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The Supervisory Board of DEUTZ AG

1) Shareholder representatives 
2)
Employee representatives

Dr Dietmar Voggenreiter 1)
Supervisory Board Chairman
Member of the Supervisory Board since 30 April 2019, Supervisory Board Chairman since February 12, 2022, elected until the Annual General Meeting 2028
Resident in Ingolstadt, management consultant, Horváth & Partners Automotive Competence Center, Munich, former member of the Board of Management with responsibility for marketing and sales at AUDI AG, Ingolstadt

Personal information
Date of birth: 4 January 1969    
Place of birth: Schwäbisch Hall, Germany 

Education

Studied business administration with a focus on technology at the University of Stuttgart    

Degree: postgraduate degree in business administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) with a focus on technology

Doctorate (Dr rer.pol.) from the University of Stuttgart
 

Career history
1997
Senior consultant at Horváth & Partners GmbH, Stuttgart

1999
Principal and authorised signatory (Prokurist) at Horváth & Partner AG, Zurich, Switzerland; from 2000 also Head of the Automotive Industries Competence Center, Horváth & Partner, for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH region)

2002
Head of Corporate Controlling at AUDI AG, Ingolstadt

2005
Head of Corporate Strategy at AUDI AG, Ingolstadt

2007
Head of Business in China at AUDI AG, Ingolstadt

2009
President of AUDI CHINA Enterprise Mgmt. Co. Ltd., Beijing, PR China; from 2013: also Executive Vice President for China at AUDI AG, Ingolstadt

2015
Member of the Board of Management with responsibility for marketing and sales at AUDI AG, Ingolstadt

Since 2018
Senior advisor at Horváth & Partners Automotive Competence Center, Munich

Summary of relevant activities alongside the Supervisory Board membership:
Dr Dietmar Voggenreiter’s main occupation is management consultant.

Sabine Beutert 2)
Member of the Supervisory Board since 30 April 2013, elected until the Annual General Meeting 2028
Trade Union Secretary, IG Metall Administrative Office, Cologne-Leverkusen, Cologne, Germany, resident in Cologne 

Personal information

Date of birth: 7 December 1959
Place of birth: Miltenberg, Germany

Education
Studied economics at Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
Degree: ‘Diplom’ (postgraduate-level degree) in Economics 

Post-graduate studies in computer science, Marburg

Career history
1986
Neckermann Versand AG, Frankfurt, Germany
Marketing planner/customer information systems

1987
Technology advisory service of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (North Rhine-Westphalia), with the following functions:
Advisor, Head of Training, Head of Labour and Economics, and member and Chair of the Works Council
Trade union representative of the ver.di trade union on the Supervisory Board of Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG 

2008
IG Metall Cologne-Leverkusen branch, Cologne
Trade union secretary 

2013 
Trade union representative on the Supervisory Board of DEUTZ AG

Dr Fabian Dietrich 2)
Member of the Supervisory Board since 26 April 2018, elected until the Annual General Meeting 2028
Senior Vice President Legal at DEUTZ AG, Cologne, Germany, resident in Bonn, Germany

Personal information

Date of birth: 10 June 1978
Place of birth: Karlsruhe, Germany

Education
Studied law at the University of Bonn
Degree: doctorate in law (Dr jur) from the University of Bonn

Career history
2007
Lawyer with the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Cologne, spending almost a year at the firm’s Brussels office and ten months on secondment in the legal affairs department of an international energy company

2016
Corporate lawyer at DEUTZ AG, Cologne

2017
Corporate lawyer and General Counsel at DEUTZ AG, Cologne 

2018
Senior managers’ representative on the Supervisory Board, DEUTZ AG, Cologne
Chairman of the Senior Managers Committee of DEUTZ AG, Cologne

Helmut Ernst 1)
Member of the Supervisory Board since 27 April 2023, elected until the Annual General Meeting 2028
Resident in Burgwald, self-employed management consultant, former Senior Vice President ZF Division Aftermarket & Global Executive Team ZF AG, Schweinfurt & Friedrichshafen

Personal data
Date of birth: March 1, 1960
Place of birth: Frankenberg/Eder

Education
University of Giessen
Degree: Engineering

Career History
1985 – 1991
Head of Operations, Continental plant Korbach

1990 – 1992
Production Manager, Bicycle Tires and Tubes, Vehicle Replacement Tires, Continental Korbach Plant

1992 – 1996
Managing Director JV, Continental/Vittoria Tyres Thailand

1996 – 2001
Key Account Management ASIA, 2-Wheel Tires Continental, Bangkok/Thailand

2001 – 2006
Business Unit Manager 2-Wheel Tires Continental, Korbach

2006 – 2014
Vice President Independent Aftermarket and Managing Director, Continental Aftermarket GmbH, Frankfurt

2014 – 2021
Senior Vice President ZF Division
Aftermarket & Global Executive Team ZF AG, Schweinfurt & Friedrichshafen

Since 2022
Self-employed management consultant

Overview of significant activities in addition to the Supervisory Board mandate:
Mr. Helmut Ernst works full-time as an independent management consultant.

Melanie Freytag 1)
Member of the Supervisory Board since 27 April 2023, elected until the Annual General Meeting 2028
Resident in Frankfurt am Main,
Chief Financial Officer, Interzero Group, Berlin

Personal data
Date of birth: February 16, 1975
Place of birth: Essen

Education
Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium
Degree: MA (DES), Financial Economics

University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Degree: BA (Hons), European Economics with Econometrics

Université de la Réunion, France
Degree: BA (Lic.), Finance and International Economics

Career History

1999
Consultant / Assistant Manager at KPMG,
Frankfurt am Main

2001
Project Manager / Vice President in the area of European Business Development and Finance at Winterthur Insurance, Wiesbaden

2004
Senior Project Manager, Corporate Department Mergers & Acquisitions, ThyssenKrupp Services, Düsseldorf

2007
Chief Financial Officer, thyssenKrupp Xervon Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

2009
Chief Financial Officer, thyssenkrupp Elevator, Regional Center RUESA (Russia, Eastern Countries, Switzerland, Austria), Vienna, Austria

2014
Chief Financial Officer, Coperion, Stuttgart

2017
Chief Financial Officer, Klöckner Metals France, Paris, France

2018
Head of Corporate Controlling & Development / Mergers & Acquisitions, Klöckner & Co, Duisburg

Since 2020
Chief Financial Officer, Alba Services / Interzeron Group, Berlin

Overview of significant activities in addition to the Supervisory Board mandate:
Ms. Melanie Freytag’s full-time position is as Chief Financial Officer of Interzero Group, Berlin.

Patricia Geibel-Conrad 1)
Independent financial expert - Chairwomen of the Audit Committee
Member of the Supervisory Board since 26 April 2018, elected until the Annual General Meeting 2028
Director of her own audit business, management consultant, resident in Leonberg, Germany 

Personal information
Date of birth: 15 January 1962   
Place of birth: Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Grew up in Asunción, Paraguay (South America) – completed a baccalaureate in humanities and sciences; obtained a German university entrance qualification (Abitur) in Hamburg, Germany

Education
Studied business economics at Goethe University Frankfurt and at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart
Degree: ‘Diplom’ (postgraduate-level degree) in Business Economics

Career history
1987      
Auditing assistant/senior consultant at Dr. Lipfert GmbH, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft/Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart

1991  
Qualified as a tax advisor

1994 
Qualified as an auditor

1995  
Director of own audit and management consultancy business, cooperating with KPMG, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1998  
Moved abroad to Mexico City, Mexico

2001 - 2015
Engagement leader and authorized signatory (Prokuristin) in Audit & Assurance at PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart
 

2015 - 2022
Member of the Supervisory Board and of the Audit Committee of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft, Essen (publicly listed)

2016 - 2018
Supported the Climate Governance Initiative of the World Economic Forum in Davos with the development of the Principles for Effective Climate Governance

2018 - 2023
Member of the Supervisory Board, chairwoman of the Audit Committee, and member of the Nominations Committee of CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA, Oldenburg (publicly listed)

2022 - 2023
Deputy chairwomen of the Supervisory Board and chairwomen of the Audit Committee of NEMETSCHEK SE, Munich (publicly listed)

Since 2015   
Director of own audit and management consultancy business in Leonberg

Since 2020
Honorary member of the Advisory Board of FEA – Financial Experts Association e.V., Berlin


Summary of relevant activities alongside the Supervisory Board membership:
Ms. Patricia Geibel-Conrad, certified auditor, acts as an independent supervisory board member and operates her own audit, tax advice, and management consultancy business.

Ismail-Hilmi Kocer 2)
Member of the Supervisory Board since June 14, 2023, elected until the Annual General Meeting 2028
Chairman of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG at the plant in Ulm, resident in Erbach, Germany
 

Personal data
Date of birth: December 30, 1982
Place of birth: Ulm, Germany

Education
Apprenticeship as an automotive electrician

Career history
2004 – 2006
Management of the gastronomic family business

2006 – 2019      
Employee on the 91X series, and temporary activity in the DPS team, DEUTZ AG, Ulm

2014 – 2018      
Member of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG at the plant in Ulm

2019 – 2022      
Deputy Chairman of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG at the plant in Ulm

2022 – today      
Chairman of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG at the plant in Ulm

2023                     
Employee representative on the Supervisory Board of DEUTZ AG, Cologne

Gottfried Laengert 2)
Member of the Supervisory Board since June 14, 2023, elected until the Annual General Meeting 2028        
Member of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG, Cologne, resident in Cologne, Germany

Personal data
Date of birth: July 3, 1967      
Place of birth: Cologne, Germany

Education 
Apprenticeship as plasterer

Professional career
1987
Employee at Autohaus Fleischhauer Audi/VW, Cologne

1989
Employee in the assembly department, Klöckner-Humboldt-DEUTZ (today DEUTZ AG), Cologne

1995
Employee in the test field; qualification in the field of engine technology and test processes in shift work, DEUTZ AG, Cologne

2018 – today
Member of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG, Cologne
Committee work: personnel, time management, REFA / MTM, family and career, works committee

2023
Employee representative on the Supervisory Board of DEUTZ AG, Cologne

Dr Ing Rudolf Maier 1)
Member of the Supervisory Board since 7 October 2020, elected until the Annual General Meeting 2028
Freelance management consultant, former Executive Vice President of Bosch Diesel Systems, Stuttgart, with responsibilities for research and development as well as for the business unit injection systems for commercial vehicles and off road, resident in Stuttgart.

Personal information       
Date of birth: 17 October 1957        
Place of birth: Schönau

Education 
Studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart, specialising in control systems and thermal turbomachinery      
Degree: Doctorate in Engineering (Dr Ing) from the University of Stuttgart

Career history
1989
Bosch Diesel Systems, group leader, measurement technology and tolerance issues

1993
Bosch Diesel Systems, group leader/head of department, development of distributor injection pumps          

1997          
Bosch Diesel Systems, system area manager, time-controlled single pump systems

2001                      
Bosch Diesel Systems, business unit manager, injection systems for commercial vehicles

2007          
General Manager of Bosch Automotive Diesel Systems Co. Ltd, Wuxi, China

2011          
Executive Vice President of Bosch Diesel Systems with responsibility for development

2014          
Executive Vice President of Bosch Diesel Systems with responsibility for the business unit injection systems for commercial vehicles & off road

Since 2018
Freelance management consultant 
Supervisory Board Chairman of Bosch Engineering GmbH, Abstatt, Germany
Supervisory Board Chairman of ITK Engineering GmbH, Rülzheim, Germany
Vice Chairman Weifu High Technology Group, Wuxi, China (until May 2021)

Summary of relevant activities alongside the Supervisory Board membership:
In addition to his work as a freelance management consultant, Dr Ing Rudolf Maier currently serves as chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bosch Engineering GmbH, Abstatt, Germany, as well as chairman of the Supervisory Board of ITK Engineering GmbH, Rülzheim, Germany.

Bernd Maierhofer 1)
Member of the Supervisory Board since 27 April 2023, elected until the Annual General Meeting 2028
Resident in Munich, self-employed management consultant, former CTO der MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG

Personal data
Date of birth: May 5, 1960
Place of birth: Munich

Education
Technical University of Munich, Mechanical Engineering
Degree: Intermediate diploma

HM University of Applied Sciences Munich, Electrical Engineering
Degree: Diploma

Career History
1992 – 1998
Engineer, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG

1999 – 2006
Head of Department, Electronic Systems, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG

2006 – 2008
Managing Director of the Heavy Trucks Business Unit, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG

2008 – 2015
Management Board member responsible for Strategy & Portfolio Development, Research & Development Trucks, Buses, Powertrains (CTO) (from 2009) and Purchasing (from 2010), MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG

Since 2016
Self-employed management consultant

Overview of significant activities in addition to the Supervisory Board mandate:
Mr. Bernd Maierhofer currently performs his duties as a member of the Supervisory Board of VOSS Automotive GmbH, Wipperfürth, in addition to his full-time occupation as an independent management consultant.

Katja Olligschläger 2)
Member of the Supervisory Board since 24 July 2023, appointed until the Annual General Meeting 2028
Member of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG, Cologne, resident in Cologne, Germany

Personal data
Date of birth: March 13, 1966
Place of birth: Cologne

Education
1984 Apprenticeship as office clerk at Klöckner-Humboldt-DEUTZ (today DEUTZ AG), Cologne

Professional career
1987 – 2016
Clerk in Order Management Spare Parts, DEUTZ AG, Cologne 

2016 – Today 
Released member of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG, Cologne
Focus: Human resources, digitalization and data protection
Other committees: Health management, occupational health and safety committee, appeals committee for appeals on performance appraisal and grouping

Since 2023
Employee representative on the Supervisory Board of DEUTZ AG, Cologne
 

 

Hans-Jörg Schaller 2)
Member of the Supervisory Board since 14 June 2023, elected until the Annual General Meeting 2028
Member of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG, Cologne, resident in Cologne, Germany

Personal data
Date of birth: March 13, 1960
Place of birth: Stuttgart

Education
1990 University of Stuttgart, Process Engineering
Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur

2000 University of Hagen, Patent Law
Degree: Law for patent attorneys and patent attorneys

2023 University of Strasbourg, LL.M. IP Law and IP Management
Degree: European Patent Attorney

Career History

1984-1989
Programmer and apprentice supervisor, E. Hauser, Vaihingen/Enz

1990-1991
Research assistant, Institute for Textile and Process Engineering, Denkendorf

1991-1997
Patent engineer, Mann + Hummel, Ludwigsburg

1997-1999
Head of patent department, Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH and Co. KG, Lübeck

2000-2003
Head of Patent Department, Schuler Pressen GmbH, Göppingen

2003-2004
Head of Patent Department, M4M GmbH, Berlin

2005-2006
Head of Patent Department, Nanoferenz GmbH, Berlin

2006-2009
Head of Patent Department, BERU AG (now BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH), Ludwigsburg

2009-2021
Head of Patents and Trademarks, DEUTZ AG, Cologne

2021-2022
Manager Standardization, DEUTZ AG, Cologne

Since 2018
Member of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG, Cologne
Committee work: Non-tariff employees, collective wage agreement, health management

Since 2023
Employee representative on the Supervisory Board of DEUTZ AG, Cologne

Summary of relevant activities alongside the Supervisory Board membership:
Mr. Hans-Jörg Schaller works avocationally as Managing Director of Fucking Hell GmbH, Berlin.