In its meeting last Friday, the Supervisory Board of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) appointed Mr. Steffen Köhler as a new member of the Management Board of EEX AG. From 1 March 2012 on Steffen Köhler will assume the position of the Chief Market Officer. With this new position on the Management Board EEX is establishing a more comprehensive position for itself in the fields of market and distribution in order to be prepared for future challenges.
Steffen Köhler has extensive experience in derivatives trading and currently holds an executive position at the Eurex derivatives exchange. In this capacity, he has made a decisive contribution to the development of the co-operation between EEX and Eurex in the field of trading in emission allowances and power. From August 2003 to June 2006, Steffen Köhler worked in the field of product development at Eurex Clearing.
Prior to this, he worked for various companies in the financial sector. Moreover, Steffen Köhler has been a member of the Supervisory Board of EEX AG since June 2009. Following his appointment to the EEX Board, he will now relinquish
this position.
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is the leading European energy exchange. It develops, operates and connects secure, liquid and transparent markets for energy and related products on which power, natural gas, CO2 emission allowances and coal are traded. Clearing and settlement of all trading transactions are provided by the clearing house European Commodity Clearing AG (ECC).