Management board

Executive board and supervisory board of CropEnergies AG

Management board

The Executive Board of CropEnergies AG

Dr. Stephan Meeder, CEO / CFO

Born in 1970, Finance, Accounting, Controlling, Investor Relations, Capital Market Compliance, Marketing, Public Relations, Corporate Governance, Taxes and Law

After graduating with a degree in Business Administration from the University of Mannheim and the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales, Cergy-Pontoise, France, Stephan Meeder worked for ABB Structured Finance GmbH from 1996 to 2000In 1999, he earned his doctorate from the University of Mannheim at the faculty of Logistics. From 2000 to 2001, he worked for KPMG in the Corporate Finance Department and from 2001 to 2006 at Robert Bosch GmbH in Corporate Finance and M&A.

In November 2006, Stephan Meeder joined the Corporate Finance department of Südzucker AG. In May 2007, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the French sugar producer Saint Louis Sucre SA, Paris.

In April 2015, Stephan Meeder was appointed to the executive board of CropEnergies AG as Chief Financial Officer. Since July 2020, he has been CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of CropEnergies AG.

Dr. Stephan Meeder is Deputy Chairman of the Board of the German Bioethanol Industry Association (BDBe) and President of the European ethanol association ePURE.

Jürgen Böttcher, CTO

Born in 1961, Production and Technology, Sustainability, Business Development, Human Resources, Data Protection, Quality Management, Research & Development and IT

Jürgen Böttcher studied food technology with a focus on sugar and starch at the Humboldt University of Berlin from 1981 on and graduated in 1986 with a degree in engineering (Diplomingenieur).

In 1986, he began his professional career as a production engineer at the Langenbogen sugar factory. In July 1990, he moved to Südzucker AG and became a production engineer at the Wabern sugar factory. In 1998, he was made plant manager at the Warburg sugar factory. From 2004 on, Jürgen Böttcher was head of investment and maintenance management at Südzucker AG's head office in Ochsenfurt.

In 2006, he moved to CropEnergies AG and became managing director of CropEnergies Bioethanol GmbH Zeitz. From 2012 on, Jürgen Böttcher was Technical Director of CropEnergies AG responsible for production and technology.

Since 1 May 2020, Jürgen Böttcher has been a member of the executive board of CropEnergies AG as Chief Technical Officer (CTO).

Dr. Fritz Georg von Graevenitz, CSO

Born in 1977, Procurement, Sales, Logistics, Risk Management and Compliance

Dr. Fritz Georg von Graevenitz studied economics, economic history with a focus on fiscal policy and political science at the Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg and the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, Frankreich. In 2011, he received his doctorate for his thesis on international agricultural markets in the 20th century and their policies from the European University Institute, Florence, Italy.

In October 2011, Fritz Georg von Graevenitz joined the Südzucker Group as an expert for sugar policy and sugar markets in the central department for business economics in the sugar division. In September 2015, he became assistant to the CEO of Südzucker AG. In July 2016, he was appointed head of the central auditing department and Compliance Officer of Südzucker AG.

Since October 2019, Dr. Fritz Georg von Graevenitz has been member of the executive board of CropEnergies AG as Chief Sales Officer


The Supervisory Board

Dr. Thomas Kirchberg
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Independent Member
Würzburg
Member of the Supervisory Board since March 16, 2020
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Helmut Friedl
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Financial Expert
Egling an der Paar
Chairman of the Executive Board of the Management
Verband Bayerischer Zuckerrübenanbauer e.V.
Member of the Supervisory Board since July 12, 2022
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Dr. Hans-Jörg Gebhard
Eppingen
Previously Chairman of the Executive Board
Verband Süddeutscher Zuckerrübenanbauer e.V.
Member of the Supervisory Board since August 29, 2006
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Thomas Kölbl
Financial Expert
Speyer
Member of the Executive Board of Südzucker AG
Member of the Supervisory Board since May 3, 2006
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Dr. Stefan Streng
Uffenheim
Chairman of the Board of Management
Verband Süddeutscher Zuckerrübenanbauer e.V.
Member of the Supervisory Board since July 12, 2022
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Dr. Susanna Zapreva-Hennerbichler
Financial Expert
Independent Member
Hanover
Chairwoman of the Executive Board
Enercity AG,
Member of the Supervisory Board since July 12, 2022
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The committees

Audit Committee

Dr. Susanna Zapreva-Hennerbichler (Chairwoman), Thomas Kölbl (deputy Chairman), Helmut Friedl, Dr. Thomas Kirchberg

Nomination Committee

Thomas Kölbl (Chairman), Dr. Hans-Jörg Gebhard, Dr. Thomas Kirchberg, Dr. Stefan Streng

Personnel Committee

Dr. Hans-Jörg Gebhard (Chairman), Dr. Thomas Kirchberg, Thomas Kölbl, Dr. Stefan Streng


Press photos

You can find the press photos of our management board and our locations on the download page

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