The Supervisory Board of Salzgitter AG

The core tasks of the Supervisory Board are to advise and supervise the Executive Board in its management of the company. In accordance with the law, certain fundamental decisions may only be made with its approval. It has determined that, in addition, certain types of transactions require its approval. The members of the Supervisory Board are liable to the company for any dereliction of duty.

The Supervisory Board comprises 21 members, specifically ten shareholder and ten employee representatives plus one other member. This composition has been laid down under the provisions of the Co-Determination Amendment Act applicable to the company, in conjunction with Article 7 of the company’s Articles of Incorporation.

The following members are members of the Supervisory Board of SZAG and hold memberships in a) supervisory boards required by law and b) comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises.

 

Remuneration Report 2022 for the Executive Board and Supervisory Board

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Individualized attendance of the Supervisory Board members

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Rules of Procedure for the Supervisory Board

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Rules of Procedure for the Audit Committee

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Rules of Procedure for the Nomination Committee

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Heinz-Gerhard Wente

Chairman

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Heinz-Gerhard Wente

Retired member of the Executive Board of Continental AG

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1951

Nationality: German

Gender: male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since September 16, 2015, Chairman since 2016
Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Commercial apprenticeship at Continental AG

Studies of business sciences in Hanover and Göttingen / Dipl.-Kfm.

 

Professional background:

1978 Started at Continental in Industrial Engineering, later various tasks in marketing/controlling

1993 Member of the Executive Board of ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH

1998 Chairman of the Executive Board of ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH

2000 Chairman of the Executive Board ContiTech Vibration Control GmbH

2001–2008 Head of the ContiTech Fluid Technology business unit

2007 Member of the Executive Board of Continental AG as Chief Human Resources Officer and Labor Director 

2008 additionally Chairman of the Executive Board of ContiTech AG and head of this division of the Continental Group

2011 after relinquishing the function of Chief Human Resources Officer, in addition to managing the ContiTech division, responsibility for Group Purchasing of Continental AG

2015 Retirement from the Executive Board of Continental AG after expiry of the contract  

Mandates

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Salzgitter AG

Member of the Management Board of Continental AG, retired, Hanover

b)

  • Alpha ABMD Holdco B.V., Alkmaar, Niederlande (Supervisory Board member)

Vice chairman

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Urban

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Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Urban

Managing Director at IG Metall, Frankfurt am Main

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1961

Nationality: German

Gender: male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since May 21, 2008, Vice-Chairman since 2011

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Studies in Politics, Economics and Philosophy in Bonn, Gießen and Marburg

Doctoral degree Dr. phil. Social Sciences and Philosophy at Philipps-Universität Marburg

2014 Habilitation and private lecturer for sociology at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena

 

Professional background:

1991 Trade Union Secretary District Management at IG Metall, Frankfurt/Main

1992 Trade Union Secretary Social Policy Department at IG Metall Management Board

1998–2003 Head of Social Policy Department (since 2001 Functional Area Social Policy) at IG Metall Management Board 

2001 Research stay as a guest scientist at Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung Berlin (WZB)

2003 Head of Functional Area Social Policy/Fundamental Issues/Strategic Planning at IG Metall Management Board 

since 2007 Managing Director at IG Metall

since 2023 Honorary professor of sociology at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena

 

Other activities:

Member of the Administrative Council at Bundesagentur für Arbeit

Institute Advisory Board DGB Index Gute Arbeit

Member of the Board of Trustees at Hertie School of Governance, Berlin

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Honorary judge at the Federal Labor Court in Erfurt

Mandates

Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Salzgitter AG

Chairman Member of the Management Board of Industriegewerkschaft Metall, Frankfurt am Main

Non-listed consolidated companies:
a)

  • Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Salzgitter (Vice Chairman)

Neutral member

Frank Klingebiel

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Frank Klingebiel

Full-time Lord Mayor of the independent city of Salzgitter

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1964

Nationality: German

Gender: male

Member of the Supervisory Board since May 19, 2021

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Training for the career of the higher non-technical administrative service in the Federal Property Administration (Bundesvermögensverwaltung); graduate of a university of applied sciences with a degree in finance (Diplom-Finanzwirt)

 

Professional background:         

1987–1988 Federal Property Office Soltau, real estate and property administration

1988–1989 Basic military service

1989–1994 District of Goslar, Human Resources and Supervision of District and Joint Municipalities

1994–1997 Ministry of Commerce, Technology and Transport of Lower Saxony, "Calibration, Metrology and Public Pricing Law"

1997–2006 Ministry of the Interior and Sport of Lower Saxony, "Supreme Financial Supervision of Counties and independent Cities" and "Administration of the Annual Needs Allocation Fund of 100 million euros p.a. under the Lower Saxony Fiscal Equalisation Act"

since 2006 Full-time Lord Mayor of the independent city of Salzgitter

 

Other activities:

Member of steering committee of Deutsche Sektion des Rates der Gemeinden und Regionen Europas (RGRE)

Member of steering committee of Deutscher Städtetag (DST) and Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund (DStGB)

President of Niedersächsischer Städtetag (NST)

Member of various association committees, trust committees and regional advisory committees

Mandates

Lord Mayor of the independent City of Salzgitter, Salzgitter

Other non-listed companies:
a)

  • Braunschweigische Landessparkasse, Braunschweig (Board of Administration, First Vice Chairman)
  • Öffentliche Versicherung Braunschweig, Braunschweig (Supervisory Board)
  • Helios Klinikum Salzgitter GmbH, Salzgitter (Supervisory Board, Vice Chairman)

b)

  • WEVG Salzgitter GmbH & Co. KG, Salzgitter (Supervisory Board, Chairman)
  • ASG Abwasserentsorgung Salzgitter GmbH, Salzgitter (Supervisory Board), until March 18, 2022
  • Entsorgungszentrum Salzgitter GmbH, Salzgitter (Supervisory Board, Chairman)
  • Projektgesellschaft Salzgitter-Watenstedt GmbH, Salzgitter (Supervisory Board, Chairman)
  • Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH Salzgitter, Salzgitter (Supervisory Board)
  • Kraftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Braunschweig, Salzgitter (Supervisory Board)
  • Allianz für die Region GmbH, Braunschweig (Supervisory Board)
  • Wirtschafts- und Innovationsförderung Salzgitter GmbH, Salzgitter (Supervisory Board), since February 16, 2022

Owners’ representative

Ulrike Brouzi

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Ulrike Brouzi

Management Board DZ BANK AG

 

Personal data:

Year: 1965

Nationality: German

Gender: female

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since May 23, 2013

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Studies in Business Mathematics at the University of Augsburg

Dipl. Math. oec.

 

Professional background:

1990–2007 Bayern LB (various positions)

2008–2010 NORD/LB  Head of Risk Controlling

2010–2012 NORD/LB  General Manager Financial Markets

2012–2018 NORD/LB  Executive Board Member (CFO/COO)

since 2018 Executive Board Member at DZ BANK AG, Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main

since 2019 CFO at DZ BANK AG, Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main

 

Other activities:

none

Mandates

Member of the Management Board of DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main

Other non-listed companies:
a)

  • Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall AG, Schwäbisch Hall
  • R+V Allgemeine Versicherung AG, Wiesbaden
  • R+V Lebensversicherung AG, Wiesbaden
  • Union Asset Management Holding AG, Frankfurt am Main
  • DZ CompliancePartner GmbH, Neu-Isenburg (Vice Chairwoman)

Dr. Bernd Drouven

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Dr. Bernd Drouven

Retired Chairman of the Executive Board of Aurubis AG

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1955

Nationality: German

Gender: male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since May 24, 2018

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Studied metallurgy and electrometallurgy at RWTH Aachen

Postdoc at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, USA)

 

Professional background:

1982–1987 Head of Department at Preussag AG Metall

1987–1988 General Manager IC Metals Division Singapore, Degussa AG

1988–1991 Managing Director of Demetron Gesellschaft für Elektronikwerkstoffe mbH (Degussa AG group company)

1991–1998 Managing Director of Leybold Materials GmbH (Degussa AG group company)

1995–1997 Head of Business Unit Materials at Balzers and Leybold

1998–2000 Executive Board Member at Possehl Besi Electronics N.V.

2000–2001 Chairman of the Executive Board at Possehl Besi Electronics N.V.

2001–2003 Managing Director of Spiess-Urania Chemicals GmbH

2004–2005 Vice President Strategic Planning/International Affairs at Norddeutsche Affinerie AG (now Aurubis AG)

2006–2008 CFO at Norddeutsche Affinerie AG (now Aurubis AG)

2008–2011 Chairman of the Executive Board at Aurubis AG

2013–2014 Supervisory Board Member at Aurubis AG

2014–2015 Chairman of the Executive Board at Aurubis AG

2015–2018 Supervisory Board Member at Aurubis AG

 

Other activities:

none

Mandates

Member of the Executive Board of Aurubis AG, retired, Hamburg

  • No membership in other governing bodies

Karin Hardekopf

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Karin Hardekopf

Member of the Executive Board of GP Günter Papenburg AG, Hanover

 

Persional data:

Year of birth: 1965

Nationality: German

Gender: female

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since January 1, 2023

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

1984–1986 Apprenticeship as a bank clerk at Vereins- und Westbank AG, Hanover

1986–1991 Studied business administration at the universities of Bayreuth and Passau, graduating with a degree in business administration

 

Professional background:

1992–1995 Managing Director of GP Günter Papenburg GmbH

since 1995 Member of the Executive Board of GP Günter Papenburg AG

 

Other activities:

Economic Advisory Board of NORD/LB, Hanover

Board of Trustees of the Institut der Norddeutschen Wirtschaft e.V.

Mandates

Member of the Management Board of GP Günter Papenburg AG, Hannover

  • No membership in other governing bodies

Gerald Heere

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Gerald Heere

Lower Saxony Minister of Finance, Hanover

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1979

Nationality: German

Gender: male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since January 3, 2023

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

2005 Master's degree at the Technical University of Braunschweig with major in political science and minors in history and computer science

 

Professional background:

2005–2006 Advisor for the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group in the state parliament

2006–2012 Research Assistant at the Chair of International Relations and Comparative Government, Institute of Social Sciences, TU Braunschweig

2012–2013 Lecturer at the Chair of International Relations and Comparative Government, Institute of Social Sciences, TU Braunschweig

2013–2017 Member of the Lower Saxony State Parliament

since 2015 Member of the Group Executive Committee

2019 freelance political scientist

2019–2021 Head of the Senator's Office - The Senator for Finance, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

2021–2022 Member of the Lower Saxony State Parliament

since 2022 Lower Saxony Minister of Finance

 

Other activities:

none

Mandates

Minister of Finance of the State of Lower Saxony, Hanover

Other non-listed companies:
a)

  • Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Hanover (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
  • Deutsche Messe AG (Supervisory Board)

b)

  • KfW Bankengruppe (Board of Directors)

Prof. Dr. Susanne Knorre

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Prof. Dr. Susanne Knorre

Management consultant 

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1961

Nationality: German

Gender: female

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since May 24, 2018

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Studied political science and economics at the universities of Hamburg and Basel

Economics traineeship; graduated as a political scientist, state examination for senior public administration

Postdoc at University of Hamburg

 

Professional background:

1988–1991 Advisor to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Transport for the state of Rheinland-Pfalz

1991–1994 Head of the Minister's Office at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Transport for the state of Rheinland-Pfalz

1994–1998 Preussag AG, Assistant to the Chairwoman of the board of directors

1998–2000 Head of Group Communications at Preussag AG

2000–2003 Minister for Economic Affairs, Technology and Transport for the state of Lower Saxony, Hanover

2003–2015 Various lecturing positions at University of Hanover, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, University of Cape Town, University of Hildesheim

2003–2005 Managing Director at GROTE&KNORRE GmbH and Management Partner at Weber Shandwick Kommunikationsberatung

since 2005 self employed Management consultant

since 2007 part-time professor of communication management at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences

 

Other activities:

Prof. Dr. Susanne Knorre also teaches at national and international universities and is involved in specialist committees and associations in business and politics. She works as an author and is the editor of textbooks and reference books on communication-centered management theory.

Mandates

Business consultant

Other non-listed companies:
a)

  • Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin
  • Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Hanover
  • Rain Carbon Germany GmbH (formerly RÜTGERS Germany GmbH), Castrop-Rauxel
  • STEAG Power GmbH, Essen

Heinz Kreuzer

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Heinz Kreuzer

Retired Chairman of the Management Board of TUI InfoTec GmbH

 

Personal data:

Year: 1954

Nationality: German

Gender: male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since May 24, 2018

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Studied mathematics, physics and IT at University of Bonn

Graduated as mathematician

 

Professional background:

1981–1983 Organisation assistant at Kodak AG, Stuttgart

1983–1987 Group Leader "Data Administration" at Württembergische Feuerversicherung AG, Stuttgart

1987–1989 Systems Development Manager at Dun & Bradstreet Schimmelpfeng GmbH, Frankfurt

from 1988 Additional responsibility for the Technical Services department

1989–1992 Head of IT at Helvetia Versicherungen, Frankfurt

1992–1995 Head of IT and Management Board Member for Helvetia Department for Germany

1995–1997 Director of Information Systems for TUI GmbH & Co. KG, Hanover

1997–1999 Managing Director at TUI InfoTec GmbH

1999–2000 Management spokesperson at TUI InfoTec GmbH, also management spokesperson for Preussag Systemhaus GmbH

2000–2007 Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Preussag AG (now TUI AG)

from 2003 Also Director of Group Contracting at TUI AG

2007–2018 Chairman of the Board at TUI InfoTec GmbH

2020–2021 Chairman of the Board eves_information technology AG, Braunschweig

 

Other activities:

until 2023 Lectureship at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences "Leadership in a digital economy"

Mandates

Chairman of the Management Board of TUI InfoTec GmbH, retired, Hanover

Other non-listed companies:
b)

  • eves_information technology AG, Braunschweig (Supervisory Board), since January 1, 2022
  • Safarihub Europe Ltd. Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Klaus Papenburg

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Klaus Papenburg

Member of the Board of Directors of GP Günter Papenburg AG, Halle

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1970

Nationality German

Gender male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since July 21, 2021

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Studied business administration at the University of Passau, graduating with a degree in business administration.

 

Professional background:

since 1998 Managing Director of various companies of GP Günter Papenburg AG

1999–2019 Member of the Supervisory Board of GP Günter Papenburg AG

since 2019 Member of the Board of Directors of GP Günter Papenburg AG

 

Other activities:

none

Mandates

Member of the Executive Board of GP Günter Papenburg AG, Halle

Other non-listed companies:
a)

  • Member of the Advisory Council of STOCKMEIER Holding GmbH, Bielefeld

Prof. Dr. Joachim Schindler

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Prof. Dr. Joachim Schindler

Member of various supervisory boards

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1957

Nationality: German

Gender: male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since November 24, 2017

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Studies in Business Administration in Würzburg and Cologne / Degree: Dipl.-Kfm.

Dr. rer. pol., distance learning college FernUniversität Hagen

Auditor / Tax Consultant

 

Professional background:

1982–1989 Medium-sized auditing company

1989–2015 KPMG AG (Cologne, London, Berlin    

since 1995 Partner

2004–2012 Member of the Management Board

2005–2010 additionally Head of Audit EMA-Region    

2010–2013 Global Head of Audit, Global Executive Team, KPMG International

2009–2020 Honorary professor Freie Universität Berlin

2015–2019 Auditor in own company

 

Other activities:

none

Mandates

Member of various supervisory boards 

Other non-listed companies:
a)

  • Zoologischer Garten Berlin AG, Berlin
  • Rocket Internet SE, Berlin (Vice Chairman)
  • CMBlu Energy AG, Alzenau (Supervisory Board), since March 10, 2022

Dr. Susanna Zapreva-Hennerbichler

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Dr. Susanna Zapreva-Hennerbichler

Chairwoman of the Executive Board enercity AG, Hanover

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1973

Nationality: Austrian

Gender: female

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since May 25, 2023

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Diploma studies in electrical engineering at the Technical University of Vienna

Doctoral studies in technical sciences

Diplomstudium Betriebswirtschaft an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

 

Professional background:

1997-2001 University assistant at the Vienna University of Technology and independent consultant

2001-2021 Managing Director and other management functions of Wienstrom GmbH, Vienna

2010-2016 Managing Director of Wien Energie GmbH, Vienna

2016-2023 Chairwoman of the Management Board of enercity AG, Hanover

from 2024 Member of the Managing Board of Verbund AG, Vienna

 

Other activities:

Chairwoman of the Government Commission of the State Government of Lower Saxony

Member of the Hydrogen Council of the German Federal Government

Member of the Board of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries

Member of the Executive Committee and Board of the Association of Municipal Enterprises

Mandates

Chairwoman of the Executive Board enercity AG, Hanover

Listed companies:
a)

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of PNE - Pure New Energy AG since May 2019
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of CropEnergies AG since May 2022

Other memberships:

  • Chairwoman of the Government Commission of the State Government of Lower Saxony
  • Member of the Hydrogen Council of the German Federal Government
  • Member of the Board of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries
  • Member of the Executive Committee and Board of the Association of Municipal Companies

Employee representative

Konrad Ackermann

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Konrad Ackermann

Chairman of the Works Council KHS GmbH, Dortmund

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1959

Nationality: German

Gender: male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since May 23, 2013

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

1975–1979 Power electronics technician

 

Professional background:

1979–2001 Production at KHS GmbH, Dortmund

since 2002 Full-time Works Council Member at KHS GmbH

2008–2013 Vice Chairman of the Works Council at KHS GmbH

since 2013 Chairman of the Works Council at KHS GmbH

since 2013 Chairman of the Group Works Council at KHS GmbH

since 2013 Chairman at ARGE Technologie der Salzgitter AG

 

Other activities:

since 2006: Lay judge (Labor Court Hamm)

Mandates

Chairman of the General Works Council of KHS GmbH, Dortmund

Non-listed consolidated companies:
a)

  • KHS GmbH, Dortmund

Manuel Bloemers

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Manuel Bloemers

Union Secretary IG Metall management board

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1980

Nationality: German

Gender: male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since July 1, 2021

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

2003–2006 Training as a chemical laboratory technician

2007–2008 Trainee Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie

 

Professional background:

2006–2007 Chemical laboratory technician, Sanofi Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt a.M.

2008–2019 Union Secretary Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie

since 2019 Union Secretary IG Metall management board

 

Other activities:

none

Mandates

Union Secretary, IG Metall Management Board, Düsseldorf

Other non-listed companies:
a)

  • Speira GmbH, Grevenbroich (Vice Chairman)
  • Aluminium Norf GmbH, Neuss

Listed companies:
a)

  • Siemens Energy AG, Munich (Supervisory Board), since September 1, 2022

Hasan Cakir

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Hasan Cakir

Chairman of the Group Works Council of Salzgitter AG, Salzgitter

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1969

Nationality: German

Gender: male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since July 17, 2006

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Apprenticeship as a fitter at Stahlwerke Peine-Salzgitter AG

Industrial Foreman in Salzgitter


Professional background:

1988–1994 Youth and Trainee Representative

1988–1990 Employee in Production and Maintenance

1990–1994 Chairman of the Youth and Trainee Representation and Chairman of the Corporate Youth and Trainee Representation at Preussag Stahl AG

1994–1998 Member of the Works Council / Local Works Council at Preussag Stahl AG for the surface finishing works

1998–2002 Member of the Works Council at Preussag Stahl AG and Member of the Managing Works Council,             
Deputy spokesperson for the Personnel Committee

since 2002 Member of the Works Council Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH  

2006–2014 Chairman of the Working Group Steel

since 2006 Chairman of the Works Council Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH

since 2006 Member of the Group Works Council and the Group Works Council Committee

since 2006 Member of the Bargaining Commission and of the Negotiating Commission Steel

since 2006 Alternating Head of the Administrative Board BKK 2010

since 2013 Chairman of the Working Group Steel

 

Other activities:

none

Mandates

Chairman of the Group Works Council of Salzgitter AG, Salzgitter
Chairman of the Works Council of Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Salzgitter

Non-listed consolidated companies:
a)

  • Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Salzgitter

Marco Gasse

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Marco Gasse

Chairman of the Works Council of Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH, Duisburg

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1983

Nationality: German

Gender: male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since February 21, 2023

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

2013–2016 Industrial clerk at Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH

 

Professional background:

2016–2018 Road and inland waterway transport clerk at Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH

since 2018 Full-time Member of the Works Council of Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH

since 2022 Chairman of the Works Council at Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH

 

Other activities:

Chairman of ARGE Steel Processing Business Unit

Mandates

Chairman of the Works Council of Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH, Duisburg, since February, 2023

Other non-listed companies:
a)

  • Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH, Duisburg
  • Mannesmann Precision Tubes GmbH, Mülheim an der Ruhr

Gabriele Handke

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Gabriele Handke

Chairwoman of the Works Council of Peiner Träger GmbH, Peine

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1966

Nationality: German

Gender: female

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since March 1, 2015

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Commercial apprenticeship at Stahlwerke Peine-Salzgitter AG (present: Peiner Träger GmbH)

 

Professional background:

1985–1991 Youth Representative / later Chairwoman of the Youth Representation at Stahlwerke Peine-Salzgitter AG

1986–1995 Substitute HR / Administration for the Works Council of Peine and Ilsede 

1995–2010 Member of the Works Council of Peiner Träger GmbH

2010–2020 Vice-Chairwoman of the Works Council of Peiner Träger GmbH

since 2020 Chairwoman of the Works Council of Peiner Träger GmbH

 

Other activities:

none

Mandates

Chairwoman of the Works Council of Peiner Träger GmbH, Peine

Non-listed consolidated companies:
a)

  • Peiner Träger GmbH, Peine

Dirk Markowski

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Dirk Markowski

Chairman of the Works Council and General Works Council of Mannesmann Precision Tubes GmbH, Hamm

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1964

Nationality: German

Gender: male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since May 25, 2023

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Industrial clerk

 

Professional background:

1981-1984 Apprenticeship as industrial clerk at Mannesmann Precision Tubes GmbH

subsequently technical employee in the work preparation department

since 2010 Full-time Member of the Works Council of Mannesmann Precision Tubes GmbH, Brackwede plant

since 2012 Chairman of the Works Council of Mannesmann Precision Tubes GmbH

 

Other activities:

Member of the European Works Council Mannesmann Precision Tubes GmbH, member of the Group Works Council and Group Works Council Committee

Vice Chairman of ARGE Steel Processing Business Unit

Member of the local branch of IG Metall in Bielefeld

 

Mandates

Technical employee Work preparation
Chairman of the Works Council of Mannesmann Precision Tubes GmbH Brackwede plant and
Chairman of the General Works Council of Mannesmann Precision Tubes GmbH

Non-listed companies:

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Mannesmann Precision Tubes GmbH since 2012

Other memberships:

  • Member of the European Works Council Mannesmann Precision Tubes GmbH,
  • Member of the Group Works Council and Group Works Council Committee
  • Vice Chairman of ARGE Steel Processing Business Unit

Anja Piel

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Anja Piel

Member of the National Executive Board of the DGB, Berlin

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1965

Nationality: German

Gender: female

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since July 22, 2021

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Apprenticeship as industrial clerk in Bad Schwartau

 

Professional background:

1988–1998 Establishment of a mothers' center in Hameln as well as journalistic work as a freelancer for the Deister- und Weserzeitung

1998–2012 Managing Director at Grünen Ratsfraktion in Hameln

2010–2013 Chairwoman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Landesverband Niedersachsen

2013–2020 Member of the Lower Saxony State Parliament and Chairwoman of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group

since 2020 Member of the National Executive Board of the DGB

 

Other activities:

none

Mandates

Member of the Federal Executive Board of Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, Berlin

  • No membership in other governing bodies

Christine Seemann

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Christine Seemann

Member of the Works Council of Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Salzgitter

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1979

Nationality: German

Gender: female

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since May 24, 2018

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Studied law in Potsdam and Bremen between 2001 and 2008.

1. State examination in law, 2009 in Bremen

Internship in the state of Lower Saxony 2009–2011

2. State examination in law, 2011

 

Professional background:

2012–2018 Legal advisor to Works Council, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Salzgitter

since 2018 Works Council Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Salzgitter

since 2018 Chairperson at ARGE Steel Production Business Unit

since 2018 Member of Group Works Council

 

Other activities:

Honorary judge at the Regional Labor Court of Hanover

Member of the representatives' assembly at Deutsche Rentenversicherung Hannover-Braunschweig

Chairperson of the District Women's Committee at IG Metall, Lower Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt

Chairwoman of ARGE Steel Production Business Unit

Mandates

Works Council member of Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Salzgitter and Chairwoman of ARGE Steel Production Business Unit

  • No membership in other governing bodies

Clemens Spiller

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Clemens Spiller

Chairman of the Works Council of Salzgitter Digital Solutions GmbH, Salzgitter

 

Personal data:

Year of birth: 1961

Nationality: German

Gender: male

 

Member of the Supervisory Board since May 24, 2018

Elected until 2028

 

Education:

Studied IT at Technische Universität Braunschweig/graduated in IT

 

Professional background:

1989 Student trainee in central data processing at Stahlwerke Peine-Salzgitter AG

since 1990 Systems analyst at SIS GmbH (later renamed GESIS mbH), Salzgitter

1996–2002 Member of the Works Council of GESIS-Gesellschaft für Informationssysteme mbH

2002–2010 Deputy Chairman of the Works Council of GESIS-Gesellschaft für Informationssystems mbH

since 2010 Chairman of the Works Council of Salzgitter Digital Solutions GmbH (formerly GESIS-Gesellschaft für Informationssysteme mbH)

 

Other activities:

none

Mandates

System analyst, Chairman of the Works Council of Salzgitter Digital Solutions GmbH (formerly GESIS GmbH)

  • No membership in other governing bodies