Born in 1963 in Stuttgart. Michael Jesberger started his career at ABB Schaltanlagen GmbH in 1990, and then went on to work at the ABB Holding company in Switzerland between 1999 and 2002, where he was responsible in various managerial functions for power transmission systems. In 2002, Jesberger moved to RWE and, among other positions, headed up the Infrastructure Systems Department. After this, he moved to the High-Voltage Substations Department at Siemens AG, before he began a period as Head of Asset Management at TenneT TSO GmbH in 2013. Michael Jesberger has been a member of the Executive Board at TransnetBW since March 2019.