Overview
Nina Waffenschmidt is CEO of PerPetum Energy, a role she took up in June 2026. She is based in Hamburg.
She was previously CEO of LichtBlick EaaS GmbH from April 2024 to February 2026, having served from April 2023 as Co-CEO of Installion GmbH within the same company. In parallel she was Director Operations at LichtBlick SE between March 2021 and March 2024, and CEO of Kamenica Service GmbH from December 2021 to November 2023. Between January 2018 and October 2020 she was a Senior Vice President at AlixPartners.
Earlier she held roles at D+H, as Director of International Sales at D+H Mechatronic AG and, for several months from September 2016, CEO of D+H Lumex A/S. At Dingfelder + Hadler AG she was a strategic project manager and then Head of Finance. She began her career at OC&C Strategy Consultants, where she was a Senior Consultant from 2010 to 2013.
Waffenschmidt holds an MSc in Strategic Management from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and a BSc in economics from WHU, Otto Beisheim School of Management.
Career history
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In the news
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- We're hiring! Are you passionate about data and renewable energy? I would love to have you join my team, directly reporting to me. Belgium-based, with the flexibility to work from home. Or based in Germany, the Netherlands or France, and willing to travel to our office near Ghent at least once a month.
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