Member of the BRAIN Biotech AG Supervisory Board since March 7, 2019; Chairman since March 8, 2023; appointed until the end of AGM in FY 2026/27
- Member of the audit committee, personnel committee (chair) and nomination committee
- Key areas of expertise: Entrepreneurship; New business areas; Corporate finance/capital markets; Internationality; M&A; Controlling & Risk management; Knowledge in the field of auditing and accounting (pursuant to §§ 107 (4), 100 (5) AktG); Sustainability
Born in 1961
Nationality: German
Education
- 1980 - 1985 Study of Business Administration at the University of Cologne, Germany, holding a degree in Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann)
- 1986 - 1989 Assistant at the Institute of Business Adminsitration V of the University of Siegen, Germany, doctorated in economics in 1989
Professional career
- 1989 – 2000: Mannesmann AG, Duesseldorf, Germany
- 1989 - 1991 Controlling Department (including Investor relations)
- 1991 - 1999 Various management positions at Mannesmann Ag and Mannesmann Demag AG, inter alia responsible for international projects including mergers & aquisitions
- 1999 - 2000 Central divisional Head of Controlling and Accounting at Mannesmann AG and later 2000 at Mannesmann Atecs AG
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Mannesmann Austria AG
- 2000 – 2006: Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany
- Member Divisional Management Board and CFO Memory Products Group
- Member of the Supervisory Board or Board of Directors of related companies in Germany, Taiwan, China, USA and Portugal
- 2006 – 2009: Qimonda AG, (former Infineon Technologies AG Memory Products Division), Munich, Germany
- Member of the Management Board & Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and employee relations director (Arbeitsdirektor), Implementation of company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange in 2006
- Member of the Supervisory Board or Board of Directors of related companies in Germany (Chairman), Portugal (Chairman), Taiwan, China and USA
- 2009 – 2013: PHOENIX Pharmahandel GmbH & Co KG, Mannheim, Germany
- Member of the Management Board & Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Member of the Supervisory Board or Board of Directors of related companies in Germany, UK, France, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Finland and other countries in Eastern Europe
- 2014 – 2020: SGL Carbon, SE, Wiesbaden, Germany
- Member of the Management Board & Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Spokesman of the Management Board (9/2019 – 5/2020)
- Member of the Supervisory Board or Board of Directors of related companies in Germany, Portugal (Chairman), Poland (Chairman), USA (Chairman) and China
- Since 2013 Partner in Neofon GmbH, Starnberg, Germany
Further memberships of statutory Supervisory Boards in Germany:
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Team Neusta AG, Bremen, Germany
Further memberships in comparable German and foreign Supervisory Boards:
None
Independent within the meaning of Section C.6, C.7 and C.9 of the German Corporate Governance Code:
Yes
Last update: September 2024