OFFSHORE WIND ECONOMIC FORUM HELiGOLAND

Daniel Günther, Jahrgang 1973 ist seit Juni 2017 Ministerpräsident des Landes Schleswig-Holstein.

Politischer Werdegang

• seit 2017: Ministerpräsident des Landes Schleswig-Holstein
• seit 2016: Landesvorsitzender der CDU Schleswig-Holstein
• 2014 – 2017: Vorsitzender der CDU-Fraktion im Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtag
• seit 2009: Mitglied des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtages
• 1998 – 2014: Mitglied der Eckernförder Ratsversammlung, von 2003 bis 2010 Vorsitzender der CDU-Fraktion
• 2010 – 2016: Ortsvorsitzender der CDU Eckernförde
• 2006 – 2016: Schatzmeister der CDU Rendsburg-Eckernförde
• 2003 – 2010: Kreistagsabgeordneter, davon 2008-2010 stellvertretender Fraktionsvorsitzender

Berufliche Stationen

• 2013 – 2014: Geschäftsführer der Hermann Ehlers Stiftung
• 2005 – 2012: Landesgeschäftsführer der CDU Schleswig-Holstein
• 2000 – 2005: Kreisgeschäftsführer der CDU Rendsburg-Eckernförde
• 1997 – 1999: Mitarbeiter bei Kieler Initiativen, Kronshagen

Freizeit

Am liebsten genieße ich meine Freizeit bei ausgedehnten Spaziergängen in den schönen Regionen meines Wahlkreises. Gelegentlich verschlägt es mich auch auf die Inseln an der Nord- und Ostseeküste. Daneben verbringe ich gerne Zeit mit meiner Familie und meinen Freunden. Wenn ich nicht selber Sport betreibe und meine Laufschuhe anziehe, bin ich gerne als Zuschauer bei Sportveranstaltungen zu Gast, vor allem bei Fußball- und Handballspielen.

David James McAllister was born in Berlin on 12 January 1971. His father was from Glasgow and, as civilian official for the British Army, was stationed at a number of bases in Germany from 1955 onwards; prior to that, he had served in the 51st (Highland) Division of the British Armed Forces during the Second World War. His mother was a teacher of German and music. David and his two sisters grew up on a British base in Charlottenburg. He was raised bilingually in German and English, and initially went to a British primary school. In 1982 his family moved to Bad Bederkesa in the Cuxhaven region.

David McAllister received a scholarship from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung to study law at the University of Hannover between 1991 and 1996. In 1996 he passed the first state examination in law. After his training as a junior lawyer, he took the second state exam in 1998 and has been a lawyer ever since.

He was Member of the for Lower Saxony parliament from 1998 to 2014, where from 2003 to 2010 he was Chair of the CDU Group. On 1 July 2010, the Lower Saxony parliament elected him Prime Minister of Lower Saxony as Christian Wulff’s successor, an Office which he held until 2013.

At the CDU’s regional party conference on 14 June 2008, McAllister was elected regional Chair of the CDU in Lower Saxony, receiving 98.9% of the votes. He held this Office until 26 November 2016.

In 2014 McAllister was the CDU’s lead candidate in the European Parliament election campaign and was elected MEP. In November 2014, he was elected Vice Chair of the International Democratic Union (IDU) in Seoul and has been Vice President of the European People’s Party since October 2015.

In the European Parliament, McAllister is Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, substitute member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence, member of the Delegation for Relations with the USA and the Delegation for Relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and substitute member of the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee.

In August 2003 he married the lawyer Dunja McAllister, née Kolleck. The couple have two daughters and live in Bad Bederkesa.

Kerstin Andreae has been the Chairwoman of the General Executive Management Board of German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) since November 2019. She studied economics at the University of Freiburg and started her political career as member of the Municipal Council of Freiburg in 1999. In 2002 Kerstin Andreae was first elected Member of the German Bundestag for the constituency of Freiburg. From then on, she was Member of the German Parliament for 17 years, holding various positions within the Alliance 90/The Greens Parliamentary Group. Among others, she was the economic policy spokesperson and vice-chair of the parliamentary group, responsible for coordinating the areas of economic, fiscal, financial, labour and social policies.

since april 2018 Philippe Kavafyan is Chief Executive Officer of MHI Vestas. Most recently, Philippe has been Director in the Power Division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in France.

Since October 2019 Sven Utermöhlen is COO Offshore Wind and Member of the Board of RWE Renewables. From April 2017 to September 2019, Sven Utermöhlen was COO and member of the Board of E.ON Climate & Renewables GmbH. He was responsible for E.ON’s entire Offshore Wind business, the European Onshore Wind business, and for the company’s Procurement and Technology & Innovation activities. The main focus was on offshore and onshore wind energy projects in Germany, UK, Scandinavia, Poland and Italy and future developments in other markets. Prior to this, Sven Utermöhlen was E.ON’s Director of Offshore Wind from February 2012 onwards. In this position, he was responsible for project development, construction and operation of all E.ON assets in the offshore wind sector.

Sven Utermöhlen studied geophysics. Prior employments included positions at Royal Dutch/Shell in the oil and gas business and as a strategy consultant for the Boston Consulting Group.

Jörg Singer has been Mayor of Heligoland since 2011. He studied industrial engineering in Germany and the USA. He subsequently worked for various companies in the high-tech industry. E.g. Of Lufthansa.

The promoted mechanical engineer is a company consultant, Member of the Board of BWO e.V., Member of the Board of Offshore Wind Energy,