EUREF - Key Persons


Alexander Söchtig - COO

Job Titles:
  • COO

Angela Merkel

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel was a regular guest at the Gasometer. On 13 June 2017, a state of emergency prevailed around the Gasometer at the Africa Summit hosted by the German Chancellor.All heads of state and government of the continent accepted the invitation.

Dr Ludger Hellenthal

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner of "H2 Green Power & Logistics GmbH
Dr Ludger Hellenthal, managing partner of "H2 Green Power & Logistics GmbH" is currently on tour in Germany with the hydrogen truck "Hyundai Xcient Fuel Cell". It had already passed eleven cities in seven federal states when it arrived in Schöneberg on the EUREF-Campus on 7 December.

Ella Mützel

Job Titles:
  • Senior Project Manager

Günther Jauch Fernsehmoderator

Job Titles:
  • Journalist Und Produzent
Günther Jauch made it famous: in 2011 he started his Polittalk in the glass dome and broadcast from the EUREF Campus Berlin.

Jörg Philippi-Gerle

Job Titles:
  • Location Manager
  • Manager
Jörg Philippi-Gerle is the new site manager of the EUREF Campus Düsseldorf, located in the triangle between the airport, the highway and the railroad tracks.

Reinhard Müller - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
Reinhard Müller, CEO of EUREF AG, thanked all the supporters, the City of Düsseldorf, the Stadtwerke and the Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf for all their help and efforts in bringing the campus to Düsseldorf. He also donated 50,000 for the victims of the floods in NRW. At the end of the ceremony, EUREF AG was given the innovation-award "Rheinland Genial", which is given by the Metropolregion Rheinland to Rhineland region's various "hidden champions".

Thomas Geisel

Job Titles:
  • Mayor
Mayor Thomas Geisel announced a "settlement project of a very special kind" in May 2019. The official contract signing for this major project for the business and innovation location Düsseldorf took place in the presence of Düsseldorf's Mayor Thomas Geisel, at the real estate trade fair Expo Real in Munich.

Uwe Kerkmann

Job Titles:
  • Head of EUREF - Campus Düsseldorf
Uwe Kerkmann, Head of EUREF-Campus Düsseldorf, and Alexander Söchtig, COO at inno2grid, presented the EUREF-Campus Düsseldorf and opportunities for international start-ups to work with Inno2grid at the Start.up! Germany Tour 2020. Uwe Kerkmann, Head of EUREF-Campus Düsseldorf, attended this year's Start-up Week in Düsseldorf. Together with Stadtwerke Düsseldorf (the biggest energy provider in the city) he discussed about the city's goal to be "Climate-neutral by 2035". Topics included were mobility solutions of the future, new energy concepts and climate-neutral buildings, where EUREF-Campus Düsseldorf is a pioneer in its field.