Hamburg – The organisational consultant Katrin-Susanne Richter and the entrepreneur Dr. Thiemo Gropp have been appointed Directors of the DESERTEC Foundation. Max Schön, entrepreneur and President of the German Chapter of the Club of Rome, takes over as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the non-profit Foundation.
The previous Directors Dr. Gerhard Timm and Friedrich Führ will remain closely connected with the Foundation. Dr. Gerhard Timm has been elected into the Supervisory Board. Friedrich Führ is developing concepts for events to actively promote the DESERTEC idea in additional regions of the world and to reach new target audiences.
"I am deeply grateful to the founding Directors, Dr. Gerhard Timm and Friedrich Führ, for their dedication and their invaluable contribution to the establishment of the DESERTEC Foundation," said Dr. Gerhard Knies, the previous Chairman of the Supervisory Board and main initiator of the Foundation. "Being over 70 years old now, I am happy to hand over the Chair of the Supervisory Board to such an experienced manager as Max Schön."
Dr. Gerhard Knies is now Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation, and will dedicate himself to the further development of the DESERTEC concept as a global solution for clean energy supply.
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