Dr. Thies Langmaack and Matthias Wendel appointed to manage MVV Trading

MVV Trading GmbH, the energy trading company of the Mannheim-based energy group MVV Energie, as of 1 July 2016. Matthias Wendel will head the Markets division in future, while Dr. Thies Langmaack will be responsible for the Back Office division and for commercial affairs.

Matthias Wendel (50) gained degrees in both plant engineering and industrial engineering. He subsequently worked as Director of Trade Controlling at the former Hein Gas and as Managing Director at Stadtwerke Wedel GmbH and e.on Hanse Vertrieb GmbH, before joining Dong Energy Markets GmbH as Executive Board member and CEO of the German business in 2010.

A graduate in industrial engineering, Dr. Thies Langmaack (43) received his doctorate in business IT from Goethe Universität in Frankfurt in 2004. Having held various positions in controlling at Lufthansa Cargo AG, Lorenz Bahlsen GmbH and Bartec GmbH, since 2010 Dr. Langmaack has worked as Director of Group Controlling and Reporting at Mainova AG in Frankfurt.

"With Dr. Thies Langmaack and Matthias Wendel, we are gaining two experienced and competent experts from the energy industry for our important trading company", stressed Ralf Klöpfer, Executive Board member and Sales Director at MVV Energie. "They will press ahead with the further development of MVV Trading as an efficient and innovative service provider in the fields of trading, procuring and marketing commodities and further expand the company’s strong existing market position."