
• Chris Johnson, Managing Director of Retail Operations
• Simon Stacey, Retail Finance Director
• Jens Madrian, Managing Director of Commercial
• Julia Lynch-Williams, Director of Energy Services