Gert Maichel

1974 Degree: graduated agricultural engineer (Dipl.-Ing. agr.) 1974 to 1977 Studied law 1977 to 1979 Practical judicial training at the Intermediate Court of Appeal (OLG) in Lüneburg 1977 to 1980 Assistant at the faculty of law, Göttingen 1981 to 1984 BASF Aktiengesellschaft Central department of Law 1982 Doctor's degree in Göttingen 1984 to 1989 MOBIL OIL, Hamburg Head of the department of Law 1989 to 1990 Wintershall AG/ Kali und Salz AG, Head of the division of Law 1990 to 1993 Wintershall AG Representative Director Head of the Natural Gas division 1993 to 1998 Spokesman of the Managing Board of WINGAS GmbH, Kassel Managing Director of Wintershall Erdgas Handelshaus GmbH, Berlin 1998 BASF Aktiengesellschaft Department Manager and head of the business unit of Ultraplastics January 1999 to 2000 President and CEO of VEW Aktiengesellschaft, Dortmund October 2000 Member of Executive Board of RWE AG President and CEO of RWE Power AG