The Supervisory Board is convinced that Dr. Martin Sonnenschein, Mr. Oliver Jung, Dr. Fritz Oesterle and Mrs. Ina Schlie are independent within the meaning of the German Corporate Governance Code.
Dr. Martin Sonnenschein
Chairman of the Supervisory Board (CV, pdf)
Independent Consultant
a) SupplyOn AG
b) Futurice Oy, Helsinki, Finland
Ralph Arns* (since July 24, 2014)
Chairman of the Central Works Council, Heidelberg / Wiesloch-Walldorf
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Gerald Dörr* (since July 25, 2018)
Deputy Chairman of the Central Works Council, Heidelberg/Wiesloch-Walldorf
Mirko Geiger* (since August 1, 2005)
First Senior Representative of IG Metall, Heidelberg
a) ABB AG
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Oliver Jung (CV, pdf)
CEO Festo SE & Co. KG, Esslingen (until end of 2023)
a) Leistritz AG
Li Li (CV, pdf)
Chair of the Management Board Masterwork Group Co., Ltd., Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
Dr. Fritz Oesterle (CV, pdf)
Consultant for private equity companies and family offices, Stuttgart
a) Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volksbank am Württemberg eG
LBBW Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
b) Chairman of the Board of Directors (non-executive) of CEPD N.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Petra Otte* (since July 25, 2018)
Trade Union Secretary of IG Metall Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
a) Audi AG
Ferdinand Rüesch (CV, pdf)
Entrepreneur and Vice President Global Key Accounts of the Gallus Ferd. Rüesch AG, St. Gallen, Switzerland
b) Ferd. Rüesch AG, Schweiz (Chairman of the Administration Board)
Ina Schlie (CV, pdf)
Diplom-Volkswirtin (degree in economics) and supervisory board member
a) q.beyond AG
CMBlu Energy AG
Beate Schmitt* (since April 3, 2006)
Full-time member of the Works Council, Heidelberg / Wiesloch-Walldorf
Holger Steuerwald* (since July 26, 2023)
Spokesman for the Executives, Heidelberg / Wiesloch-Walldorf
* Employee representative
a) Membership in other Supervisory Boards
b) Membership in comparable German and foreign control bodies of business enterprises
