Karl-Ludwig Kley is the new Chairman of the E.ON SE Supervisory Board

Karl-Ludwig Kley is the new Chairman of the E.ON SE Supervisory Board. The Annual Shareholders Meeting today appointed the former CEO of Merck KGaA to the Supervisory Board, which subsequently elected him to be its Chairman. Kley succeeds Werner Wenning, who ended his service on the board at his own request. Wenning had been a member of the Supervisory Board since April 2008 and its Chairman since May 2011. “Werner Wenning played a key role in shaping E.ON’s development in a period of significant challenges and dislocations in the energy industry,” Kley said. “In particular, his involvement in the design of E.ON’s new strategy helped pave the way for E.ON and Uniper to achieve lasting success in a dramatically altered energy world.” ….