thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA

Born 1969. CEO, member of the executive Board since 2022. Appointed until 2025 // German Responsible for the Corporate Functions Business Development/Sales, Communications/ESG & Governmental Affairs, Engineering, Human Resources & HSE, Internal Audit, Legal & Compliance/Board Office, Module & Cell Fabrication, Strategy & M&A. In addition, Dr. Ponikwar is responsible for the business activities of the subsidiaries in Germany, Italy and in the USA. Dr. Ponikwar started his career at Degussa AG/Evonik GmbH in the year 2000. He worked in various functions and locations including finance & controlling, project management, business development and marketing. After serving as a strategy advisor with Arthur D. Little, he joined Linde AG in 2008 and held various management positions in engineering and the industrial gas segment. Before he assumed his current role, he was founding and growing Linde Hydrogen FuelTech GmbH, serving as the CEO/managing director from 2017 on. Dr. Ponikwar graduated from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and holds a PhD in chemistry.

Born 1961. CFO, Member of the executive Board since 2022. Appointed until 2025 // German

Responsible for the Corporate Functions Commercial Operations/Tax, Controlling, Accounting & Risk, Finance, Information Technology, Investor Relations, Project Execution/Procurement, Project Risk Control & QM. In addition, Dr. Pfannschmidt is responsible for the business activities of the subsidiaries in Australia, India and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Pfannschmidt started his career at the thyssenkrupp Group in 1993, working at various companies of the thyssenkrupp Group, including thyssenkrupp AG, and has held various CFO positions at subsidiaries of the thyssenkrupp Group since 2001. Since 2014, he has been appointed as CFO of the Uhde Electrolysis business, which merged 2015 into Uhde Chlorine Engineers and became thyssenkrupp nucera in 2022. Dr. Pfannschmidt graduated with a PhD and a master’s degree (Diplom-Volkswirt) in economics from the University of Bonn.

Born 1966. CTO, Member of the Board since 2022. Appointed until 2025 // Italian

Responsible for the Corporate Functions Innovation Center, IP Management, Product Management, Technology Service. In addition, Fulvio Federico is responsible for the business activities of the subsidiaries in China and Japan. Fulvio Federico has been working in the electrolyzer industry since 1993, when he started working at a predecessor company of Industrie De Nora S.p.A. where he has held various positions until becoming engineering manager in 2008. He joined thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (Italia) S.r.l. (now thyssenkrupp nucera (Italia) S.r.l.) in 2015 as Head of Global Technology and became CTO of the company in 2017. From 2021 onwards, he became CTO of thyssenkrupp nucera. He has a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University Politecnico di Milano.