The Company

Chaired by Lothar Zweiniger
Initial appointment: 2007

Lothar Zweiniger:
Born on October 9, 1949, married


Education:

1956 - 1960
Elementary school in Gifhorn and Hanover (1957)

1960 - 1966
Secondary school "Am Lindener Berge" in Hanover

1966 - 1969
Electronics technician training program at AEG-Telefunken in Hanover

1969 - 1970
First semester electrical engineering at Paderborn Engineering College

1970 - 1972
Civil service at the Nuclear Medicine Institute of the Hanover Medical School

1972 - 1976
Degree in electrical engineering, specialty in information technology, at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts

1976 - 1979
Cancer research work at the Nuclear Medicine Institute of the Hanover Medical School

1980 - 1984
Cancer research work in the urology department of the Hanover Medical School

1995 - 1998
Further training in "Organizational Development" in addition to employment

2000 - 2002
Further training in "Mediating Conflicts at the Workplace" in addition to employment


Experience:

1984 - 1997
Staff Council Chairman, Hanover Medical School

1997 - 2001
Deputy District Chairman, ÖTV Niedersachsen Trade Union, responsible for:

• Sector: Municipalities (employees)
  
• Public transportation
  
• Pay policy
  
• Personnel group: Employees

July 2, 2001 - January 31, 2004
Deputy State District Director, verdi Trade Union Niedersachsen/Bremen, responsible for:

• Personnel
  
• Pay policy
  
• Sectors: Municipalities, Federal/State, Education/Science/Research, Transportation
  
• Personnel group: Foremen, technicians, engineers

February 1, 2004 - December 31, 2006
Management Board Member in charge of Human Resources/Social Services, Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG)
Managing Director, Bremer Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft (BVV)
Board Chairman, Death Benefits Fund, Bremer Straßenbahn AG
Board Chairman, Retirement Pension Fund, Bremer Straßenbahn AG
Executive Committee Member, Bremen Municipal Employers' Federation (KAV)
Chairman, Public Transportation Committee, Bremen Municipal Employers' Federation (KAV)

Since January 1, 2007
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)
Management Board Member in charge of Human Resources/Social Services


Activities for Supervisory Boards and similar advisory bodies

Since February 1, 2004
Member, Transport Committee and Social Services Committee, European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest (CEEP)
Guest Member, Human Resources Committee, Association of German Transport Companies (VDV)

Since June 1, 2005
Member, Representatives' Meeting, BG Bahnen
Member, Representatives' Meeting, German Pension Insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung) Oldenburg-Bremen (until 2007)
Chairman, Verein zur Förderung der Fort- und Weiterbildung e.V. (sole shareholder of the BIZEV Transport Training Centre, 11 member companies)
Advisory Board Member, VDV (Association of German Transport Companies) Academy