DÜSSELDORF (dpa-AFX) - At nationalized energy company Uniper, a decision on the successor to current CEO Klaus-Dieter Maubach is apparently imminent. The supervisory board is in an advanced process to appoint the successor, Germany's largest gas importer announced in Düsseldorf on Tuesday. The board expects that the appointment could be made "very soon."

Uniper further announced that Maubach had already resigned from his board seat effective at the end of February. Previously, it had always been said that Maubach had agreed to continue in office until a suitable successor had been appointed. On his last day of work at Uniper, Maubach wrote on the Linkedin network, "For me, it's time to say "goodbye" - after almost three years at this great company, two of which I served as CEO." Maubach had been appointed CEO at the end of March 2021.

On March 1, two new board members will officially take up their duties: Jutta Dönges, the former managing director of the Federal Finance Agency, will be responsible for finance in the future. Operations will in future be in the hands of Holger Kreetz, who was previously responsible for power generation plants at Uniper. Until the time of Maubach's succession, corresponding tasks will be taken over by Dönges and Kreetz, it was further stated./tob/DP/jha