Management Board
As a stock corporation, PVA TePla AG operates a dual management system, comprising the Management Board and the Supervisory Board. The members of the Management Board are appointed by the Supervisory Board. The Management Board and Supervisory Board work together closely.
Alexander von Witzleben
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Weimar
Member and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PVA TePla AG since June 2004
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Professional career
Since 2015 President of the Administrative Board and CEO of Arbonia AG, Arbon, Switzerland Since 2009 President of the Administrative Board Feintool International Holding AG, Lyss, Switzerland 2007 until 2008
Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, Duisburg: member of the Management Board 1993 until 2007 Jenoptik AG, Jena (D): initially as CFO, and from 2004 onwards as CEO 1990 until 1993 KPMG Deutsche Treuhand Gesellschaft, Munich, Head of Audit Member of the following supervisory bodies
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PVA TePla AG
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG, Leipzig
- Member of the Administrative Board of Artemis Holding AG, Aarburg, Switzerland
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA, Siegburg
- Member of the Advisory Board of KAEFER Isoliertechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen
Prof. Dr. Markus H. Thoma
Supervisory Board, Schoeffengrund
Member of the Supervisory Board of PVA TePla AG since June 2014
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Professional career
Since 2014 Membership in the international Core Team of the ESA space project PK-4 Since 2014 Erasmus+ coordinator at the Justus Liebig University Giessen Since 2013 Extraordinary professor at the University of Giessen
Since 2013: Professor (W3) of Plasma and Astronautics at the University of Giessen2001 until 2013 Senior Scientist and Senior Project Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics 1996 until 2001 Heisenberg Fellow at the University of Giessen, the ECT* in Trento (Italy), the University of Regensburg and CERN (Geneva) 1995 until 2006 Lecturer (“Privatdozent”) at the University of Giessen
1996: Substitute Professor at the University of Regensburg
Prof. Dr. Gernot Hebestreit
Supervisory Board, Leverkusen
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PVA TePla AG since June 2008
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Education
July 2017 Conferral of honorary professorship at the University of Münster December 1991 Awarded doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) at the University of Cologne October 1983 to December 1988 Received a “Dipl.-Kfm.” at the University of Cologne
Professional career
Since April 2019 Member of the Management Board of Grant Thornton AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft January 2018 to April 2019 Auditor and tax consultant in his own practice January 2010 until December 2017 Member of the Global Leadership Team at Grant Thornton International, London – Global Leader Clients & Markets July 2006 until December 2009 Managing Partner of Susat & Partner oHG, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Hamburg March 2001 until December 2009 Managing Director and Managing Partner of Grant Thornton GmbH, Hamburg December 1988 until June 2006 Employee/Managing Partner of Warth & Klein GmbH, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Düsseldorf Supervisory Board mandates
June 2007 to present Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PVA TePla AG, Wettenberg February 2006 to present Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Comvis AG, Essen January 2003 until December 2009 Member of the Board of Governors of Grant Thornton International Limited, London Academic activities
Winter semester 2007/2008 to present Associate Lecturer at the Chair of Business Administration, specializing in International Accounting, of the University of Münster, (Prof. Dr. Kajüter, winter semester) 1999/2000 to summer semester 2006 Associate Lecturer at the Chair of Business Administration and Auditing of University of Cologne (Prof. Dr. Sieben and Prof. Dr. Kuhner)