Dr Donald Weir
Advisory Board Member
Dr Donald Weir is presently CEO, Services, at thyssenKrupp. Before then, he was CEO of E.ON Technologies GmbH. His successful career in Landis+Gyr (Switzerland), Siemens and E.ON (Germany) has given him extensive experience of the field of electrical engineering and T&D grids. Donald led the development of the strategy document which guides the Company through to commercialisation of the CTS.
Donald’s key role at Enertechnos is to advise on building commercial relationships with European operators of renewable energy generation and distribution networks.
Prior to thyssenKrupp, Donald was for five years CEO of E.ON Technologies where his responsibilities and achievements included:
Responsible for Engineering function of E.ON SE, a DAX listed company with annual turnover of EUR110 Billion and 55,000 employees active in Power and Oil & Gas.
This includes:
- a) Innovation – 300 projects/€ 50 m;
b) Construction/projects portfolio of ~ € 10 Bn;
c) Service € 80 Bn of installed assets;
d) De-commissioning (nuclear & conventional, project portfolio € 4 Bn)
Responsible for Engineering function of E.ON SE, a DAX listed company with annual turnover of
110 Billion Euro and 55,000 employees active in Power and Oil & Gas.
Includes:
a) Innovation – 300 projects/€ 50 m;
b) Construction/projects portfolio of ~ € 10 Bn;
c) Service € 80 Bn of installed assets;
d) De-commissioning (nuclear & conventional, project portfolio € 4 Bn)
Prior to E.ON, Donald was for thirteen years a senior executive at Siemens, holding the following roles:
CEO, Compression & Solutions
Dates Employed 2008 – 2011
Employment Duration 3 yrs
Oil & Gas Division, € 2 Billion sales, 6,500 staff & 20 locations globally.
Engineering services, capital projects/equipment and life cycle solutions
CEO, Transmission & Distribution Services
Dates Employed 2004 – 2008
Employment Duration 4 yrs
€ 600m sales, 4,000 staff and 18 locations globally
Operation of & services for installed equipment
CEO, Metering Services
Dates Employed 2001 – 2004
Employment Duration 3 yrs
€ 160 million sales; providing gas & electricity meters & metering services to utilities
Managing Director of UK legal entities
CEO, Customer Management Systems
Dates Employed 1998 – 2001
Employment Duration3 yrs
€260 million sales: Manufacturing & selling metering systems in 20 countries