Volker Beckers is the Chairman of the Green Group (Partners) an end-to-end recruitment solution for the green economy, comprising Green Executives and the Green Recruitment Company. 

Volker Beckers CBE  graduated from Cologne University in Economics/Business Administration. He is a rounded business man with a distinguished career as senior executive in an international environment.  He now works for a portfolio of companies of different sizes as non-Executive Director/Chair.

After an initial career in the IT industry working for/in different industries sectors he spent more than 25 years’ senior experience internationally within the energy industry. His professional expertise spans across all sectors – private, public and academia.

Volker was Group CEO, RWE Npower plc until the end of 2012 and prior to this, its Group CFO from 2003 to 2009. He has worked with a variety of trade and industry bodies, including the CBI President’s Committee, on the Board of the German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce, and since 1999 as Deputy Chair of the Executive Commercial Management Committee at the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) and was also member of the Executive Committee of UKBCSE (now Energy UK). He held a number of non-Executive directorships including HM Revenue & Customs where he chaired the Scrutiny Committee.

Volker sat on the Advisory Board of the EU Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) at King’s College, and wasChair of the Advisory Board with Erasmus Centre for Future Energy Business (ECFEB), a specialist research center at Rotterdam School of Management. He was appointed Chairman of the Advisory Group of ewi – the Energy Institute of the University of Cologne in 2019 where is also the Treasurer on behalf of the Board. 

In 2014 he joined the Board of Trustees of Forum for the Future until 2023. He is also a member of The Worshipful Company of Fuellers and a Fellow of the Energy Institute (FEI). Further, he works for a couple of charity organizations and fund his own family trust supporting charitable initiatives (German Heart Foundation etc). In 2024 Volker was awared Honorary CBE for his service to the energy/nuclear sector.

He also working in special advisory capacity for PE as for example with InfraRed Capital on Jolt Energy GmbH (EV infrastructure business) and with Ancala Capital on Solandeo GmbH (Smart Metering business).