Heinz-Dieter Waffel is Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer of AllMerus Energy Ltd. Prior to becoming an investment professional at AllMerus, he had a successful career as a senior executive at a string of major international utilities companies. He was Head of Sales and Trading and on the Management Board of the largest German utility, E.ON, Chief Commercial Officer of Preussen Elektra, and prior to that ran the 30GW wholesale operations of the Tennessee Valley Authority. He also helped establish, and was Chairman of the Board, of the European Energy Exchange.