President and Director General
BV Glas is officially represented by its President Dr Christian Quenett and Director General Christiane Nelles.
Dr Christian Quenett is Head of Architectural Glass Europe, NSG Group and Chairman of Pilkington Deutschland AG and has been President of BV Glas since November 2023.
Dr Christian Quenett, President
Career history
1995 Assistant plant manager at the Wernberg site of FLACHGLAS AG1996/1997 Best Practice and Benchmarking Manager PILKINGTON/UK1998 Head of Production Planning at the Gladbeck plant of PILKINGTON Deutschland AG1999 Head of Operations Planning & Supply Germany2002 Plant Manager Gladbeck2007 Head of European Supply Planning, Pilkington Europe2010 Managing Director Building Products Germany2011 Member of the Board of Pilkington Deutschland AG2012 Managing Director Architectural Mainland, NSG Group2015 Head of Architectural Glass Europe, NSG Group
Further activities
since 2010: Delegate of Pilkington Deutschland AG in BV Glas
since 2013: Director on the Board of Glass for Europe
Christiane Nelles, Director General
Career history
Since 1 July 2025 Bundesverband Glasindustrie e.V. (BV Glas), Director General
01/2025– 07/2025 Bundesverband Glasindustrie e.V. (BV Glas), Deputy Director General
2022 – 2024 Bundesverband Glasindustrie e.V. (BV Glas), Head of Energy and Climate Policy
2007 – 2022 Bundesverband Glasindustrie e.V. (BV Glas), Advisor for Energy and Climate Policy
Further activities
Cooperation with in the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and Glass Alliance Europe.