Wolfgang Langhoff (Manager)

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Wolfgang Langhoff (2016)

Wolfgang Langhoff (* 1960 in Oberhausen ) is a German manager and CEO of BP Europa SE . He has been with the global oil and energy company since 1989 . Langhoff also heads the Mineral Oil Industry Association as chairman of the board .

Life

education

Langhoff was born in Oberhausen in 1960. After graduating from the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium in Dinslaken , he studied civil engineering at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen , where he graduated in 1984 as a graduate engineer . He also holds an international degree as a chartered engineer.

Career

Wolfgang Langhoff at the BP Forum

After completing his studies , Langhoff took up a position at the German industrial group Thyssen . In 1991 he moved to the British oil company BP , where he initially took on tasks in engineering and business development. From 1996 he held various management positions at the locations in Frankfurt am Main, Brussels, Hamburg, Madrid and Krakow as well as at the corporate headquarters in London. In 2010 Langhoff came to Bochum as Head of Supply & Logistics for several European countries.

In 2009/2010, BP merged its operating companies in five European countries under the umbrella of BP Europa SE in the legal form of a Societas Europaea (SE) based in Hamburg. As part of the reorganization of the Executive Board , Langhoff was appointed to the committee. In 2013 he initially took over the finance department there. From the beginning of 2016 he was also responsible for the portfolio strategy. In this position he was responsible in particular for the dissolution of the Ruhr Oel joint venture between BP and Rosneft.

At the turn of the year 2016/2017, Langhoff finally moved to the top of the Board of Management of BP Europa SE. The company found itself in a challenging market environment. Langhoff continued the core business with fuels and lubricants and initiated investments in the fundamental modernization of the refinery and the city ​​port in Gelsenkirchen . In addition, petrochemical products remained an important business area under his leadership. Langhoff intervened several times in the public debate about the future of the diesel engine and called for different drive technologies to be treated equally. It looks like green hydrogen as an important step in a CO 2 poorer in the future.

Others

In addition to his position at BP, Langhoff is also active in various associations and organizations. Since 2011 he has been chairman of the advisory board of the Petroleum Storage Association (EBV). In 2016 the German Mineral Oil Industry Association (MWV) elected him chairman of the board. Langhoff is also a member of the executive committees of the Federal Association of German Industry (BDI) and the Association of the Chemical Industry (VCI).

Web links

Commons : Wolfgang Langhoff  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Langhoff moves to the top . Name of the day. In: Handelsblatt . August 24, 2016, p. 46 .
  2. ↑ Birger Nicolai: "I can't throw things away" . In: Welt am Sonntag . No. 10 , March 11, 2018, p. 42 .
  3. ↑ Christoph Ruhkamp: Change of management at BP Europe . In: Börsen-Zeitung . No. 164 , August 26, 2016, p. 12 .
  4. ↑ New chairman at MWV. In: Sprit +. Springer Fachmedien, December 6, 2016, accessed on May 19, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Birger Nicolai: From civil engineer to oil company boss . After work with Wolfgang Langhoff. In: Welt am Sonntag . March 11, 2018, p. 42 .
  6. ↑ Langhoff succeeds Schmidt as CEO at BP Europe. In: Chemistry Technology. August 25, 2016, accessed April 20, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Birger Nicolai: European headquarters of the oil company BP moves to Hamburg . In: The world . No. 172 , July 27, 2009, p. 11 .
  8. ↑ Personal details . In: Financial Times Germany . November 29, 2012, p. 2 .
  9. ↑ Executive chair . In: Wirtschaftswoche . No. 49 , December 3, 2012, p. 18 .
  10. ↑ BP appoints new head of Europe. In: Sprit +. Springer Fachmedien, August 31, 2016, accessed on April 20, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Annette Becker: BP and Rosneft will go their separate ways in the future . In: Börsen-Zeitung . No. 252 , December 30, 2016, p. 9 .
  12. ^ Regine Palm: Save, cut, cut . In: Handelsblatt . No. 251 , December 28, 2016, p. 47 .
  13. ↑ Franz Hunik: BP-Europe chief Wolfgang Langhoff: "Fuel is demonized." In: Handelsblatt. June 27, 2017, p. 22 , accessed on May 14, 2020 (interview).
  14. ↑ Jörn Stender: BP is investing 45 million euros in the city port of Gelsenkirchen. In: Westfälische Rundschau. April 15, 2019, accessed May 5, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Ulf Meinke: BP is investing two billion euros in the Gelsenkirchen refinery. In: Neue Ruhr Zeitung. July 11, 2019, accessed May 5, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Kathrin Witsch: "Petrochemistry is the raw material for industrialized countries". Europe's BP boss relies on plastic. In: Handelsblatt. June 17, 2018, accessed April 20, 2020 (interview).
  17. ↑ Birger Nicolai: “Nobody has to have a guilty conscience about a diesel”. In: Welt Online. March 19, 2018, accessed April 20, 2020 (interview).
  18. ↑ Kathrin Witsch: "Why are electric cars so glorified?" BP European boss criticizes the funding policy. In: Handelsblatt. July 28, 2018, accessed on April 23, 2020 (interview).
  19. ↑ Langhoff: "Green hydrogen is an important step towards a future with less CO2". In: Energate Messenger. September 6, 2019, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Annual Report 2018/2019. (PDF) Erdölbervorratungsverband, p. 64 , accessed on April 20, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Annual report 2019 (PDF) Mineralölwirtschaftsverband, p. 6 , accessed on April 20, 2020 .
  22. ^ Presidium. Federation of German Industries, accessed on May 5, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Board of Directors & Presidium. Association of the Chemical Industry, accessed on May 5, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Langhoff, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager (BP)
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberhausen