BALDESSARINI Werner, Fashion Designer

born: January 23, 1945, Kufstein
nat.: Austrian
Present position:Fashion Designer
Education: trained with the textile industry 
Career: started his professional career as shop assistant at Wagenheimer in Munich; 1975, joined Hugo Boss AG and was responsible for the new marketing concept of the company; 1988, member of the board of management, Hugo Boss AG; 1993, deputy chairman and, from Nov. 1, 1998 until June 30, 2002, chmn. and CEO of Hugo Boss AG, Metzingen. Then som years member of the supervisory board same.
Other positions: Managing Director of Baldessarini GmbH Munich (Hugo Boss group)
Specialties: Own perfume label
Address: Wilhem-Wagenfeld-Str.24, D-80807 München.  Tel.: (+49-89) 306684-0. Fax: (+49-89) 30668471 

  BEHLE Egon, Aerospace Executive

born: August 25, 1955, Nidda/Hessen
nat.: German
Present position: Chief Executive Officer of MTU, Munich
Education: Studied aerospace
Career: 1982 started working for Robert Bosch GmbH; marketing director at Dornier; 1991 leading function at Renk AG. 1994 Managing Director of Fortuna; 1997 leading function in serveral areas of ZF Friedrichshafen; 2002 CEO of ZF; since 2008, pres.pos. 
Address: Dachauer Straße 665, D-80995 München. Tel.: (+49-89) 14 89-0. Fax: (+49-89) 1489-4022

 BOCK Kurt, Chief Financial Officer

born: 1958, Rahden/Ostwestfalia
nat.: German
Present position: CFO of BASF AG, Ludwigshafen and CEO and Chairman of the US-daughter of BASF AG
Education: Degree in Economics in Münster, Cologne and at Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Career: 1985 started his career in the financial resort of the BASF AG. 1992 changed to Bosch and became CFO. 1998 came back to the US-daughter of BASF AG as CFO. Since 2003, pres.pos.
Address: Carl-Bosch-Str. 38, D-67056 Ludwigshafen. Tel.: (+49-621) 60-0. Fax: (+49-621) 6042525. E-Mail: investorrelations@basf-ag.de

 BRUCKLACHER Dieter (Dr.-Ing.), Engineering Industry Executive

born:   June 12, 1939, Oberkochen
nat.: German parents: Ottmar B. and Clara née Grupp marr.: Monika née Stützel c.: Dr. Cornelia Brucklacher
Present position:Chairman of the Management of Leitz GmbH & Co. KG, Oberkochen
Education: 1959, Abitur; 1959-66, studied physics at the Universities of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe; 1966, degree in physics; 1978, doctorate, Karlsruhe
Career: 1966-74, research assistant, Institut für Material- und Festkörperforschung am Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Inst. for Solid-State Physics, Nuclear Research Centre, Karlsruhe); 1974, joined Leitz GmbH & Co. KG, (manufacturers of wood-cutting tools); 1975, was appointed head of the technical div.; 1981-present CEO of Leitz- group, Oberkochen (pres. pos.)
Other positions:   Chairman of the supervisory board of BOEHLERIT GmbH & Co KG, Kapfenberg, Austria
2004-2007 President of the VDMA (GermanFederation of the Mechanical Engineering Industries).
Publishings:  Numerous contributions on nuclear technology, and on MIS-supported cooperation between controller and management to specialist journals; lectures at international conferences
Memberships: VDMA (German Federation of the Mechanical Engineering Industries), Frankfurt; Board of the Woodworking Systems Association in the VDMA; Board of the State Association of Baden-Württemberg Industry, LVI;
Board of trustees of the Aalen University of Applied Sciences;
Board of trustees of the international music school academy cultural centre Schloss Kapfenburg; President of IMPULS-Foundation of VDMA for mechanical engineering and information technology.
Clubs:  Rotary Club, Aalen-Heidenheim
Recreation:  literature, art, sports
Languages:  English, French
WHO MaX: 8
Address:  Leitzstr. 2, D-73447 Oberkochen.
Tel.: (+49-7364) 950-0. Fax: (+49-7364) 950-662. E-Mail: leitz@leitz.org
home address: Leitzstr. 11, D-73447 Oberkochen
See also: Leitz GmbH & Co. KG 

 BURGENER Bernhard, Merchant Banker

born: 1957, Basel
nat.: German
Present position: Chief Executive Officer of EM.Sport-Media AG, Unterföhring
Education: Degreed merchant
Career: 1983 foundation of Rainbow Video, Prattlen/Switzerland; 1994 aquired a 50% share of Highlight Communications, Pratteln and became delegate of the administrative board. Since 1999 president of the administrative board. Since 1st of September, pres. pos.
Address: Beta-Str. 11, D-85774 Unterföhring. Tel.: (+49-89) 99500-0. Fax: (+49-89) 99500111. E-Mail: info@emsportmedia.ag 

 CAPOTE Mike Montoya (Dipl.-Ing.), IT Executive

Present position: CEO of Tec-venture, Leipzig
Address: Georg-Schumann-Straße 190, D-04159 Leipzig. Tel.: (+49-341) 4627771-0. Fax: (+49-341) 39287469
Career: 1993 - 1995 Marketing Manager and Business Development Manager of Tropicana Products GmbH, Eltville; 1995 - 1998 Manager Key Account and Manager national subsidiaries of Total Feuerschutz GmbH, Ladenburg. 1998 started working for Siemens AG, Munich as regional Sales Director for Southeast Asia.1998 - 1999 Manager Services and Marketing at GAP AG, Oberhaching; 2000 - 2004 with Boston Consulting Group, Munich, focused on consumer goods and media. 2004 started working for ARQUES Industries AG, Starnberg, since January 2008, pres.pos.
Address: Münchner Str. 15a, D-82319 Starnberg. Tel.: (+49-8151) 651-0. Fax: (+49-8151) 651500. E-Mail: info@arques.de 

 CLEMENS Reinhard, Telecoms Executive

nat.: German
Present position: Member of the Board of Directors of Deutsche Telekom; CEO of T-Systems
Education: studied electrical engineering in Aachen
Career: 1990 Managing Director of the associaton of Industryautomation; 1994-2001 sales department, service and outsourcing at IBM; 2001-2007 Chairman of the Executive Board (sales department and service) of EDS, Germany; since 2007, pres.pos.
Address: Hahnstr. 43 d, D-60528 Frankfurt am Main. Tel.: (+49-69) 66531 0. E-Mail: info@t-systems.de 

 COX Philip, Management Executive

born: September 22, 1951, Birmingham
nat.: English 
Present position: CEO of International Power plc, London
Education: Degree in geography
Career: 1973 started his career at Pricewaterhouse. 1988 became CFO of Siebe, 1999 changed to Invensys and 2000 he changed to International Power and became CFO, since 2003, pres.pos.
Address: Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria street, GB-London EC4V 4DP.  Tel.: (+44-20) 7320 8600. Fax: (+44-20) 7320 8700. E-Mail: mediazone@ipplc.com 

 DEGENHART Elmar, Automotive Industry Executive

born: 1959, Dossenheim/Heidelberg
nat.: German
Present position: Executive Chairman of Continental AG, Hannover
Education: Degree in aerospace engineering in Stuttgart and promotion
Career: 1993 started working for ITT Automotive, then changed to Bosch in 2004. Since 2008 Managing Director (Automotive) of Schaeffler, Herzogenaurach and since 2009, pres.pos.
Address: Vahrenwalder Str. 9, D-30165 Hannover. Tel.: (+49-511) 938 01. Fax: (+49-511) 938 2766. E-Mail: firstname.lastname@conti.de  

 DROUVEN Bernd (Dr.), Engineer and Chief Executive

born: 1955
nat.: German
Present position: CEO of Aurubis AG, Hamburg
Career: After management positions in the metal industry at Preusag, Degussa and Possehl, he began his career in the Aurubis Group (former Norddeutsche Affinerie AG) in 2001 as the Managing Director of the former subsidiary Spiess-Urania Chemicals. In 2004 he moved to the group headquarters and was responsible for the strategic planning in the Aurubis Group. He has been a full member of Aurubis Executive Board since January 2006 and was the Chief Financial Officer until the end of September 2008, pres.pos. Dr Drouven was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 16 January 2008.
Address: Aurubis AG, Hovestrasse 50, D-20539 Hamburg. . E-Mail: info@aurubis.com 

 FELISA Amedeo, Mechanical Engineer

born: 1946, Milan
Present position: CEO of Ferrari SpA
Education: Degree in Mechanical Engineering Industry
Career: 1972 started working for Alfa Romeo; 1990 changed to Ferrari SpA, since July 2001 General Manager (GT); since 2004 additionally deputy Managing Director of Ferrari SpA. Managing Director in 2006; since 2008, pres.pos.
Address: Via Abetone Inferiore 2, I-41053 Maranello. Tel.: (+39-0536) 949-111. Fax: (+39-0536) 949501  

 HASLER Elfried, Banker

born: June 11, 1965, Eschen (Liechtenstein)
nat.: Liechtenstein marr.: 
Present position: Member of the Board of Management and Group Executive Board, responsible for the International Market, Liechtensteinische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft, Vaduz
Education: 1989, graduate in business administration, degree in economics and marketing, School of Economics and Business Administration (HWV), St. Gallen; 1993, federally qualified financial analyst and asset manager; Certified EFFAS Financial Analyst; 1997, federally qualified finance and investment expert; Certified Finance and Investment Expert
Career: 1989-97, Head of Research, VP Bank AG, Vaduz; 1997-2000, Head of the Asset Management at the Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG, Vaduz; 2000-2006, Head of Private Banking Products Division and member of the Board of Management. 2007-2008 responsible for the Institutional Clients and Operations & Services Business Units; since 2009 present position.
Other positions: Board of Directors mandates in the following Landesbank subsidiary companies: Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Switzerland) AG (Chairman); Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Oesterreich) AG Chairman); LLB Asset Management AG (Vice Chairman); LLB Fondsleitung AG (member); LLB Fund Services AG (member); Jura Trust AG (Vice Chairman) and swisspartners Investment Network AG, Zurich (member)
Languages: English, French, Italian 
WHO MaX: 06
Address: Städtle 44, Postfach 384, FL-9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein.  Tel.: (+423) 236 8811. Fax: (+423) 236 8822. E-Mail: llb@llb.li 
See also: Liechtensteinische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft 

 HOMBACH Bodo, Management Executive

born: August 19, 1952, Mühlheim a. d. Ruhr
nat.: German married
Present position:  Executive Chairman and Managing Director of the WAZ Media Group, Essen
Education: 1973 started his social science studies
Career: 1976-1979: General Manager of the Education and Science Trade Union for North Rhine- Westphalia; 1979-1991, General Manager of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) for North Rhine-Westphalia; 1990-1999, Member of Parliament of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia; Parliamentary Spokesman on economic affairs for the Social Democratic Party (SPD), North Rhine-Westphalia; Chairman of the Parliamentary Investigation Committee, North Rhine-Westphalia;1991-1998: Managing Director of Preussag (Salzgitter) Handel Ltd. and Managing Director of Preussag (Salzgitter) International Ltd., Düsseldorf
1998: Minister for Economic Affairs, Small and Medium Enterprises, Technology and Transport of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, 1998-1999: Federal Minister for Special Affairs and Head of the Federal Chancellery, Berlin; 1999-2001: Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, Brussels; since February 2002, pres.pos.
Address:    Friedrichstraße 34-38, D-45128 Essen.
Tel.: (+49-201) 804-0. Fax: (+49-201) 804841

 HÜCK Uwe, Management Executive

born: 1962, Stuttgart
nat.:    German
Present position:  Former Chairman of the works committee of Porsche, Stuttgart; Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche AG, Stuttgart
Career: 1985 started his career at Porsche  as lacquerer. 1990 became member of the Executive Board and 1998 Member of the Supervisory Board of Porsche. Since 2002, pres.pos.
Address:    Vogelweiderstr.75, A-5020 Salzburg.
Tel.: (+43-662) 46 81-0. Fax: (+43-662) 4681-524

 KAPP Martin, Engineer and Chief Executive

born: 1951, Coburg
nat.:    German married; c.: two sons
Present position:  Executive Chairman of Kapp GmbH, Coburg
Education: Degree in engineering at the TU Stuttgart
Career: 1977-1983 worked for several tool engineering companies abroad. 1984 started working for Kapp GmbH, since 1988 managing member of the same company. Since January 2010, pres.pos.
Address:    Callenberger Str. 52-58, D-96450 Coburg.
Tel.: (+49-9561) 866-0. Fax: (+49-9561) 866-103. E-Mail: info@kapp-coburg.de

 KLEIN Peter (Dr.rer.pol.), Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

nat.: German
Present position: Member of the Board of Management of TÜV SÜD AG, Munich
Education: Graduated in Business Administration / Economics
Career: 1992-1999 ThyssenKrupp Group, Düsseldorf : Friedr. Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, Essen Senior Controller and Authorized Officer of Corporate Department Controlling (including Mergers & Acquisitions); ThyssenKrupp AG, Düsseldorf (after merger) Senior Project Manager and Authorized Officer of Corporate Department Mergers & Acquisitions; 1999-2001 LURGI AG, Frankfurt: Head and Authorized Officer of Corporate Department Controlling; 2001-2006 KODAK POLYCHOME GRAPHICS, Eschborn: Member of the Board of Management in Germany and Member of the Management Committee (CFO/CIO) of Region Europe incl. the Middle East and Africa; since October 2006, pres. pos. as CFO and CIO.
Publications: Knowledge Based Audit-Support-Systems - An Architecture of Integrated Information Systems for Certified Public Accountants, 1992
Address: Westendstr. 199, D-80686 München.
Tel.: (+49-89) 57 91 0. Fax: (+49-89) 5791 1551

 KOZEL Edward, Electronics Engineer

nat.:    American
Present position: CTIO of Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn
Education: Degree in Electrical Engineering 
Career: Started his career in the aviation branch. 1989 changed to the network supplier Cisco, later became CTO. 2000 Member of the Supervisory Board of Yahoo and Reuters. 2001 resigned at Cisco and changed to a Private-Equity-Company and to several positions on Supervisory Boards. Since 2010, pres.pos.
Address:    Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, D-53113 Bonn.
Tel.: (+49-228) 181-0. Fax: (+49-228) 18171915

 LAHRS Claus-Dietrich, Management Executive

born: 1963, Bielefeld
nat.:    German
Present position:  Executive Chairman of HUGO BOSS
Education: Degree in economics
Career: 1990 started his career at Delton AG. 1997 changed to LVMH, Paris. 2004 Managing Director of Christian Dior. Since 2008, pres.pos.
Address:    Dieselstr. 12, D-72555 Metzingen.
Tel.: (+49-7123) 94-0. Fax: (+49-7123) 94-2014

 LEUBE Helmut, Engineering Industry Executive

born: July 8, 1953, Haiger, Hesse
nat.: German
Present position: CEO of Deutz, Cologne
Education: studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen, promoted in 1986 and worked as chief engineer for WZL, Aachen at the same time.
Career: 1987 leader of the motors & engine business unit of BMW, Munich; 1998 division director (logistic and technical integration) at BMW Group. 2000 President of BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg/USA and later director of BMW-works Munich. 2004 changed to the Board of Directors of Webasto, Munich; later COO of the same company; since February 2008, pres.pos.
Address: Deutz-Mülheimer Straße 147-149, D-51057 Köln. Tel.: (+49-221) 822-0. Fax: (+49-221) 8222004 

  LUTZ Richard, Chief Financial Officer

born: 1964, Landstuhl/Pfalz
nat.: German
Present position: CFO of Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin
Education: Diploma in Business Administration at the University in Kaiserslautern 
Career: 1989 started working as academic employee at the University in Kaiserslautern where he got his diploma. 1994 changed to Deutsche Bahn AG and worked in the financial resort. 1998 he finished his promotion. 2003 he became supreme supervisor. Since 2010, pres.pos.
Address: Potsdamer Platz 2, D-10785 Berlin. Tel.: (+49-30) 297-0. Fax: (+49-30) 297-62126 

 MÄDER Kurt (Dr. sc. nat.), Physicist

born: January 10, 1962
nat.: Swiss 
Present position: Member of the Board of Management and Group Executive Board, responsible for the Corporate Service Center, Liechtensteinische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft, Vaduz
Education: Studied and was awarded a doctorate in physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
Career: 1992 National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden/Colorado, 1994 Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculair, Lyon, 1996 ELCA Informatik AG in various functions, lastly as the Head of Operations of the Zurich office. 2005 -2008 Member of the Board of Management of Bank Linth, since 2009 present position
Other positions: Board of directors mandates in the following Landesbank subsidiary companies: Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Switzerland) Ltd. (Vice Chairman) and Bank Linth LLB AG (member).
clubs: Kiwanis International recr.: Music
Languages: English, French
WHO MaX: 06
Address: Städtle 44, Postfach 384, FL-9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein.  Tel.: (+423) 236 8811. Fax: (+423) 236 8822. E-Mail: llb@llb.li
See also: Liechtensteinische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft 

 MARCEGAGLIA Emma, Economist

born: 1965, Mantova
Present position: Member of the Board of Directors of Marcegaglia SpA (administration and finances); President of Confindustria
Education: Degree in Business Economics at Bocconi University, Mailand. 1989 MBA at New York University
Career: 1989 started working for family company Marcegaglia SpA; 1994 Vice-President of start-up company Confindustria; 1996 Vice-President of Industrial Company Confindustria; since 2000 mainly responisble for Europe and since 2004 mainly responsible for Power & Energy; since 2008, pres.pos.
Address: Viale dell´Astronomia 30, EUR, I-00144 Roma. Tel.: (+39-06) 590 31. Fax: (+39-06) 5903684 

 MATT Roland, Banker

nat.: Liechtensteiner
Present position:Member of the Board of Management and Group Executive Board, responsible for the Domestic and Institutional Markets, Liechtensteinische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft, Vaduz
Education: Federally qualified business economist FH, Federally qualified analyst and asset manager as well as a federally qualified financial and investment expert
Career: 1999 - 2002 Senior executive in the fields of financial research and asset management at a Liechtenstein private bank. At Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG: 2002 - 2006 Head of Investment Services Division, 2007 - 2008 Head of the Domestic Clients Business Unit, 2009 - March 2011 Head of Domestic and Institutional Markets, since April 2011 present position
Other positions:   Board of directors mandates in the following Landesbank subsidiary companies: Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Switzerland) Ltd. (Chairman); Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Oesterreich) AG (Chairman); Bank Linth LLB AG (member); LLB Asset Management AG (Vice Chairman); Jura Trust AG (Vice Chairman); LLB Fund Services AG (member); LLB Fondsleitung AG (member) and swisspartners Investment Network AG (member).
Languages:  English, French
WHO MaX: 07
Address:  Städtle 44, Postfach 384, FL-9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Tel.: (+423) 236 8811. Fax: (+423) 236 8822. E-Mail: llb@llb.li
See also: Liechtensteinische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft 

  MÜLLER Urs, Lawyer

born:   February 23, 1962, Liechtenstein
nat.: Liechtensteiner+Swiss
Present position: Member of the Board of Management and Group Executive Board, responsible for the Domestic and Institutional Markets, Liechtensteinische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft, Vaduz
Education: Graduated from the University of St. Gallen with a licentiate in law, completed a court internship and served as the clerk of a district court in Switzerland.
Career: 1995 - 1997 Legal counsel at Liechtensteinische Landesbank
1998 - 2006 Head of Legal & Compliance
2007 - March 2011 Head of the Institutional Clients Business Unit and member of the Board of Management
Since April 2011 Member of the Board of Management and Group Executive Board, responsible for Domestic and Institutional Markets
Other positions:   Board of directors mandates in the following Landesbank subsidiary companies:
Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Switzerland) AG (member); Bank Linth LLB AG, Uznach (Vice Chairman); LLB Asset Management AG (Chairman); LLB Fund Services AG (Vice Chairman); LLB Fondsleitung AG (Vice Chairman) and swisspartners Investment Network AG, Zurich (member).
Languages:  English
Address:  Städtle 44, Postfach 384, FL-9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Tel.: (+423) 236 8811. Fax: (+423) 236 8822. E-Mail: llb@llb.li
See also: Liechtensteinische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft 

  OTTO Jürgen, Automotive Industry Executive

born: August 15, 1964, Würzburg
nat.: German 
Present position: CEO of the Brose Group
Education: Degree in economics from the University of Wuerzburg
Career: Joined Brose as a logistics planner in 1990; 1994-1996 general plant manager of the JIT factory in Meerane/Saxony; 1999-2001 responsible for the Coburg production facility; from 2002-2005 head of the seat adjuster business; since January 1, 2006 present position.
Under his guidance, Brose purchased the electric motor business from Continental/Siemens VDO in 2008, integrating it into the group after extensive restructuring measures. With this step, Brose expanded its range of products considerably and is now one of the biggest suppliers for efficient mechatronic systems for the vehicle body and interior.
Languages: English
WHO MaX: 7
Address: Ketschendorfer Str. 38-50, D-96450 Coburg.  Tel.: (+49-9561) 21-0. Fax: (+49-9561) 21-1429. E-Mail: info@brose.com   
See also: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg  

  OUDÉA Frédéric, Engineer and Chief Executive born: July 3, 1963, Paris

nat.: French
Present position: CEO of Société Générale S.A., Paris
Education: Degree at Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale d'Administration
Career: 1987 started working at the French ministry of finance. 1993 Advisor of Nicolas Sarkozy; 1995 started working for Société Générale as leader of Corporate Banking in London. Since 1998 responsible for the global share transaction and 2003 CFO of the same Bank. Since 2008, pres. pos.
Address: 29 boulevard Haussmann, F-75009 Paris. Tel.: (+33-1) 4214 2000. Fax: (+33-1) 42147039 

 PACHTA-REYHOFEN Georg, Management Executive

born: 1955, Munich
nat.: German
Present position: Executive Chairman of MAN AG, Munich
Education: 1981 degree in engineering at TU University, Vienna
Career: 1981-1986 worked for the institute for combustion engines. 1986 started working for MAN AG's daugther company Gräf and Stift and 1999 changed to MAN, Nürnberg. Since 2001 Member of the Board of Directors; since 2006 Member of the Board of Directors of MAN SE and since 1st of January 2010, pres.pos.
Address: Ungererstr. 69, D-80805 München. Tel.: (+49-89) 360 98-0. Fax: (+49-89) 36098-250 

 PEPY Guillaume, Politician

born: May 26, 1958, Neuilly-sur-Seine
nat.: French
Present position: Executive Chairman and CEO of SNCF - Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français, Levallois Perret 
Education: graduated at elite-academy ENA
Career: 1984 started his career at the supreme administration court (public servic). 1988 started working for SNCF, directed the crew of CEO Jaques Fournier. 1990 worked for socialistic secretary Aubry. 1995 changed to SNCF again, later worked for survey institution Sofres. Since February, 25th 2008, pres.pos.
Address: 7, rue Pablo Neruda, F-92532 Levallois Perret Cedex 09. Tel.: (+33-1) 45 19 12 06. Fax: (+33-1) 53256445

 PETTERSSON Jan, Automotive Industry Executive

born: 1949
nat.:    Swedish
Present position:  Managing director and CEO of Bilia Ab, Göteborg
Education: Degree in economics from Stockholm University 1973.
Career: Active in the motor vehicle industry since 1973, Kinnevik Group 1982–86, MD of Toyota and Svensk Motor AB 1986–2002. Since 10 June 2003 pres.pos.
Other positions:   Member of the boards of Active Driving AB, AB Volvofinans and the Swedish Automobile Servicing and Retailing Employers’ Association (MAF)
Address:    Norra Långebergsgatan 3, S-40091 Göteborg.
Tel.: (+46-31) 709 5500. Fax: (+46-31) 709 55 50. E-Mail: info@bilia.se

 PORSCHE Wolfgang, Engineer

born: May 10, 1943, Stuttgart
nat.: German
Present position: Member of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG
Education: studied at the academy of world trade and did a doctorate in international business studies
Career: 1976-1981 started working for Daimler-Benz in several areas of marketing; 1978 Member of the Supervisory Board of Dr.Ingh.h.c.F. Porsche AG; 1983 Member of the Supervisory Board of austrian Porsche, Salzburg; 1985 Managing Director of Porsche GmbH, Stuttgart; since 2007 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dr.Ingh.h.c.F. Porsche AG and of Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart; since 24 April 2008, pres.pos.
Address: D-38436 Wolfsburg. Tel.: (+49-5361) 9 0. Fax: (+49-5361) 928282. E-Mail: vw@dialogservice.com 

 RAUHUT Joachim (Dr.-Ing.), Chemical Industry Executive

born: May 9, 1954, Linz/Rhine
nat.: German 
Present position: Member of the Executive Board of Wacker Chemie AG, Munich
Education: 1979, degree in industrial engineering and business administration, Karlsruhe Techn. Univ.; 1982, doctorate in engineering, Berlin Techn. Univ. 
Career: 1982, corporate planning, Mannesmann Demag AG, Duisburg; 1984, head of finance and accounting, Mannesmann Demag (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg, South Africa; 1988, group accounting, Mannesmann AG, Düsseldorf; 1993, head of controlling and accounting, Mannesmann Demag AG, Duisburg; 1996, commercial mng. dir., Mannesmann Demag Metallurgy, Duisburg; 1997, exec. bd. mem. and CFO, Krauss-Maffei AG, Munich; 1999, exec. bd. mem. and CFO, Mannesmann AG and Atecs Mannesmann AG, Düsseldorf; since May 2001, pres. pos. 
WHO MaX: 6
Address: Hanns-Seidel-Platz 4, D-81737 München.  Tel.: (+49-89) 6279-0. Fax: (+49-89) 6279-1770   

 RUSSWURM Siegfried, Engineer

born: June 27, 1963, Marktgraiz
nat.: German
Present position: Industrial relations director and chairman of the Supervisory board of Siemens Spain
Education: studied product engineering; graduated engineer
Career: 1988 worked as scientific worker at "Lehrstuhl" for technical mechanic, Erlangen-Nürnberg University. Since 1992 with Siemens, until 1999 in the medical engineering brachn; since 1999 managing director of electromedical systems, Sweden. 2003 works manager, Siemens Erlangen. Since 2006 Member of the Board of Directors for medical engineering; since 2008, pres.pos.
Other positions: Member of the Supervisory Board of Nokia Siemens Networks
Address: Wittelsbacherplatz 2, D-80333 München. Tel.: (+49-89) 234-0. Fax: (+49-89) 2344242 

 SCHALL Paul Eberhard, Exhibition and Trade Fair Organiser

born: February 24, 1939, Stuttgart
nat.: German parents: Paul Schall and Emma Schall, née Neuhaus marr.: Bettina Schall, née Knauer 
Present position: Managing Shareholder of the Schall Group, Frickenhausen
Education: trained as mechanic at Metabowerke GmbH; further professional training at family-owned enterprise (manufacturers of printing machinery)
Career: 1962, established sales company for printing machinery; subsequently became main agent for Swiss and Japanese manufacturers of printing machinery; 1964, organised "MOGRAMA", first regional trade fair for printing machinery, thus setting standards for regional exhibitions throughout Europe; pres. pos.
Other positions: also managing partner of Messe Sinsheim GmbH (organisers of congresses, conventions and seminars), and owner of Pescha Media Agentur 
Specialties: organisation of technical trade fairs
Publishings: contributions on trade fair policy and organisation in specialist journals
Honors: Economic award 1999; Oscar for mid-sized companies 2003 Memberships: World Federation of International Trade Fairs and Exhibitions; FAMA (Assn. of Trade Fair and Exhibition Organisers), Wiesbaden; AUMA (exhibition and trade fair committee, German Assn. of Trade and Industry), Cologne; UFI-Union des Foires (Assn. of International Trade Fairs and Exhibitions) recr.: collecting antiques, photography, video, golf
Address: Gustav-Werner-Straße 6, D-72636 Frickenhausen Germany.  Tel.: (+49-7025) 9206 0. Fax: (+49-7025) 9206-622 home a.: Gustav-Werner-Str. 6, 72636 Frickenhausen Germany
See also:  Schall Group

 SCHALLER Stephan, Engineer and Chief Executive
nat.: German
Present position: Former Spokesman of the Board of Directors of Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge
Education: studied mechanical engineering in Aachen; 1981 degreed engineer
Career: 1981 trainee (technics) at BMW; 1991 BMW South Africa; 1996 head of department of the development and analysis centre of BMW, Munich; 1999 changed to Linde, Wiesbaden, worked as Managing Director; since February 2004 Member of the Board of Directors of Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge; since 2007, pres.pos.
Other positions: Member of the Supervisory Board of MAN, Munich
Address: Dachauer Str. 667, D-80995 München. Tel.: (+49-89) 15 80-01. Fax: (+49-89) 15803972 

 SCHRÖDER Ulrich, Management Executive

born: 1952, Melle
nat.: German
Present position: Executive Chairman of KfW Group, Frankfurt am Main
Education: Degree in law at the University in Münster
Career: 1983 Started his career as banker at WestLB. Since 2002 Member of the Board of Directors of WestLB, after the division member of the Board of Directors of NRW Bank. Since 2008, pres.pos.
Address: Palmengartenstraße 5-9, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main. Tel.: (+49-69) 74 31-0. Fax: (+49-69) 74312888. E-Mail: info@kfw.de 

 SITTENTHALER Wilhelm (Dr.-Ing.), Chemical Industry Executive

born: July 22, 1955, Wels, Austria
nat.: Austrian  
Present position: Former Member of the Executive Board of Wacker Chemie AG, Munich
Education: 1973, degree in chemical engineering, Techn. Univ. of Vienna; 1980, doctorate in technical sciences 
Career: 1980, R&D Manager Consortium für eletrochemische Industrie GmbH, Munich (Wacker Chemie's central research facility); 1986, techn. manager Applications Technology Department, Silicones Division, Wacker-Chemie GmbH, Burghausen Plant; 1989, marketing manager Silicones Division at company headquarters, Munich; 1990, Head of the WACKER SILICONES division's regional Marketing & Sales department at Wacker Chemicals East Asia Ltd., Tokyo; 1992 Head of the Chemicals division in Tokyo; 1996 Head of WACKER SILICONES' Fluids/Resins/Silanes business unit at the Burghausen production site; 2000 Member of the Wacker-Chemie GmbH Executive Board; 2003 CEO of Siltronic AG, a wholly-owned Wacker Chemie AG subsidiary; since May 2008 pres. pos.
WHO MaX: 6
Address: Hanns-Seidel-Platz 4, D-81737 München.  Tel.: (+49-89) 6279-0. Fax: (+49-89) 6279-1770. E-Mail: info@wacker.com 
See also: Wacker Chemie AG

SMITH BASTERRA Jaime, Telecoms Executive

born: 1965, Spain
nat.: Spanish
Present position: Former CEO of O2 Germany, Munich
Education: studied in Spain
Career: 1989 started working for telecommunication company Benito & Monjardin, later Global Equities Director of Banesto (Banco Santana Group); 1999 changed to Telefónica International; December 1999 CFO of the same company; 2002 CFO of Telefónica Espana; 2005 CEO of Cesky Telekom; since January 2006 Member of the Executive Board of Telefónica O2 in Europe; since June 2007, pres.pos.
WHO MaX: 4
Address: Georg-Brauchle Ring 23-25, D-80992 München. Tel.: (+49-89) 24 42-0 

 STAUDIGL Rudolf (Dr.rer.nat.), Chemical Industry Executive

born: June 18, 1954, Neufahrn
nat.: German 
Present position: President & CEO of Wacker Chemie AG, Munich
Education: 1978, degree in chemistry, Univ. of Munich; 1981, doctorate, Univ. of Munich 
Career: 1981, post-doctoral fellowship, Harvard Univ. Cambridge/Ma., USA; 1982, assistant professor of inorganic chemistry, Univ. of Munich; 1983, joined Wacker Siltronic AG, Burghausen; 1989, vice pres. (operations), Wacker Siltronic Corporation, Portland/Oregon, USA and 1990, pres. and CEO, same; 1993, member of the managing board Wacker Siltronic AG, Burghausen; since Oct. 1995, member of the Executive Board of Wacker Chemie AG, Munich; since Jan. 2008 pres. pos.
WHO MaX: 7
Address: Hanns-Seidel-Platz 4, D-81737 München.  Tel.: (+49-89) 6279-0. Fax: (+49-89) 6279-1770 
See also: Wacker Chemie AG

 STEINER Norbert, Lawyer

born: November 3, 1954, Siegen
nat.: German married; c.: two sons
Present position: Executive Chairman of K+S AG, Kassel
Education: Degree in law at Heidelberg University
Career: 1983 started working for BASF AG, Ludwigshafen and 1993 changed to Kali and Salz AG (K+S) in Kassel, responsible for legislation, taxes and insurances. Since 2000 Member of the Executive Board of K+S AG, Kassel. 2006 deputy Chairman of the same company and since 1st of July 2007, pres.pos.
Address: Bertha-von-Suttner-Strasse 7, D-34111 Kassel. Tel.: (+49-561) 93 01 0. Fax: (+49-561) 93011753. E-Mail: pr@k-plus-s.com 

 STOSCHEK Michael, Automotive Industry Executive

born: December 11, 1947, Coburg
nat.: German marr.: Gabriele c.: one daughter, one son
Present position: Chairman of the Brose Group
Education: trained with SIEMENS AG, Munich; Degree in business economics from the University of Nuremberg
Career: 1968-71, staff member of Siemens AG; since 1971, president and CEO of the Brose Group; Since 2006, Chairman of the Brose Group
Specialties: General management, restructuring and organization, transactional expertise, product development and industrial architecture
Publishings: contributions to specialist journals
Honors: German Federal Cross of Merit First Class in 2004; Family Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005; Head of the board of trustees of the World Cultural Heritage Trust of the city of Bamberg since 2006; Bavarian Order of Merit in 2010 recr.: motor sports, horse jumping, photography
Languages: English
WHO MaX: 7
Address: Ketschendorfer Str. 38-50, D-96450 Coburg.  Tel.: (+49-9561) 21-0. Fax: (+49-9561) 21-1429. E-Mail: info@brose.com
See also: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg  

  ULMKE Hans Gisbert, Economist

nat.: German married; c.: two
Present position: CFO of Arques Industries AG, Starnberg
Education: 1974 - 1976 studied Modern Languages und Economics at the University of Manchester, UK. 1976 - 1981 as Trainee, Debt structure group at Dresdner Bank AG, Dortmund
Career: 1981 -1982 Relationship & Credit Officer (People’s Republic of China, Philippines, South Korea, Hong Kong) and Co-Manager representative office Beijing, People’s Republic of China of Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt. 1982 - 1983 Sales- und marketing assistant of Ulmke Metals, Birmingham; 1983 – 1993 Senior Vice Preseident of VIAG AG, Bonn; 1994 – 1997 Senior Vice President of Schmalbach-Lubeca AG, Antwerp/Brunswick. 1997 - 2000 Executive Vice President (Finance and investor relations) of VIAG AG, Munich. 2000 - 2005 Executive Vice President (Finance & treasury, capital markets, asset management and debt investor relations) of E.ON AG, Dusseldorf and 2005 - 2008 Chief Financial Officer of E.ON Sales & Trading GmbH, Munich. Since February 2009, pres.pos.
Address: Münchner Str. 15a, D-82319 Starnberg. Tel.: (+49-8151) 651-0. Fax: (+49-8151) 651500. E-Mail: info@arques.de 

WACKER Peter-Alexander (Dr.rer.pol), Chemical Industry Executive

born: February 10, 1951, Tegernsee
nat.: German 
Present position: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wacker Chemie AG, Munich
Education: Studied business administration at the Univs. of Vienna, Geneva and Munich; degree and doctorate in business administration
Career: Worked in the fields of marketing and sales with BMW in Great Britain, South Africa, France, the USA and Japan; 1984, key account sales mgr., BMW Germany; head of strategic/product planning, BMW Group; 1992, founded TMG, a technology and management consultancy in Munich; managing partner, same; 1993, member of the supervisory board of Wacker-Chemie GmbH, Munich; 1996, member of the management board of Wacker-Chemie GmbH, Munich; since April 2001, President & CEO of Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, since Jan. 2008 pres. pos. 
Other positions: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
WHO MaX: 7
Address: Hanns-Seidel-Platz 4, D-81737 München.  Tel.: (+49-89) 6279-0. Fax: (+49-89) 6279-1770. E-Mail: info@wacker.com    See also: Wacker Chemie AG

 WEBER Frank, Mechanical Engineer

born: 1966, Wiesbaden
nat.: German married; c.: three
Present position: leader of E-Flex and chief engineer of Volt
Education: studied mechanical engineering in Darmstadt
Career: 1991 started working at the development center of Opel, changed to the programm management with responsibility for the product platform of Opel Vectra; 2002 Manager of the development brach of GM Europe; 2007 moved to Detroit, pres.pos.
Address: Friedrich-Lutzmann-Ring, D-65423 Rüsselsheim. Tel.: (+49-6142) 77-0. Fax: (+49-6142) 778055. E-Mail: kunden.info.center@de.opel.com 

  WIEANDT Axel, Engineer and Chief Executive

born: September 19, 1966, Bochum
nat.: German
Present position: Former CEO of Hypo Real Estate Bank AG, München, resigned 1st of April 2010
Education: degree in business studies at WHU-Otto-Beisheim-School of Management in Vallendar; promoted 1993
Career: 1993 started working for McKinsey in Düsseldorf and Boston, later in 1997 changed to Morgan Stanley, London. 1998 changed to Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt; since 2000 group executive manager of Deutsche Bank AG and since 2003 Chairman of the branch Corporate Investments. October 2008- April 2010, pres.pos.

 WILLEMS Auguste, Chemical Industry Executive

born: February 26, 1959, Tongeren
nat.: Belgian 
Present position: Member of the Executive Board of Wacker Chemie AG, Munich
Education: Studied natural sciences, economics and engineering, Degree: Master of Bioscience
Career: 1986, Marketing and sales positions at Henkel Benelux; 1994, Vice President of Industry at Henkel Benefrance; 1995, President of Henkel Indonesia in Jakarta; 1999, Vice President of Organic Specialities at Henkel North America; member of Executive Committee at Cognis Corp. USA; 2002, Group Vice President of Functional Products; member of Corporate Executive Committee at Cognis; since Jan. 1, 2006, pres. pos.
WHO MaX: 6
Address: Hanns-Seidel-Platz 4, D-81737 München.  Tel.: (+49-89) 6279-0. Fax: (+49-89) 6279-1770. E-Mail: info@wacker.com 
See also: Wacker Chemie AG

  ZIEGLER Hans, Engineer and Chief Executive

born: August 31, 1952, Switzerland
nat.: Suisse
Present position: CEO of OC Oerlikon, Pfäffikon, will resigned May 2010
Education: Degree in Economic studies; additionally schooled in management and informationtechnology in the USA
Career: 1973 started his career at Ericcson and later CFO at Alcon. 1998 changed as CFO to Usego Trimerco Group. 1991 CFO at Globus Group and 1996 foundation of several advising companies in Switzerland and other countries. 2008 becomes member of the Board of Oerlikon, Swisslog and Schlatter-Holding. Since August 2009, pres.pos.
Address: Churerstr. 120, Postfach, CH-8808 Pfäffikon/SZ. Tel.: (+41-58) 36096 02. Fax: (+41-58) 3609193. E-Mail: pr@oerlikon.com 

  ZYUZIIN Igor V., Management Executive

Present position: CEO and Director of Mechel OAO, Moscow
Address: R-125993 Moscow. Tel.: (+7-495) 221-8888. Fax: (+7-495) 221-8800. E-Mail: mecheltrading@mechelgroup.ch