Supervisory Board
The core tasks of the Supervisory Board are to appoint members of the Executive Board and 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 company’s D&O insurance provided for an appropriate deductible in the reporting year.
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.
Profile
Heinz-Gerhard Wente, born in 1951, nationality German, completed a commercial apprenticeship at Continental AG and studied economics in Hanover and Göttingen.
His entire professional career was spent in the service of the Continental Group. Mr. Wente joined Continental in 1978 when he launched his career in Industrial Engineering and later assumed various tasks in the Marketing and Controlling areas. In 1993 he was appointed general manager of ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH and Chairman of the Management Board in 1998. In 2000, Mr. Wente joined ContiTech Vibration Control where he took up a Board position. From 2001 to 2008, Heinz-Gerhard Wente was in charge of ContiTech Fluid Technology.
Mr. Wente was appointed to the Executive Board of Continental AG in 2007. Here, he initially assumed the position of Chief Personnel Officer and Labor Relations Director. As from October 2008, he also assumed the role of Chairman of the Management Board of ContiTech AG and headed this division of the Continental Group. Having relinquished his remit as Chief Personnel Officer, in 2011 Wente took over as head of the ContiTech Division, along with responsibility for central procurement of the group. Upon expiry of his contract, he retired from the Executive Board of Continental AG at the end of April 2015. Over the period from 2010 through February 2016, Wente was active as Vice President of Hanover’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and from 2007 until 2011 Vice President of the Federal Employers' Association of the Chemical Industry (BAVC).
Heinz-Gerhard Wente has been a member of Salzgitter AG’s Supervisory Board since September 2015 and has held the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board since April 2016. He ist currently appointed until 2023.
Ulrike Brouzi
Profile
Year
1965
Nationality
German
Gender
female
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2013
Appointed until
2023
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 09/2018 Executive Board Member at DZ BANK AG, Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt (CFO since 01/2019)
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
- Management Board DZ BANK AG
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
- Member of the Supervisory Board Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall AG, Schwäbisch Hall
- Member of the Supervisory Board R+V Allgemeine Versicherung AG, Wiesbaden
- Member of the Supervisory Board R+V Lebensversicherung AG, Wiesbaden
- Member of the Supervisory Board Union Asset Management Holding AG, Frankfurt am Main
- Vice-Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board DZ Compliance-Partner GmbH, Neu-Isenburg
Other activities
none
Mandates
Member of the Board of Managing Directors 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)
Roland Flach
Profile
Year
1944
Nationality
German
Gender
male
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2013
Appointed until
2023
Education
- Commercial apprenticeship and qualification as industrial clerk at M.Westermann GmbH Arnsberg (metal industry)
Studies and graduation at the Federal Social State Academy of North Rhine-Westphalia (staatlich wiss. Sozialakademie des Landes NRW in Dortmund)
Professional background
- 1963 Helmut Horten AG Düsseldorf – Management traineeship; later Vice Manager for Administration and HR in stores
Organizer in Central Organization Department - 1967 Großversandhaus Schöpflin Lörrach
Head of Central Organization for the retail stores - 1970 OTTO Warenhaus GmbH Hamburg
Department Manager Organization und Data Processing - 1973 Bieberhaus KG Frankfurt
Chief Representative
Chairman of the Managing Board (Departments Sales and Purchasing) - 1976 Neckermann KGaA Frankfurt
Director and Division Manager Central Sales Hardware for Stationary Trade - 1982 Einkaufsbüro Deutscher Eisenhändler GmbH
Deputy Managing Director Purchasing Department - 1983 Hertie Waren und Kaufhaus GmbH, Frankfurt
Director, Division Manager of various departments
Authorized Representative for Restructuring
Authorized Representative for Strategy Development and M&A
Managing Director of the major associated companies - 1990 Sound & Technik GmbH, Wiesbaden
Managing Partner of a group of 20 distribution companies (technology ) - 1996 Nürnberger Bund Grosseinkauf e.G. i. L. (purchasing cooperative with more than 2000 members)
Executive Board – Purchasing and Marketing – on behalf of the creditor banks, the company was in insolvency – preservation,
recovery and transfer of functions to other companies. Transformation of the cooperative into a stock company, contribution to the WCM AG - 1999 WCM Beteiligungs- und Grundbesitz AG, Executive Board, Chairman of the Executive Board since 2002
Member of the following Supervisory Boards:
1. Klöckner Werke AG, 2001 – 2006, Chairman
2. RSE AG 2000 – 2012, Chairman
3. KHS AG 2002 – 2008 Chairman
4. IVG Holding AG, 2001 – 2004, Chairman
5. Maternus Kliniken AG 2000 – 2007, Member
6. Ymos AG, 2002 – 2006, Chairman
7. Maag Holding AG, Zürich, 2001 – 2007 Vice President of the Administrative Council
8. BHE AG 2001-2011, Chairman
9. Gehag AG, 2003 – 2005, Member and Chairman or Member of the supervisory board in several other domestic and foreign subsidiaries / associated companies - 2006 Klöckner Werke AG Chairman of the Executive Board
- 2012 retired
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
- retired
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
Member of the Supervisory Board KHS GmbH, Dortmund
Other activities
Consultant
Reinhold Hilbers
Profile
Year
1964
Nationality
German
Gender
male
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2018
Appointed until
2023
Education
- Apprenticeship as wholesale and retail merchant
- Studies in Business Administration at Fachhochschule Osnabrück, graduation as Dipl. Kaufmann (FH)
Professional background
- 1991 Georg Utz GmbH, Schüttorf, Product Management and Sales
- 1993 Volksbank Lingen eG, Lending Business, Corporate Customer Advisory
- 1999 Lebenshilfe Nordhorn gGmbH, Administration Manager for Commercial Activities
Areas:
- Accounting
- Reporting
- Real Estate
- Horizontal functions
- Financing
- Charges negotiations - 2003 Member of the CDU group in the State Parliament of Lower Saxony
- 2013-2017 Vice Chairman of the CDU group in the State Parliament of Lower Saxony
- 2017 Finance Minister of Lower Saxony
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
- Finance Minister of Lower Saxony
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board at NORD/LB
- Member of the Supervisory Board at Deutsche Messe AG
- Member of the Administrative Board at KfW Bankengruppe
Other activities
- none
Prof. Dr. Susanne Knorre
Profile
Year
1961
Nationality
German
Gender
female
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2018
Appointed until
2023
Education
- Studied political science and economics at University of Hamburg and Basel - graduated as a political scientist, state examination for senior public administration
- Postdoc at University of Hamburg
Professional background
- 1988-91 Advisor to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Transport for the state of Rheinland-Pfalz
- 1991-94 Head of the Minister's Office at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Transport for the state of Rheinland-Pfalz
- 1994 Preussag AG, Hanover
- 1998-00 Head of Group Communications at Preussag AG
- 2000-03 Minister for Economic Affairs, Technology and Transport for the state of Lower Saxony, Hanover
- 2002-15 Various lecturing positions at University of Hanover, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, University of Capetown, University of Hildesheim, Quadriga University of Applied Sciences in Berlin
- 2003-05 Managing Director at GROTE&KNORRE and Management Partner at Weber Shandwick Kommunikationsberatung
- Since 2005 Management consultant
- Since 2007 part-time professor at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
Management consultant
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
- RÜTTGERS Germany GmbH
- STEAG GmbH
- NordLB
- Deutsche Bahn AG
Other activities
- none
Heinz Kreuzer
Profile
Year
1954
Nationality
German
Gender
male
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2018
Appointed until
2023
Education
- Studied mathematics, physics and IT at University of Bonn
Graduated as mathematician
Professional background
- 1981 Organisation assistant at Kodak AG, Stuttgart
- 1983 Group Leader "Data Administration" at Württembergische Feuerversicherung AG, Stuttgart
- 1987 Systems Development Manager at Dun & Bradstreet Schimmelpfeng GmbH, Frankfurt
- 1988 Additional responsibility for the Technical Services department
- 1989 Head of IT at Helvetia Versicherungen, Frankfurt
- 1992 Head of IT and Management Board Member for Helvetia Department for Germany
- 1995 Director of Information Systems for TUI GmbH & Co. KG, Hanover
- 1997 Managing Director at TUI InfoTec GmbH
- 1999 Management spokesperson at TUI InfoTec GmbH, also management spokesperson for Preussag Systemhaus GmbH
- 2000 Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Preussag AG (now TUI AG)
- 2003 Also Director of Group Contracting at TUI AG
- 2007–2018 Chairman of the Board at TUI InfoTec GmbH
- Since 2020 Chairman of the Board eves_information technology AG, Braunschweig
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
Chairman of the Board eves_information technology AG, Braunschweig
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
- Safarihub Europe Ltd. Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Other activities
- none
Mandates
Chairman of the Management Board of TUI InfoTec GmbH, retired, Hanover
Chairman of the Management Board of eves_information technology AG, Braunschweig, since November 1, 2020
Other non-listed companies:
b)
- eves consulting GmbH, Braunschweig (Advisory Council), until January 20, 2020
- eves_information technology AG, Braunschweig (Supervisory Board), until October 28, 2020
- Safarihub Europe Ltd. Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Joachim Schindler
Profile
Year
1957
Nationality
German
Gender
male
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2017
Appointed until
2023
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
- 1995 Partner
- 2004 Member of the Management Board (until 2012)
- 2005 additionally Head of Audit EMA-Region (until 2010)
- 2010 Global Head of Audit, Global Executive Team, KPMG International (until 2013) - 2009 - 2020 Honorary professor Freie Universität Berlin
- 2015 - 2019 Auditor in own company
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
Member of various supervisory boards
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
- Rocket Internet SE, Berlin
- Chairman CORE SE, Berlin
- Zoologischer Garten Berlin AG, Berlin
Other activities
- none
Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Spanner-Ulmer
Profile
Year
1962
Nationality
German
Gender
female
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2016
Appointed until
2023
Education
- Studies in Industrial Engineering, Specialization Manufacturing at TH Karlsruhe
- Doctoral Degree Dr.-Ing. at TU München
- Habilitation at KU Eichstätt
Professional background
- until 1998 Research Assistant
- 1999 AUDI AG, Employee in Management in Industrial Engineering and in Concept Development
- 2004 Professor for Work Science at TU Chemnitz, Faculty for Engineering, Fields:
- Human – Technology – Organization
- Process and Product Design
- Transformation Processes - Since 2012 Director Production and Technology at Bayerischer Rundfunk and Member of the Management
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
Director Production and Technology at Bayerischer Rundfunk and Member of the Management
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board at Bavaria Studios and Production Services
Other activities
- Member of Zukunftsrat der Bayerischen Wirtschaft
- Vice-Chairwoman of the senate of Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
Konrad Ackermann
Profile
Year
1959
Nationality
German
Gender
male
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2013
Appointed until
2023
Education
- 1975-1979 Power electronics technician
Professional background
- 1979-2001 Production at KHS GmbH, Dortmund
- 2002 Full-time Works Council Member at KHS GmbH
- 2008 Vice Chairman of the Works Council at KHS GmbH
- Since 2013
- Chairman of the Works Council at KHS GmbH
- 2013 Chairman of the Group Works Council at KHS GmbH
- 2013 Chairman at ARGE Technologie der Salzgitter AG
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
- Chairman of the Works Council KHS GmbH, Dortmund
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
- Member of the Supervisory Board KHS GmbH, Dortmund
Other activities
- Since 2008: Member of the local executive at IG Metall, Ruhrgebiet Mitte
- Since 2006: Lay judge (Labor Court Hamm)
Hasan Cakir
Profile
Year
1969
Nationality
German
Gender
male
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2006
Appointed until
2023
Education
- Apprenticeship as a fitter at Stahlwerke Peine – Salzgitter AG
- Industrial Foreman in Salzgitter
Professional background
- 1988 Elected Youth and Trainee Representative
- 1988 Employee in Production and Maintenance
- 1990 Elected Chairman of the Youth and Trainee Representation and elected Chairman of the Corporate Youth and Trainee Representation at Preussag Stahl AG
- 1994 Elected Member of the Works Council / Local Works Council at Preussag Stahl AG for the surface finishing works
- 1998 Elected Member of the Works Council at Preussag Stahl AG / Elected Member of the Managing Works Council
Deputy spokesperson Personnel Committee - 2002 Elected member of the works council at Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH / Elected member of the managing works council
Spokesperson Personnel Committee - 2006 Elected
- Member of the Works Council
- Chairman of the Works Council
- Chairman of the Working Group Steel
- Member of the KBR / KBA
- Member of the Bargaining Commission and of the Negotiating Commission Steel
- Alternating Head of the Administrative Board BKK 2010 - 2010 Elected
- Member of the Works Council
- Chairman of the Works Council
- Chairman of the Working Group Steel
- Member of the Group Works Council Committee / Group Works Council
- Member of the Bargaining Commission and of the Negotiating Commission Steel
- Alternating Head of the Administrative Board BKK - 2013 Elected Chairman of the Group Works Council
- 2014 Elected
- Member of the Works Council
- Chairman of the Works Council
- Chairman of the Group Works Council
- Member of the Bargaining Commission and of the Negotiating Commission Steel
- Alternating Head of the Administrative Board BKK - 2018 Elected
- Member of the Works Council
- Chairman of the Works Council
- Chairman of the Group Works Council
- Member of the Bargaining Commission and of the Negotiating Commission Steel
- Alternating Head of the Administrative Board BKK
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
- see above, works council activities
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
- Member of the Supervisory Board at Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Salzgitter
Other activities
- none
Gabriele Handke
Profile
Year
1966
Nationality
German
Gender
female
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2015
Appointed until
2023
Education
Commercial apprenticeship at Stahlwerke Peine-Salzgitter AG (present: Peiner Träger GmbH)
Professional background
- 1985 Elected Youth Representative / later Chairwoman of the Youth Representation until 1991 at Stahlwerke Peine - Salzgitter AG
- 1986 Substitute HR / Administration for the Works Council of Peine and Ilsede
- 1995 Member of the Works Council
- 2010 Vice-Chairwoman of the Works Council Peiner Träger GmbH, Peine
- Since 2020 Chairwoman of the Works Council Peiner Träger GmbH, Peine
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
Released as Chairwoman of the Works Council
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
Member of the Supervisory Board at Peiner Träger GmbH, Peine
Other activities
- none
Norbert Keller
Profile
Year
1958
Nationality
German
Gender
male
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2019
Appointed until
2023
Education
- 1973 Start technical training at Mannesmann Hüttenwerke
Professional background
- 1977 Machine fitter in Maintenance at Mannesmann Hüttenwerke (Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH – HKM – since 1990)
- 1994 Member of the works council at HKM
- 2009 Deputy Chairman of the Works Council at HKM
- Since 2019 Chairman of the Works Council at HKM
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
- Works Council
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
- Member of the Supervisory Board at Mannesmann Precision Tubes GmbH, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Other activities
- none
Volker Mittelstädt
Profile
Year
1968
Nationality
German
Gender
male
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2012
Appointed until
2023
Education
- 1984-1986 Industry Mechanic
- 2004-2006 Industry Master Forming Technology
- 2006-2009 Master of Technical Management
Professional background
- 1986 Plant Mechanic at Walzwerk Ilsenburg
- 1994 Works Council Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH
- 1998 Full-time Member of the Works Council
- 2002 Vice chairman of the Works Council
- 2014 Chairman of the Works Council
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
Works Council
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH, Ilsenburg
Other activities
- Chairman of the Committee AWO Regionalverband am Harz e.V.
Christine Seemann
Profile
Year
1979
Nationality
German
Gender
female
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2018
Appointed until
2023
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 GB Flachstahl
- Since 2018 Member of Group Works Council
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
Works Council Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Salzgitter
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
- none
Other activities
- Honorary judge at the Regional Labor Court of Hanover
- Honorary judge at Braunschweig Labour Court
- Member of the representatives' assembly at Deutsche Rentenversicherung Hannover-Braunschweig
- Chairperson of the District Women's Committee at IG Metall, Lower Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt
Clemens Spiller
Profile
Year
1961
Nationality
German
Gender
male
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2018
Appointed until
2023
Education
- Studied IT at Technische Universität Braunschweig/graduated in IT
Professional background
- Student trainee in central data processing at Stahlwerke Peine-Salzgitter AG
- 1990 Systems analyst at SIS GmbH (later renamed GESIS mbH), Salzgitter
- 1996 Works Council at GESIS mbH
- 2002 Deputy Head of Works Council at GESIS mbH
- 2010 Head of Works Council at GESIS mbH for the Salzgitter site
- 2010 Chairman of the General Works Council at GESIS mbH
Significant activities other than the supervisory board mandate
Occupation held
Systems analyst
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards or equivalent domestic or foreign supervisory committees
- none
Other activities
- none