Executive group management

Lars G Josefsson (born 1950) has been serving as President and CEO since 2000. He has an M.Sc. in Engineering from the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg and began his career at Ericsson in 1974, where he held several positions until 1993 in the Radar Section and Surface Sensor Division. From 1993 to 1997 he was Managing Director of Schrack Telecom AG, Vienna, and thereafter served as Managing Director of Celsius until 2000. He is a director of ESKOM Holdings Ltd, Chairman of Eurelectric, Chairman of the German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Swedish government’s Commission for Sustainable Development. At year-end Lars G. Josefsson did not have any material shareholdings in companies with which Vattenfall has business dealings.

Dag Andresen (born 1964) took office as First Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vattenfall AB in October 2008. He is a certified Ship’s Master and senior officer from Luftkrigsskolen in Norway and has an M.Sc. Econ. degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH). He has an Executive MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration. In addition, Dag Andresen has completed coursework at Harvard Business School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has held various senior officer positions in the Royal Norwegian Navy and Royal Air Force. From 1993 to 2000 he held various management positions with Nordiska Investeringsbanken (NIB) in Helsinki and Den norske Bank (DnB), as well as in shipping and industry. From 2001 to 2008 he held various executive management positions with Nordea AB, most recently as Head of the Transaction & Finance Banking business area.

Hélène Biström (born 1962) served as Vice Head of Business Group Nordic from 2007 to 2008. Starting on 1 January 2009 she is Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Business Group Pan-European. She has an M.Sc. in Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. From 1983 to 2000 she held various positions at Vattenfall AB. From 2001 to 2002 she was President of REGA Energiplanering AB, and from 2004 to 2007 she served as Head of the Nordic Heat business unit. She is a director of Svensk Energi and Stella Plastic Holding AB.

Tuomo Hatakka (born 1956) has been serving as Senior Executive Vice President of Vattenfall AB since 2005 and Head of Business Group Central Europe since 1 January 2008. He was Head of Business Group Poland from 2004 to December 2007. He studied economics at the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration and the Instituto de Estudios Superiors de la Empresa, in Barcelona, Spain. His professional experience includes work as a consultant at Bain & Company, London, Executive Vice President and partner at Enterprise Investors in Warsaw, Poland, and President and CEO of Elektrim Kable SA, Warsaw, Poland.

Hans-Jürgen Meyer (born 1957) is CFO of Vattenfall Europe AG since 2005. He has a Dr. Jur. degree from the University of Tübingen Law School, and a Master of Laws degree from Harvard University Law School, USA. He served as a Law Clerk with the Federal Administrative Court of Germany, in Berlin, from 1983 to 1985, and from 1987 to 1991 he worked as a judge. From 1991 to 2000 he worked for Treuhandanstalt/ BVS (a Federal Agency) in Berlin, and was named Vice President in 1993. He joined Bewag AG in 2000 as its Chief Financial Officer. From 2002 to 2005 he was Head of Control and Finance for Vattenfall Europe AG.

Helmar Rendez (born 1962) took office as Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Strategies in August 2007. He has a Ph.D. from the Berlin University of Technology (TU). He was a project manager at Zentrum für Logistik und Unternehmensplanung GmbH in Berlin from 1989 to 1993, Managing Director of Kienbaum Management Consultants GmbH’s Berlin office from 1993 to 1998, and head of group development at VEAG (Vereinigte Energiewerke AG), Berlin, from 1998 to 2001. He was also responsible for the integration process within Vattenfall Europe and head of Company Development from 2001 to 2003. He was a director of WEMAG AG, Schwerin, from 2004 to 2007, and Managing Director of Vattenfall Europe Business Services GmbH, Berlin, from 2006 to 2007.

Hans von Uthmann (born 1958) has been serving as Senior Executive Vice President of Vattenfall AB and Head of Business Group Nordic since 2003. He attended the Stockholm School of Economics. From 1984 to 1994 he held various management positions with the Shell Group. He then served as Head of Business and Strategy Consulting for Shell International in London until 1996, when he was appointed as Managing Director of AB Svenska Shell. In 2000 he was named President and CEO of Duni AB, a post he held until 2003. He is a director of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, DF AB and Fryshuset, and Chairman of EFA (EnergiFöretagens Arbetsgivareförening).

Christopher Eckerberg (born 1971) is acting head of Group Function Communications, since 6 February 2009. He has an M. Sc. Econ. degree from Lund University. He has worked for Vattenfall since 2003, most recently as head of Public Affairs, since 2007. Prior to joining Vattenfall, he worked for Enron Europe and NetCircle AB, among other companies.

Lars Gejrot (born 1954) is Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Human Resources as from 2 February 2009. He has a regimental officer’s degree from Karlberg, has completed university studies in sociology, psychology and education, and has completed several leadership training courses. He spent 18 years with IKEA, where he held several foreign assignments and management positions, mainly in HR. Prior to that, he served four years as a consultant with Mercuri Urval, and 10 years as a regimental officer.

Jan Erik Back (born 1961) served as First Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until 15 August 2008, when he left Vattenfall.

Ann-Charlotte Dahlström (born 1952) served as Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Human Resources until 10 September 2008, when she left Vattenfall.

Knut Leman (born 1950) was Senior Vice President and Head of
Group Function Communications until 1 February 2008, when he
left Vattenfall.

Carolina Wallenius (born 1968) served as Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Communications until 6 February 2009, when she left Vattenfall.