The term of office of all the members of the Supervisory Board ends with the completion of the Annual General Meeting that ratifies the acts of management for the 2012 financial year (2013 Annual General Meeting).
The Supervisory Board is composed of the minimum number of members required by applicable law. At present these are twelve members, six Board members representing the shareholders and six Board members representing the employees. The election of the members shall be governed by applicable law.
In accordance with the recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code, the shareholder representatives were elected individually at the last election to the Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting on 3 June 2008.
You can find more information about the management functions of the Supervisory Board here.
The Supervisory Board is composed as follows:
Dr Manfred Schneider
Chairman
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bayer AG
Hans-Dieter Katte*
Deputy Chairman
Chairman of the Works Council, Engineering Division, Linde AG, Pullach
Michael Diekmann
Second Deputy Chairman
Chairman of the Executive Board of Allianz SE
Prof Dr Ann-Kristin Achleitner
University Professor at the Technical University Munich
Dr Clemens Börsig
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG
Gernot Hahl*
Chairman of the Works Council, Gases Division, Linde AG, Worms
Thilo Kämmerer*
Trade Union Secretary of IG Metall
Matthew F.C. Miau
Chairman of MiTAC-SYNNEX Group, Taiwan
Klaus-Peter Müller
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank AG
Jens Riedel*
Chairman of the Works Council, Gases Division, Linde AG, Leuna
Xaver Schmidt*
Trade Union Secretary on the Executive Board of IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie, Hannover
Josef Schregle*
Finance Director EMEA and Project Control, Engineering Division, Linde AG
The committees of the Supervisory Board:
The Mediation Committee, in accordance with the provisions of the German Codetermination Law
Dr Manfred Schneider (Chairman)
Hans-Dieter Katte*
Michael Diekmann
Gernot Hahl*
The Standing Committee
Dr Manfred Schneider (Chairman)
Hans-Dieter Katte*
Michael Diekmann
Gernot Hahl*
Klaus-Peter Müller
The Audit Committee
Dr Clemens Börsig (Chairman)
Prof Dr Ann-Kristin Achleitner
Gernot Hahl*
Hans-Dieter Katte*
Dr Manfred Schneider
The Nomination Committee
Dr Manfred Schneider (Chairman)
Michael Diekmann
Klaus-Peter Müller
*Employees' representative
Other Board Memberships (PDF 1,3 MB)
As of 1-1-2012