Advisory Board members
Chairman of the ICEE Adisory Board
Dr. Bernd Weber
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Founder & Director
EPICO KlimaInnovation - Energy & Climate Policy & Innovation Council e.V.
Dr. Bernd Weber is the founder and managing director of EPICO KlimaInnovation. Previously, he led the Industry, Energy and Environment division of the Economic Council, where he worked from 2015 to 2020. He founded and led the European Energy Lab 2030, an agile energy policy think tank composed of actors from politics, business, and academia, for over four years. Before that, he worked for the European Commission in Brussels in the Directorate-General for Trade. Bernd Weber holds a PhD in European energy and climate policy from Sciences Po Paris and the University of Oxford. As a visiting professor of energy policy, he has held or currently holds teaching positions at the College of Europe in Warsaw, Sciences Po Paris, and the CIFE European Institute in Nice.
Bernd Weber advises as a member of the Climate-Neutral Power System Platform (PKNS) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and chairs the Energy and Environment Summits of the International Council of Energy and Environment (ICEE).
Sandra Reus
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Head of Climate Policy
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe
Sandra Reus studied law at the Martin Luther University Halle/Saale. After working at the Chair of European and International Law there and in various law firms, she moved into the business world. From 2003 to 2008, Sandra Reus represented the thyssenkrupp Group in Brussels as Public Affairs Manager. In 2008, she moved to thyssenkrupp Steel Europe in Duisburg as Senior Expert Environmental Policy. Since November 2011, she has been responsible in Duisburg for positioning the company on climate policy issues. In recent years, she has focussed in particular on the company's political and strategic orientation in the context of European emissions trading. Since 2021, she has held the overall management of climate policy within the CEO's Government & Regulatory Affairs staff unit and advises the Executive Board of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG on all climate policy issues. Since the end of 2022, Ms Reus has also headed the Climate Policy Working Group at the Federation of German Industries (BDI).
Adam Pradela
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CFO Corporate Sustainability
DHL Group
Adam Pradela has been CFO Corporate Sustainability, DHL Group, since March 2024. In this cross-divisional function, he bundles all sustainability activities in the financial area with the aim of integrating environmental and social issues more closely into the company's operational processes. Since joining DHL Group in 2002, he has worked as regional CFO at various European locations and was most recently responsible for Corporate Accounting, Reporting & Controlling at DHL Group. After graduating in business administration from the University of Cologne in 1989, Adam Pradela held senior finance positions at multinational companies such as Unilever, Pepsi-Cola and Tetra Pak in Germany and Switzerland. He is a member of the Transition Implementation Group of the International Sustainability Standards Board.
Sandra Lorenz
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Member of the Group Management Board
ROSSMANN
Sandra Lorenz is a member of the executive management at ROSSMANN and is responsible for the ROSSMANN brands. She is a true ROSSMANN expert who has been connected to the company for over 30 years.
In 1993, Sandra Lorenz joined ROSSMANN as a product range manager for A-brands and in 1998 became one of the first product managers in the area of ROSSMANN private labels. In 2004, she completed her degree in business administration and deepened her intercultural competence through a stay abroad at AS Watson in Hong Kong. Since 2006, she has been heading the Private Label division and has significantly contributed to the success and diversity of ROSSMANN’s own brands during this time. Since 2013, she has been a member of ROSSMANN’s executive management.
A key focus of her work with the ROSSMANN brands is sustainability. Sandra Lorenz is a committed sustainability thinker and passionately advocates innovative solutions. As a nature lover and enthusiastic hobby hiker, she finds balance and relaxation in the outdoors.
Enrico Eberlein
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Member of the Regional Management Board
Bank and Host of #5nach12
Enrico Eberlein has been a member of the regional management board of a German bank since 2008 and co-founded the Green Branches in 2020, an innovative concept for the sustainable transformation of bank branches. As the host of the podcast #5nach12, he focuses on solutions and provides a platform for inspiring guests from science, business, and politics to share sustainable impulses. With great passion, he is committed to societal and economic transformation - as a supporter, impact investor, SDG ambassador for a global educational project for children and youth, and as the initiator of a platform for interdisciplinary exchange on sustainable future solutions. On LinkedIn, Enrico Eberlein is an active voice on the topics of transformation and democracy.
Dr Nadine Sterley
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CSO
GEA Group
Dr Nadine Sterley is a fully qualified lawyer and has held various management positions at GEA since 2016. Since 2021, as Chief Sustainability Officer, she has been systematically expanding the sustainability area of the MDAX company with the aim of positioning the company as an ESG market leader in mechanical engineering. Nadine was significantly involved in the comprehensive integration of sustainability issues into the corporate strategy. Since then, GEA has been pursuing one of the most ambitious climate strategies in the industry. The group is represented in the leading sustainability indices DAX 50 ESG, Dow Jones Sustainability Europe and MSCI Global Sustainability. She previously worked as a lawyer at a major international law firm, where she specialised in sophisticated transactions.
Prof Dr Hubertus Bardt
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Managing Director
German Economic Institute
Professor Dr Hubertus Bardt studied Economics and Business Administration in Marburg and Hagen and received his Doctorate in Marburg. He has been at the Institute of German Economy Cologne since 2000. Hubertus has been the Managing Director of the Institute of German Economy Cologne since 2014, and Head of the Scientific Department. Since 2022, he has been an honorary professor at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf.
Dr. Petra Wicklandt
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EVP & Head of Corporate Sustainability, Quality & Trade Compliance
Merck KGaA
Dr. Petra Wicklandt heads the Corporate Sustainability, Quality & Trade Compliance division at the Merck Group. In this role, she is responsible not only for sustainability but also for regulatory compliance at the corporate level. Additionally, she is responsible for the areas of EHS, animal welfare, safety, cybersecurity, and crisis management.
Previously, Petra Wicklandt led Corporate Affairs, covering sustainability, bioethics, digital ethics, politics, and global health. She also has extensive experience in chemical and pharmaceutical development as well as pharmaceutical manufacturing. Petra Wicklandt joined Merck in 1994 from DuPont Pharma, where she worked in Medical and Scientific Information. She is a pharmacist and earned her doctorate in pharmaceutical technology from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz.