Simon Schmitz Email & Phone Number

Geneva, Switzerland

Wien

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Wien

I have gained loads of "operational experience” (and much more) while on parental leave ;-)

Düsseldorf, Germany

From November 2011, I have taken over the overall responsibility for strategy and policy development at E.ON Climate and Renewables (ECR), a renewable power generation company with >1bn € of annual investment. This included leading the Business Development team of 4 managers and spanned across all ECR businesses (incl. wind, biomass and solar energy)

Düsseldorf, Germany

• Planning ECR’s global long-term portfolio of investments • Analysis of renewable power generation markets, policy, and supply chain• Management of internal process to assess ECR’s competitive advantage

Düsseldorf Area, Germany

Strategy Manager (Referent) in the European Generation Strategy and Trading team at E.ON AG Corporate Strategy and Development; strategic evaluation of power generation projects, commissioning market analysis; expert for energy policy and scenarios; coordinating the Generation Strategy process; Project Manager for the E.ON-wide “Intermittency Project”, investigating opportunities and risks for E.ON from renewables growth;

Coventry, United Kingdom

Within E.ON UK Retail, member of the Technology Commercialisation Unit (now part of E.ON Engineering); building policy positions and designing influencing plans to support new E.ON products and services; interfacing with E.ON UK’s press office; technology communication internally; Project Manager for E.ON UK’s Strategy on Zero Carbon HomesFrom 2008, responsible for power generation strategy; leading two Analysts and several external consultants to deliver strategy projects and decision-making support to the Generation Board; independently managing the project portfolio for several months; coordinating the 2007 UK Strategy Review submission to E.ON AG;

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Project Manager of the Electricity Utilities Sector Project at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD, Geneva); managing the development and publication of member company reports on the policy and technology needs of the power sector (e.g. "Powering a Sustainable Future: An Agenda for Concerted Action"); budget planning; managing project consultants, public relations companies, and interns; designing and implementing a global stakeholder and communication strategy;

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Project Officer in the Energy & Climate Department of WBCSD; leading the development of the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Revised Edition); co-authoring studies on global energy trends, GHG emission pathways and international climate policy; organising WBCSD’s presence at various conferences, including UN climate conferences

Various

Parliamentary Internship in the House of Commons, London, researching issues related to timber trade and biodiversity for Barry Gardiner, MPEconometric Research Associate at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA, Germany); presentation at a Doctorate Summer School Summer 1999Research Assistant at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (WI, Germany); responsible for analysis of an econometric modelInternship at Netronic Software GmbH; responsible for a project in Quality Assurance, programming test applications with Microsoft Visual Basic

As an Undergraduate, I was Secretary and then President of the United Nations Association (UNA) at York University, organizing fund raising events, talks on international affairs etc.

Introduction To Computer Science And Programming, A (88%)

I have successfully completed this 3-month online course during the evenings and weekends on my parental leave; it enabled me to better.

Education record

• Agile Project Management Master Class (focus: IT business projects): 3-day course, Thomsett • One-day managerial courses on “Impact.

Msc, Environmental Assessment And Evaluation

Ba, Philosophy And Economics