In the meeting of the supervisory board of European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) on Thursday, Dr. Christoph Mura was appointed a member of the executive board and new Chief Operating Officer (COO) with effect as of 1st January 2009. Prior to his appointment to the management board of EEX, Dr. Mura held the position of the sole director of boerse-stuttgart AG. In addition, he was also the chief executive of boerse-stuttgart Holding GmbH.
Following his studies in engineering economics and after receiving his doctorate, Dr. Mura began his professional career in a management consultancy of which he was a founding partner. Before the 50-year old Saarlander moved to Stuttgart exchange, he was a member of the management board of agens KgaA and chief executive of agens Consulting GmbH.
Furthermore, Oliver Maibaum was also appointed chief executive of the new derivatives subsidiary EEX Power Derivatives GmbH in addition to his position as Managing Director Exchange and Senior Vice President Customer Relations of EEX during the same meeting. The native of the Upper Palatinate will assume management of the derivatives trading subsidiary with immediate effect.
Maibaum has been with EEX, where he initially headed the Market Supervision Department, since the year 2000. Prior to his employment at the energy exchange, he worked in the field of holding management for energy trading at Mitteldeutsche Energieversorgungs AG Halle (MEAG), a subsidiary of Vereinigte Elektrizitätswerke Westfalen AG – VEW AG. He began his career at Treuhandanstalt, Berlin in the energy and chemical industries division.
