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Supervisory Board

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

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