OUR TEAM
Initiators
Martin Schoeller
- GESI Giga Batteries Vice Chairman and Board of Directors
- Co-Chairman, Schoeller Group
- Chairman, Schoeller Holding & Schoeller Ventures
- Board of the Bavarian Family Entrepreneurs
- div. Advisory board mandates and honorary posts
Dr. Peter Strüven
- GESI Giga Batteries Vice Chairman and Board of Directors
- Founder, Strüven Consulting
- Former Managing Director and Senior Vice President, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- Former Chairman, BCG (Asia/ANZ and German-speaking countries)
Dr. Nikolaus von Bomhard
- GESI Giga Batteries Board of Directors
- Chairman of the Board of Management for many years, MunichRe
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board, MunichRe
- President of the Board of Trustees, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Walter Raizner
- GESI Giga Batteries Chairman & CEO
- Former member of the Board of Management, Deutsche Telekom AG
- Former CEO, IBM Central and Eastern Europe
- Former Member of the Executive Management Committee, IBM Corporation
- Former Vice President, Bitkom
- Various advisory board mandates and honorary posts
Jens Wegmann
- GESI Giga Batteries COO & Board of Directors
- Founder and managing partner, wegmann technic & consulting GmbH
- Former member of the Management Board and COO, Klöckner & Co. SE
- Former Chairman of the Executive Board and Chairman, Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG
- Former Chairman of the Executive Board, Siemens Industry Solutions
Operational team
Robert Kobak
- GESI Giga Batteries Permitting Project Manager
- Experience in permitting, project development, project management, and O&M
- Previous roles in the energy sector, particularly in wind power and BESS
Ayman Mounir
- Senior Technical Project Manager at GESI Giga Batteries
- Extensive industry experience gained through positions at Samsung SDI and Siemens
- Expert in Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), from technology evaluation to project implementation
Christian Bracklow
- GESI Giga Batteries Director of Project Finance
- Former Managing Director of BayWa r.e.
- M&A, Development, Project Finance, Turnkey Implementation, and Asset Management for Renewable Energy Projects
Thomas Assmus
- GESI Giga Batteries Senior Project Manager
- Formerly SPIE
- Experience in managing BESS projects
Christiane Abt
- GESI Giga Batteries Commercial Project Manager
- Formerly Siemens
- Experience in large-scale plant construction and commercial project management
Julian Heinen
- GESI Giga Batteries Project Management
- Project development and approval of major projects
- Formerly Zech Group
Isabella Stellwag
- GESI Giga Batteries Senior Project Manager
- Formerly Kyon Energy
- Experience in the approval & implementation of stationary battery storage projects
Michael Sixl
- Director of Business Development, GESI Giga Batteries
- Schoeller Ventures: Venture Development
- Formerly Deloitte Strategy & Operations Consulting
Daniel Tisch
- GESI Giga Batteries Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
- Formerly a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group
Economic and Scientific Advisory Board
Heinrich von Pierer
- Former. Chairman of the Executive Board Siemens AG
- Involvement in German economic policy, member of various advisory bodies and supervisory boards
- Numerous awards and honors for business achievements
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christof Wittwer
- Fraunhofer ISE, Business Unit Manager System Integration
- Honorary professorship at the University of Freiburg, teaching module Smart Grids
- Former. Head of Power Electronics, Grids and Intelligent Systems
- Former. Head of Smart Grids Department
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Fichtner
- Managing Director Helmholtz Institute Ulm for Electrochemical Energy Storage (HIU)
- Head of the “Solid State Chemistry” department at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm
- Professor (W3) for Solid State Chemistry at the University of Ulm
- Head of the “Energy Storage Systems” department at the Institute of Nanotechnology at KIT