Thilo Wieland
Wintershall
Executive Director, Exploration & Production in Russia, North Africa & South America
Thilo Wieland, a member of the Wintershall Board of Executive Directors since December 2015, is responsible for exploration and production in Russia, North Africa, and South America. An industrial engineering and business management graduate, Mr. Wieland supervises issues related to Wintershall’s activities in gas transport projects, including trans-Baltic lines Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2, and their onshore units OPAL and NEL. He began his career in 1999 at Wintershall Erdgas Handelshaus in Berlin. Since then, Mr. Wieland has held various positions within the Wintershall Group, including Head of Department, Natural Gas Supply West at WINGAS. Until 2013, he represented Wintershall's shareholder interests in the Nord Stream and South Stream projects before becoming Vice President, Strategy and Portfolio Management, within the Wintershall Group. As General Manager of Wintershall Libya, he has been responsible for the activities of Germany’s largest internationally active oil and gas producer in the North African country since 2014. Mr. Wieland studied industrial engineering at the Technical University of Berlin.