Management

Education:

1980 – 1982

Earned a doctorate in engineering. Thesis: “Formal kinetic analysis of complex reaction systems”

1975 – 1980

Studied and earned a degree in chemical engineering at Erlangen University (Dipl. Univ.)

 

Career:

2002 – 2015

Chairman of the board of directors of LEONI AG, Nuremberg

1997 – 2002

Member of the board of directors of LEONI AG, Nuremberg

1989 – 1997

Plant manager at LEONI AG, Roth

1980 – 1989

Planning engineer and subsequently Senior Head of Planning and Operations in the power plant industry at Grosskraftwerk Franken AG, Nuremberg

 

Member of the Supervisory Board of LEONI AG since

2017; elected until 2022

Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards in Germany

None

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign corporate governance bodies of economic entities

None

There are no decisive personal or business relationships with the Company, its corporate bodies and shareholders that either directly or indirectly hold more than 10% of the Company's share capital.

Education:

Chemical processor

Career:

since 2016

Head and Managing Director IG Metall, Schwabach

2002–2016

Vice-head / IG Metall, Schwabach

1997–2002

DGB Region/ DGB regional head

Member of the Supervisory Board of LEONI AG since

2006

Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards in Germany

None

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign corporate governance bodies of economic entities

None

Education:

1990 – 1993

Earned a doctorate in economics at the Technical University of Munich

1984 – 1990

Studied and earned a degree in business administration at Ludwig  Maximilian University of Munich

 

Career:

Since January 2017

CEO of A1 Digital International GmbH & A1 Digital Deutschland GmbH, Vienna/Munich

June – December 2016

Head and CEO of Business Unit Digital at Telekom Austria Group, Vienna

2013 – 2016

Member of the supervisory board of Telekom Austria Group AG, Vienna

2012 – 2016

Independent management consultant, London, UK

2006 – 2011

Siemens IT Solutions and Services/ATOS, London, UK, CEO Segment Global Media

2003 – 2006

Siemens AG, Cordless Telephones Business Unit, Munich, Executive Vice President Europe

2001 – 2002

MCI International Ltd., London and Reading, UK, Director, EMEA Country Product Marketing Internet Products – Global Marketing

2000 – 2001

MCI International Ltd., London, UK, Director, EMEA Access Strategy and Third Party-New Ventures

1998 – 2000

MCI International Ltd., London, UK, Director, International Business Programmes – International Business Development

1994 – 1998

Siemens AG, Munich, Senior Project Manager – Siemens Management Consulting

1990 – 1994

Technical University of Munich, research assistant to Prof. Dr Horst Wildemann, Chair of the Department of Corporate Management, Logistics and Production

 

Member of the Supervisory Board of LEONI AG since

2017; elected until 2022

Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards in Germany

None

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign corporate governance bodies of economic entities

• Member of the Supervisory Board of A1 Telekom Austria AG, Austria since 2017 (not listed)

There are no decisive personal or business relationships with the Company, its corporate bodies and shareholders that either directly or indirectly hold more than 10% of the Company's share capital.

Education:

1972 – 1979

Studied and earned a degree in business administration at the University of Siegen

 

Career:

2011 – 2014

CEO at OSRAM, since 8 November 2012 Chairman of the Board of Directors at Osram Licht AG

2008 – 2011

Member of the Board of Directors at Siemens AG, Division CEO Energy Group

2002 – 2008

Chairman of the Board Siemens VDO Automotive

2001 – 2002

Vice President Business Unit Switches & Detection System at VALEO Group, Paris

1998 – 2001

Managing Director Business Unit Switch & Sensors Europe at ITT Automotive GmbH

1997 – 1998

Managing Director Business Unit Europe at ITT Automotive GmbH

1995 – 1997

Managing Director product lines Switch & Sensor at ITT Automotive GmbH

1992 – 1995

Managing Director Aftermarket Operations Europe at ITT Automotive GmbH

1987 – 1992

Managing Director and Director Marketing at Kolb GmbH & Co.

1984 – 1987

Managing Director Export / Deputy Managing Director Sales at Alfred Teves GmbH

1982 – 1984

Executive assistant at Alfred Teves GmbH 

1979 – 1982

Market analyst at Alfred Teves GmbH

 

Member of the Supervisory Board of LEONI AG since

2017; elected until 2022

Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards in Germany

• Member of the Supervisory Board of TÜV SÜD AG, Munich (not listed)

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign corporate governance bodies of economic entities

None

There are no decisive personal or business relationships with the Company, its corporate bodies and shareholders that either directly or indirectly hold more than 10% of the Company's share capital.

Education:

1994 – 1998

In-service advanced training to qualify as master engineer and technician (PGN Roth)

1991 – 1994

Apprenticeship to qualify as certified engineer

 

Career:

Since 2015

Chairman of the General Works Council (LEONI AG)

2008 – 2015

Senior Project Manager, LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH

2001 – 2008

Development Project Manager, LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH

1999 – 2001

Production Supervisor in wiring systems assembly, EME company

1997 – 1999

Programmierer in der Konstruktion, Fa. Kegler

1994 – 1997

Mechanical engineering technician, Kegler company

 

Member of the Supervisory Board of LEONI AG since

2017

Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards in Germany 

• Member of the Administrative Board of Sparkasse Mittelfranken-Süd (not listed)

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign corporate governance bodies of economic entities

none

Education:

2004 – 2006

Apprenticeship in audiovisual media management at U5-Filmproduktion, Frankfurt

 

Further education:

2009 – 2013

Bachelor of Arts: Sociology at the Fern-Universität Hagen, Germany

 

Career:

Since 2019

Trade union secretary at IG Metall, office Offenbach

2014 – 2019

Trade union secretary at IG Metall, office Aachen

2013 – 2014

Trainee IG Metall

2009 – 2013

Administrative assistance in the department of work design and health protection at IG Metall executive board administration, Frankfurt

2006 – 2008

Assistant to the management and European secretary at HII GmbH Industrie- und Anlagenbau, Bad Soden, Germany

 

Member of the Supervisory Board of LEONI AG since

2019

Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards in Germany 

• Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Caverion Deutschland GmbH, Munich (not listed)

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign corporate governance bodies of economic entities

none

Education:

Career:

Member of the Supervisory Board of LEONI AG since

Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards in Germany

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign corporate governance bodies of economic entities

Education:

Career:

2016

Senior Vice President Global Purchasing Wire & Cable Solutions Division

2002

Vice President Strategic Purchasing, LEONI Kabel GmbH

1995

Head of Central Purchasing, LEONI Kabel GmbH

1989

Junior buyer, Leonische Drahtwerke AG

1985

Germany Army Sergeant

Member of the Supervisory Board of LEONI AG since

Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards in Germany

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign corporate governance bodies of economic entities

Education:

1982 – 1987

Studies in law, Magisterium

1991

Qualification as tax consultant (Steuerberater)

 

Career:

since 2010

Pierer Industrie AG, Wels (Austria), Member of the Board of Directors

2009 – 2012

Polytec Holding AG, Hörsching (Austria), CFO and CRO; Peguform Group, Bötzingen (Germany), CEO

2005 – 2009

Magna Steyr AG, Graz (Austria), Member of the Board of Directors

2001 – 2004

VA Tech Transmission & Distribution, Vienna (Austria), CFO

1998 – 2000

Magna Automobiltechnik AG, Oberwaltersdorf (Austria), Member of the Board of Directors

1994 – 1997

Lindt & Sprüngli Austria GmbH, Vienna (Austria), CFO

1991 – 1994

TAC GmbH, Vienna (Austria), CFO

1987 – 1991

Arthur Andersen & Co., Vienna (Austria), Audit and tax consultancy

 

Member of the Supervisory Board of LEONI AG since

19 May 2021

Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards in Germany

• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SHW AG, Aalen, Germany (listed)*
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH, Aalen, Germany*

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign corporate governance bodies of economic entities

• Member of the Supervisory Board of Pierer Mobility AG, Wels, Austria (listed)*
• Deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board of Pankl AG, Kapfenberg, Austria (not listed)*
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Pankl Racing Systems AG, Kapfenberg, Austria (not listed)*

• Chairman of the Advisory Board of Gartner KG, Edt bei Lambach, Austria

Mandates marked with an asterisk (*) are mandates for companies within the Pierer Industrie AG group.

Education:

June 1997

Earned a doctorate in law

1996 – 1997

Master of Laws course at Columbia University, New York, USA

1993 – 1996

Practical legal training and second state law examination (Nuremberg Higher Regional Court)

1988 – 1993

Studied law at the University of Würzburg and at Université de Caen, Normandy, France

 

Career:

since 2011

Chairman of the Executive Board of Rödl & Partner, Nuremberg

since 2001

Member of the Executive Board of Rödl & Partner, Nuremberg

since 1999

Lawyer and tax consultant at Rödl & Partner, Nuremberg

1998 – 1999

Lawyer, Munich

1997 – 1998

Junior notary, Kelheim, Germany

 

Teaching:

since 2011

Honorary professor at the Faculty of Law and Economics at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

 

Member of the Supervisory Board of LEONI AG since

2015; elected until 2022

Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards in Germany

• Member of the Supervisory Board of Concentro Management AG, Nuremberg (not listed)

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign corporate governance bodies of economic entities

• Member of the Board of Shareholders of UVEX Winter Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Fürth, Germany (not listed)

There are no decisive personal or business relationships with the Company, its corporate bodies and shareholders that either directly or indirectly hold more than 10% of the Company's share capital.

Education:

1988

Attorney appointed to Provincial Court of Appeal Stuttgart, Germany

1983

Attorney appointed to District Court Böblingen, Germany

1983

Degree: Second legal state examination, Germany

1974-1980

Legal studies at Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Germany

 

Career:

2010 – 2013

Member of the Board of Management/ Labor Director, E.ON SE, Germany

2010 – 2013

Executive Director of German Committee for UNICEF, Germany

2000 – 2009

General Manager at Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Germany

1984 – 2000

Various positions at Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Germany

 

Member of the Supervisory Board of LEONI AG since

2019; elected until 2022

Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards in Germany

• Member of the Supervisory Board of CECONOMY AG, Düsseldorf (listed)
• Member of the Supervisory Board of COVESTRO AG and COVESTRO Deutschland AG, Leverkusen (listed)
• Member of the Supervisory Board of SPIE Deutschland & Zentraleuropa GmbH, Ratingen (not listed)

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign corporate governance bodies of economic entities

• Member of the Supervisory Board of SPIE SA, Frankreich (listed)

There are no decisive personal or business relationships with the Company, its corporate bodies and shareholders that either directly or indirectly hold more than 10% of the Company's share capital.

Education:

Career:

Since 1985

Emergency response officer / paramedic

1982 – 1985

Joiner and cabinet maker

Member of the Supervisory Board of LEONI AG since

Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards in Germany 

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign corporate governance bodies of economic entities