Dr. Martin Kleinschmitt
Shareholder Representative
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Supervisory Board since May 18, 2022,
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Member of the Supervisory Board since May 18, 2022,
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Place of residence:Berlin
Profession:Noerr Partnergesellschaft mbB-Partner Noerr Consulting AG-Management Board
Year of birth:1960
Nationality:German
Member of the following Supervisory Board committees: Executive Committee, Personnel and Mediation Committee, Strategy Committee, Audit Committee -
Member of the statutory supervisory boards or comparable domestic or non-domestic governance bodies of other corporations:
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SAF-HOLLAND SE, Bessenbach
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SAF-HOLLAND GmbH, Bessenbach
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of G&H Bankensoftware AG, Berlin
Professional background
since 2001Noerr Partnergesellschaft mbB - Partner
since 2001Noerr Consulting AG - Management Board
1998 - 2000Herlitz AG, Berlin - CFO and Labour Director
1996 - 1998Herlitz Falkenhöh AG, Berlin -Chairman
1993 - 1996Herlitz Falkenhöh AG, Berlin - CFO
1991 - 1993Herlitz AG, Berlin - Head of the Legal department
1988 - 1991Freie Universität Berlin - Scientific assistant
Education
Freie Universität Berlin, studies in law, legal clerk at the Berlin Court of Appeal, second state exam, doctorate
Bank apprenticeship
Horst Ott,
Employee Representative
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board since Sept. 25, 2012,
Member of the Supervisory Board since July 30, 2012,
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Member of the Supervisory Board since July 30, 2012,
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Place of residence:Königstein
Profession:1st Representative of IG Metall Amberg
Year of birth:1966
Nationality:German
Member of the following Supervisory Board committees: Executive Committee, Personnel and Mediation Committee, Strategy Committee
Member of the statutory supervisory boards or comparable domestic or non-domestic governance bodies of other corporations:
Education
• Graduate of the Labor Academy of the University of Frankfurt/Main
• Apprenticeship as machine fitter
Professional background
• 1. Representative of IG Metall Amberg
• 2. Representative of IG Metall Amberg
• Secretary at IG Metall Amberg
• Labor Academy of the University of Frankfurt/Main
• Intern at IG Metall in Augsburg
• Repair fitter at RENK
• Apprenticeship as machine fitter at RENK AG in Augsburg
Andrea Elsner,
Employee Representative
Member of the Supervisory Board since May 20, 2015,
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Place of residence:Ebermannsdorf
Profession:Industrial business management assistant
Year of birth:1979
Nationality:German
Member of the following Supervisory Board committees: Audit Committee
Member of the statutory supervisory boards or comparable domestic or non-domestic governance bodies of other corporations: ./.
Education
1997 - 2000Industrial business management assistant traineeship, Grammer AG
1995 - 1997Senior college, Amberg
1991 - 1995Dr.-Johanna-Decker School, Amberg
Professional background
From 2007Full-time member of the employee representative council, Grammer AG
2001 - 2007Internal sales force Automotive, Grammer AG, Immenstetten
2000 - 2001Internal sales force Seating Systems, Grammer AG, Haselmühl
ANTJE WAGNER,
Employee Representative
Member of the Supervisory Board since September 16, 2019
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Place of residence:Frankfurt am Main
Profession:Lawyer specializing in commercial law
Year of birth:1966
Nationality:German
Member of the following Supervisory Board committees:
Audit Committee
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Member of the statutory supervisory boards or comparable domestic or non-domestic governance bodies of other corporations: Member of the supervisory board of WISAG Produktionsservice GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
Education
Studied law at Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg
Legal clerkship at the regional court, Marburg
Professional background
From 2017IG Metall management board, Frankfurt am Main, responsible for corporate and sector policies
Since 1997First representative of trade union IG Metall at the joint Oldenburg / Wilhelmshaven office
Dr.-Ing. Ping He
Shareholder Representative
Member of the Supervisory Board since July 08, 2020
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Place of residence:Wenzenbach-Irlbach
Profession:Development engineer at the Powertrain-Division of Continental AG
Year of birth:1957
Nationality:German
Member of the following Supervisory Board committees: -
Member of the statutory supervisory boards or comparable domestic or non-domestic governance bodies of other corporations: No further offices
Education
1983-1986 Studied Electrical Engineering with focus on telecommunications RWTH Aachen University "Diplom-Ingenieur"
1978 - 1982Studied Electrical Engineering with focus on telecommunications , University of Tianjin, Bachelor of Sc
Professional background
2007 - todayContinental AG, Development engineer at the Powertrain-Division of Continental AG
1992 - 2007Siemens AG, Development engineer
1986 - 1991Scientific assistant at the Bergische Universität - Gesamthochschule Wuppertal and PhD (Dr.-Ing.)
Martin Heiß,
Employee Representative
Member of the Supervisory Board since May 20, 2015,
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Place of residence:Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Profession:Management assistant for data processing
Year of birth:1971
Nationality:German
Member of the following Supervisory Board committees: Personnel and Mediation Committee, Strategy Committee
Member of the statutory supervisory boards or comparable domestic or non-domestic governance bodies of other corporations: No further offices
Education
1993 - 1995Traineeship as a management assistant for data processing
1991 - 1993Studied computer science at Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen
1990School leaving certificate HCA-Gymnasium Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Professional background
as of April 2019Chairman of the Works Council, GRAMMER AG
2015 - 2019Independent Works Council, GRAMMER AG
2003 - 2015Specialist in SAP and document management in Group IT at Grammer AG
1995 - 2003System programmer at NMH Stahlwerke GmbH in Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Gabriele Sons
Shareholder Representative
Member of the Supervisory Board since July 08, 2020,
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Place of residence:Berlin
Profession:Lawyer
Year of birth:1960
Nationality:German
Member of the following Supervisory Board committees:
Personnel and Mediation Committee (Chairman of the Personnel and Mediation Committee), Nominating Committee (Chairman of the Nominating Committee)
Member of the statutory supervisory boards or comparable domestic or non-domestic governance bodies of other corporations:
Member of the Board of Directors of Accelleron Industries AG, Baden, Switzerland, (since July 20, 2022)
Member of the Administrative Board of TÜV Rheinland Berlin Brandenburg Pfalz e.V., Köln
Member of the Advisory Board of ElringKlinger AG, Dettingen/Erms
Professional background
2012 - 2017thyssenkrupp Elevator AG, Member of the Executive Board / CHRO
2010 - 2012Arbeitgeberverband "Gesamtmetall", General Manager
2008 - 2009hyssenkrupp Industrial Services Holding GmbH und der TK Industrieservice GmbH, Managing Director
2003 - 2007Schindler Deutschland Holding GmbH, Managing Director
1999 - 2001Compass Group Deutschland GmbH, Managing Director
1996 - 1999Wella AG, Head of Human Resources Germany
1991 - 1996Deutsche Lufthansa AG
- Head of Human Resources and Legal (Lufthansa Cargo Airlines and Soziales Lufthansa CityLine)
- Manager HR Collective Agreements (Labour Relations)
- Head of Human Resources and Legal (Lufthansa Cargo Airlines and Soziales Lufthansa CityLine)
- Manager HR Collective Agreements (Labour Relations)
Education
1982-1990Studies of law in Munich, Heidelberg and Mainz
Klaus Bauer,
Employee Representative
Member of the Supervisory Board since Sept. 01, 2020,
Appointed until Annual General Meeting 2025
Appointed until Annual General Meeting 2025
Place of residence:Ensdorf
Profession:Plant Manager GRAMMER Technical Components GmbH (GTC), Kümmersbruck
Year of birth:1970
Nationality:German
Member of the following Supervisory Board committees: -
Member of the statutory supervisory boards or comparable domestic or non-domestic governance bodies of other corporations: No further offices
Education
1991 - 1995Studied mechanical engineering with focus on environmental and process engineering;
University of Applied Sciences Regensburg
1990 - 1991Technical secondary school Cham
1987 - 1990Training as a machine setter at Müller Präzision in Cham
1983 - 1987Maristen-Realschule Cham
Professional background
Since 2019Plant manager GTC
2016 - 2018Plant manager, Managing Director Grammer Automotive Metall GmbH
2011 - 2015Production manager GTC
2006 - 2010 Continuous Improvement GTC
2003 - 2005Team leader assembly GTC
1998 - 2002Maintenance GTC
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Vogel-Heuser,
Shareholder Representative
Member of the Supervisory Board: since July 26, 2017
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Place of residence: Garching
Profession: Electrical engineer, professor
Year of birth: 1961
Nationality: German
Member of the following Supervisory Board committees: Nominating Committee, Strategy Committee
Member of the statutory supervisory boards or comparable domestic or non-domestic governance bodies of other corporations:
Member of the supervisory board of HAWE Hydraulik SE, Aschheim, MunichEducation
1987 - 1991 Research assistant and postgraduate doctorate studies (doctor of engineering) at the Faculty of Engineering at RWTH University Aachen
1982 - 1987Studied engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at RWTH University Aachen
Professional background
Since 2009Full professor of automation and information systems, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Munich
2006 - 2009Professor and head of the Department of Embedded Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Kassel
2000 - 2006Professor and head of the Department of Automation Technology / Process Informatics at the School of Electrical, Information and Media Engineering of Wuppertal University
2000Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Head of interfaces
1996 - 1998Professor and chair of Automation Technology at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Hagen
1996 - 2000Central department head / technical director at ATR Industrie-Elektronik GmbH
1991 - 1996 Head of department at G. Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH
Dipl.-Volkswirtin Dagmar Rehm
Member of the Supervisory Board since May 18, 2022,
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Place of residence:Langen
Profession:self-employed management consultant
Year of birth:1963
Nationality:German
Member of the following Supervisory Board committees: Audit Committee -
Member of the statutory supervisory boards or comparable domestic or non-domestic governance bodies of other corporations:
Member of the supervisory board of Koenig & Bauer AG, Würzburg
Member of the supervisory board of O'Donovan AG, Bad Homburg
Non-executive Director, Renewable Power Capital Ltd, London, Great Britain
Professional background
2017 - 2020Chief Financial Officer juwi AG, Wörrstadt
2008 - 2016CFO/Managing Director, Bilfinger SE, Wiesbaden/Frankfurt; CFO/Managing Director,Project Investments GmbH; CFO/Managing Director,Bilfinger Industrial Technologies GmbH
2005 - 2008Director Group Controlling, Thomas Cook AG/plc, Oberursel/London
1995 - 2005Commercial management roles, Deutsche Bahn AG, Frankfurt/Berlin
1989 - 1995AEG AG
Education
University of Würzburg (Bachelor) and Mannheim (Master) in Economics
1983 - 1989Degree in Economics and Japanese Studies (basic studies) at the Universities of Würzburg and Mannheim
Peter Kern
Employee Representative
Member of the Supervisory Board since July 08, 2020
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Place of residence:Kümmersbruck
Profession:Trained locksmith
Year of birth:1963
Nationality:German
Member of the following Supervisory Board committees:
-
Member of the statutory supervisory boards or comparable domestic or non-domestic governance bodies of other corporations: No further offices
Education
Secondary School Certificate
Professional background
2014Full-time member of the works council
1984 bis 2014as a Company fitter in the GRAMMER AG
1983 bis 1984 as a welder in the GRAMMER AG
1980 bis 1983 Apprenticeship as a building fitter at Alois Auer
Dipl.-Ing. Jürgen Kostanjevec
Shareholder Representative
Member of the Supervisory Board since July 08, 2020,
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Elected until Annual General Meeting 2025
Place of residence:Cologne
Profession:Consultant
Year of birth:1961
Nationality:German
Member of the following Supervisory Board committees: Nominating Committee
Members of the statutory supervisory boards or comparable domestic or non-domestic governance bodies of other corporations:
Education
1982 - 1987University of Applied Sciences Aachen (University), Dipl.- Ing.
Professional background
2015 - todayInterim Manager/Consultant
1999 - 2014LEAR CORPORATION,
- Vice President Asia Seating Operations
- Vice President European Foam and Trim Operations
- Executive Director Northern and Central China
- Several management functions in China, South Africa and Germany
- Vice President Asia Seating Operations
- Vice President European Foam and Trim Operations
- Executive Director Northern and Central China
- Several management functions in China, South Africa and Germany
1990 - 1998United Technologies Automotive,
- Engineering Leader and Co-Program Manager
- Engineering Project Leader
- Engineering Leader and Co-Program Manager
- Engineering Project Leader
1988 - 1990Yazaki Corporation, Project Engineer