Felix Lerch is the UK Chairman of Uniper, is a leading European energy company. Felix heads a team of a 1,000 energy professionals working across Uniper’s diverse generation fleet, gas storage facilities and international trading team.

He has more than 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, and previously held senior executive positions at E.ON, having developed his early career in Shell. Before he took up his chairmanship, Felix was Executive Vice-President of E.ON’s Exploration & Production business. At Shell he held positions in business planning, international business development and various technical roles.

Felix holds an MBA from the London Business School, a PHD in Geosciences from the University of Mainz and an M.Sc in Geological and Earth Sciences from the University of Arizona. He lives in Surrey with his wife and two daughters.