Dieter Henning

Dieter Henning (* June 5, 1936 in Berlin; † December 13, 2007 in Aachen) was a German engineer and Chairman of the Board of Management of Rheinbraun AG from 1993 to 1999.
Biography.
After studying mining, Henning worked as a research assistant at the Technical University of Clausthal. In 1969, he received his doctorate there as Dr.-Ing. for his work on the influence of thermal pre-treatment on the shear strength of kaolin. In 1969, he started as a production engineer at the former Rheinbraun AG in the Frechen opencast mine. From 1977 to 1990, he was operations director of the Hambach opencast mine. He then moved to the new German states, where he was chairman of the board of Lausitzer Braunkohle AG in Senftenberg from 1990 to 1993. Then he moved to the Board of Management of Rheinbraun AG, where he was Chairman of the Board from 1993 to 1999. He was also a member of the Executive Board of RWE AG.