Company profile Corporate Management
Peter Walter Herweck
Chairman, board member since 2026, term expires 2029, nationality: German
Mr. Peter Walter Herweck, born in 1966, has over 40 years of experience in energy management, industrial automation, and industrial software, including nearly a decade as a member of the Executive Board and CEO of publicly traded corporations such as Schneider Electric SE, as well as Chief Strategy Officer of Siemens AG. After completing an apprenticeship and earning a degree in electrical and automation engineering, he earned an MBA from Wake Forest University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. His professional career includes stints at Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in Japan and various leadership positions at Siemens AG in Germany, China, and the U.S., before serving as a member of the Executive Committee at Schneider Electric SE from 2016 to 2021, where he was responsible for the industrial automation business. From 2021 to 2023, he served as CEO of AVEVA plc, and from 2023 to November 2024, he was CEO of Schneider Electric SE. Since 2025, he has been the founder and CEO of the Swiss company TauMin AG.
Peter Walter Herweck is a member of the following statutory supervisory boards and comparable national and international corporate supervisory bodies:
- Administrative Board of Rudolf Holding Management SE, Geretsried
- Administrative Board of TBG AG, Zurich, Switzerland
- Teradyne Corp., North Reading, Massachusetts, USA (Non-Executive Director of the Board)
- Pragmatic Semiconductor Ltd., Cambridge, England (Chair of the Board)
- BSR, San Francisco, USA (Chair of the Board, nonprofit)
Additional information regarding membership on voluntarily established advisory boards:
- Advisory Committee of Zest Holdco GmbH
Max Fowinkel
Vice chairman, board member since 2026, term expires 2029, nationality: German
Mr. Max Fowinkel has been with the Warburg Pincus Group for 20 years, including more than ten years as a partner. He advises the Warburg Pincus funds, particularly on growth investments in the software and technology sectors. He studied industrial engineering at the Technical University of Berlin and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. Having worked for the Warburg Pincus Group for 20 years, he is currently the managing director of Warburg Pincus Deutschland GmbH in Berlin and a member of the advisory board for the active portfolio companies of the Warburg Pincus Funds listed below.
Mr. Fowinkel does not hold any positions in any other statutory supervisory boards or comparable national and international corporate supervisory bodies.
Additional information regarding memberships on voluntarily established advisory boards:
- Infoniqa (provider of HR, financial accounting, and payroll software)
- blau direkt (provider of software and services for insurance brokers)
- Arsipa and HealthPartners (providers of occupational safety and occupational health services in Germany and the United Kingdom)
- Odido (leading mobile network operator in the Netherlands and former Dutch mobile business of Deutsche Telekom)
- Community Fibre (fiber-optic network operator in London)
- Oyora (chain of radiology practices in Germany)
Ingo Fick
Employee representative, board member since 2025, term expires 2028, nationality: German
Mr. Ingo Fick, born in 1978, studied electrical engineering at Koblenz University of Applied Sciences and began working as a developer at Ehrhardt + Partner GmbH & Co. KG as part of his diploma thesis in 2002, where he worked as a project manager until 2012. He then moved to PSI Logistics GmbH as a technical project manager and later solution architect. His work focuses on programming, conceptual design and consulting for the PSIwms product.
Michael Kunz
Board member since 2026, term expires 2029, nationality: German
Mr. Michael Kunz, born in 1959, has 35 years of experience providing tax advice on private equity transactions. He studied business administration at the University of Mannheim and began his professional career in 1988 at Arthur Andersen. Following the merger of Arthur Andersen with EY in 2002, he served as a partner there and worked as a tax advisor and certified public accountant, most recently as Private Equity Markets Leader for Germany. Since 2020, he has been advising private equity funds and their portfolio companies on transactions and restructurings through MK PE Consult GmbH, which he founded. In this capacity, Michael Kunz also serves as a member of the advisory board for the active investments of the Warburg Pincus Funds listed below.
Mr. Kunz does not hold any positions in any other statutory supervisory boards or comparable national and international corporate supervisory bodies.
Additional information regarding memberships on voluntarily established advisory boards:
- Infoniqa (provider of HR, financial accounting, and payroll software)
- Arsipa (providers of occupational safety and occupational health services in Germany and the United Kingdom)
- Oyora (chain of radiology practices in Germany)
Uwe Seidel
Employee representative, board member since 2015, term expires 2028, nationality: German
Mr Uwe Seidel, born in 1966, studied chemistry in Duisburg. From 1993 to 1997 he worked for the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen. From 1997 to 1999 he was employed at Shimadzu Europa GmbH as developer in the software design department. From 1999 until 2000, when the unit was acquired by PSI AG, he worked as developer and technical project manager at debis Systemhaus. His main areas of responsibility include programming, consulting and training in the areas software integration, PSIcomcentre and gas network simulation.
Dr. Patrick Wittenberg
Board member since 2024, term expires 2027, nationality: German
Dr. Patrick Wittenberg, born in 1981, studied and completed his doctorate at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at RWTH Aachen University. In 2012, he began his work as a Technical Center Metering Consultant at RWE Rhein-Ruhr Netzservice and then held various expert and management positions for around 6 years at Westnetz GmbH, RWE AG and innogy SE for around six years. From 2018, he was Managing Director of wesernetz Bremen GmbH before returning to Westnetz GmbH in autumn of 2021 as Managing Director for Special Technology and Digitalization to Westnetz GmbH. Since June 1, 2024, he has been Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of the Management Board of E.DIS AG.
Dr. Wittenberg is a member of the following statutory supervisory boards and comparable national and international corporate supervisory bodies:
- Stadtwerke Barth GmbH, Barth (Vice Chairman)
- Stadtwerke Ribnitz-Damgarten GmbH, Ribnitz-Damgarten (Vice Chairman)
- Stadtwerke Energie und Wasser Potsdam GmbH, Potsdam
- Stadtwerke Brandenburg an der Havel GmbH, Brandenburg an der Havel
- Netzgesellschaft Schwerin mbH, Schwerin (Vice Chairman)
- SWS Energie GmbH, Stralsund (Vice Chairman)
- Stadtwerke Wismar GmbH, Wismar (Vice Chairman)