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AGARWAL, Management Executive
Present position:   Executive Chairman of Vedanta Resources, London
Address:
Vedanta Resources plc, 16 Berkeley Street, GB-London.
Tel.: (+44-207) 499 5900. Fax: (+44-207) 491 8440. E-Mail:
info@vedantaresources.com

BAYERLEIN Manfred (Dr.Ing.), Technical Services Executive
nat.: German
Present position: 
 COO of TÜV SÜD AG, Munich
Education:
PhD in materials sciences and computer science at the university of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Career:
1991 started with ABB AG, Zürich/Switzerland: until 1994   ABB Corporate Research, Heidelberg/Germany: Project Manager; 1994 - 1996 dito: Group Manager "Metals and Composite Materials"; 1996 - 1999 ABB Service GmbH Deutschland Instandhaltungen, Dortmund/Germany: Member of executive board and Manager Profit Center "Environmental Services"; 1999 - 2003 Messer Griesheim GmbH, a member of Hoechst group, Frankfurt/Germany:1999 - 2000 Messer Cutting & Welding GmbH, Frankfurt/Germany: Division Manager; 2000 - 2003 dito: Managing Director; 2000 - 2001 Soudures Nevax SA, Paris/France (Sister company): Managing Director; 2003 - present TÜV SÜD AG, Munich/Germany: 2003 - 2008 Division Industry Services: Executive Vice President; 2003 - 2008 TÜV SÜD Industry Service GmbH, Munich/Germany: CEO and Labour director  (member of tarif  commission); 2003 - 2007 TÜV SÜD Immowert GmbH: Managing Director; since Jan. 2008 member of the board of management (COO).
Other positions:
Positions in boards of group companies:
03/07-present TÜV SÜD SZA GmbH, AustriAddress: Chairman of supervisory board; 06/07-present TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH, Germany; Member of supervisory board; 02/08-present TÜV SÜD Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Singapore; Chairman of the board; 02/08-present TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH Germany; Chairman of supervisory board; 03/08-present TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH, Germany; Chairman of supervisory board; 06/09-present TÜV SÜD UK Ltd.United Kingdom,Chairman of the board
Publications:
Bayerlein M. Profitables Wachstum durch Kundenorientierung und Innovation im Service.
15. Münchner Management Kolloquium "Lean und gesund?", Munich, March 2008, 385-404.
Bayerlein M. Der Turnaround. Die Bedeutung von Psychologie und Timing.16. Münchner Management Kolloquium "Der Unternehmer im Unternehmen", Munich, March 2009, 731-750.
Memberships:  ·Association of German Machinery- and Installations Manufacturers (VDMA), Frankfurt/Main, Germany.  Member of the main board from 2000 to 2003
·Advisory board of HDI-Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG, Hannover, Germany
·Bavarian - Hungarian Forum, Munich; board member
·Business Advisory Council for South Eastern Europe, Thessaloniki, Greece
·German - Arabic  Society, Berlin, Germany
·Economy counsel of Christian Democratic Party (CSU), Munich
·Export club Bavaria, Munich, Germany
·vbw, Association of the Bavarian Economy, Munich, Germany
·Peutinger-Collegium, Munich, Germany
·Förderkreis Ingenieurstudium, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
·Management Convent of Passau university - Neuburger Gesprächskreis, Germany
·VDI, Society of German Engineers, Dusseldorf, Germany
Languages:
English, French
WHO MaX: 08
Address:
Westendstr. 199, D-80686 München.
Tel.: (+49-89) 57 91 0. Fax: (+49-89) 5791 1551
See also:
TÜV SÜD AG     


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


BISCHOFF Bernd, Business Executive
Present position: 
 Former CEO of Fujitsu Siemens Computers, resigned in November 2008
Education:
degree in business economics in Mannheim
Career:
1977 started working for IBM; 1980 changed to Hewlett-Packard, later General Manager of Commercial Business and Channels. Since 2001 with Fujitsu Siemens Computers; Executive Vice President; since 2004, pres.pos.
Address:
Domagkstrasse 28, D-80807 München.
Tel.: (+49-89) 3222 1210. E-Mail:
amy.flecher@fujitsu-siemens.com


BERTOLONE G., Management Executive
Present position:   CEO of Finmeccanica, Roma
Address:
 I-00195 Roma.
Tel.: (+39-06) 32473313. Fax: (+39-06) 32657170. E-Mail: ufficiostampa@finmeccanica.com
webeditor@finmeccanica.it


BOCK Kurt, Chief Financial Officer
born: 1958, Rahden/Ostwestfalien
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

 

BROWN Sir Patrick, Management Executive
Present position:   CEO of the Go-Ahead Group plc, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Address:
41-51 Grey Street, 3rd Floor, GB-Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE1 6EE.
Tel.: (+44-191) 232 3123. E-Mail:
admin@go-ahead.com


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


CALÍ Guiseppe, Management Executive
Present position:   CEO of Esprinet SpA, Nova Milanese
Address:
Via G. Saragat, 4, I-20054 Nova Milanese.
Tel.: (+39-0362) 496.1. Fax: (+39-0362) 496.800. E-Mail:
info@esprinet.com


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


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


DININ Alain, Management Executive
Present position:   CEO of Nexity, Paris
Address:
1 terrasse Bellini-TSA, 48200-La Defense, F-92919 Paris.
Tel.: (+33-1) 71 12 12 12. Fax: (+33-1) 71121595. E-Mail: contact@nexity.fr


DORJEE Frank, Management Executive
Present position: 
 CEO and Chairman of Draka Holding E.V., Amsterdam
Address:
Draka Holding E.V., De Boelelaan 7, NL-1083  Amsterdam.
Tel.: (+31-20) 56 89 865. Fax: (+31-20) 5689899. E-Mail:
info@draka.com


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

FELDMEIER Robert, Engineer and Chief Executive
born: 1958, Mannheim
nat.: German
Present position: 
 CEO and Spokesman of TA Triumph-Adler AG, Nürnberg
Education:
1979 studied economic businesses at Mannheim University and in Worms
Career:
1984 started working for daughter company of IBM, later Manager of IT and Logistic; 1996 Managing Director of IMM Office Systems Holding GmbH; since 2001 Member of the Board of Directors of TA Triumph-Adler AG, responsible for sales and marketing; since 2005, pres.pos.
Address:
Südwestpark 23, D-90449 Nürnberg.
Tel.: (+49-911) 68 98-0. Fax: (+49-911) 6898200. E-Mail:
info@triumph-adler.de


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


FRAHNERT Michael, Business Executive
born: 1946, Heidelberg
nat.: German
Present position: 
 Former Executive Chairman of OVB Allfinanzvermittlung GmbH&Co. KG, resigned end of July 2009
Education:
studied business sciences in Mannheim
Career:
1973 started working for life assurance company, Karlsruhe; 1982 CEO of the same company. 1992-1993 deputy CEO of Inter Insurances. 1993 Managing Director of  OVB Allfinanzvermittlung GmbH&Co. KG; since 2001, pres.pos.
Address:
Heumarkt 1, D-50667 Köln.
Tel.: (+49-221) 20 15-0. Fax: (+49-221) 2015264

FROHN-BERNAU Felix, Lawyer
born: November 26, 1968, Cologne
nat.: German married; c.: two
Present position: 
 Member of the Executive Board of Arques Industries, Starnberg, responsible for Exit.
Education:
1990 - 1995 Legal studies in Cologne and Munich; 1995 - 1997 Trainee solicitor with the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and  1998 Legal studies in Madrid/ Bar exam in Spain
Career:
1995 - 1999 Gaedertz Lawyers/Uria & Menendez M&A consulting; 1999 - 2002 Dooyoo AG (Berlin) as Co-founder and CEO, Establishment and management of the company with 180 employees in five countries and Internationalisation of business model. 2002 - 2003 Bayerische Landesbank (London), worked as independent consultant on project basis in the sport and media field. Since 2003 with ARQUES Industries AG (Starnberg); since March 2007, pres.pos. 
Address:
Münchner Str. 15a, D-82319 Starnberg.
Tel.: (+49-8151) 651-0. Fax: (+49-8151) 651500. E-Mail: info@arques.de


GESZTI Lszl, Management Executive
Present position:  CEO of INA, Zagreb
Address:
INA – Industrija nafte d.d., Avenija Vec'eslava Holjevca 10 p.p. 555, HR-10002 Zagreb.
Tel.: (+385-1) 6450 000. Fax: (+385-1) 6452100. E-Mail:
ina-besplatni.telefon@ina.hr


HERLIN Ilkka, Management Executive
Present position:   Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cargotec, Helsinki
Address:
Cargotec, Sörnäisten rantatie 23, P.O. Box 61, FIN-00501 Helsinki.
Tel.: (+358-20) 4 55 11. Fax: (+358-20) 4554275. E-Mail: contact@cargotec.com


JIMENEZ Joe, Pharmaceuticals Executive
born: 1959, USA
nat.: American
Present position:   CEO of Novartis AG, Basel
Education: 1982 degree at Stanford University and MBA in Berkeley
Career: 1998 started his career at Clorox and later changed to Conagra. Then became US-Chairman of Heinz Ketchup. 2002 Chairman (Europe) of the same company and at the same time Non-Executive Member of the Board of Astra-Zeneca. 2007 he changed to Novartis, since 1st of February 2010, pres.pos.
Address: Schwarzwaldallee 215, CH-4058 Basel.
Tel.: (+41-61) 697 11 11. Fax: (+41-61) 3248001


KALLEN Paul-Bernhard, Management Executive
nat.: German
Present position: 
 CEO of Hubert Burda Media Holding GmbH, Munich
Education:
Diploma in Economics from the University of Bonn and a Ph.D. in Economichs aquired at the University of Cologne.
Career:
He started his career in 1986 as Assistant to Chief Executive Officer of PHB Weserhuete AG. 1988-1996 principat at McKinsey & Co. 1996 Managing Director of Burda Services. Since 1999 he is Member of the Executive Board of Hubert Burda Media; since 2010, pres.pos.
Address:
Arabellastr. 23, D-81925 München.
Tel.: (+49-89) 9250-0. Fax: (+49-89) 9250-2745. E-Mail:
info@hubert-burda-media.com


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


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


LAHOUD Marwan, Aerospace Industry Executive
born: March 6, 1966, Libanon
Present position: 
 CEO (Strategy and Marketing) of EADS
Education:
Graduated at Ecole Polytechnique and also at Ecole nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace
Career:
Started working for DGA; 1995 Advisor Charles Millon for industrial questions; 1998 Director of the development department of Aérospatiale; since 2000 Director of the fusion and absorption department; since 2003 CEO of MBDA; since July 2007, pres.pos.
Address:
Le Carré, Beechavenue 130-132, NL-1119 PR Schiphol-Rijk.


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, Parism 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


LEBARD Pascal, Management Executive
Present position:   CEO of Sequana, Paris
Address:
 F-75008 Paris.
Tel.: (+33-1) 56 88 78 00. Fax: (+33-1) 56887877. E-Mail: contact@sequana.com


LEONARDI G., Management Executive
Present position:   CEO of Alpiq Holding AG, Olten
Address:  CH-4601 Olten.
Tel.: (+41-62) 286 71 11. Fax: (+41-62) 286 73 73. E-Mail:
info@alpiq.com


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


LUCEY Dennis, Management Executive
Present position:   Chairman of the Executive Board of Aryzta AG, Zurich
Address: Talacker 41, CH-8001 Zürich.
Tel.: (+41-44) 58 34 200. Fax: (+41-44) 5834249. E-Mail:
info@ARYZTA.com


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
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
Recreation:
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


MAOR Galia, Banker
born: 1943, Israel
nat.: Israeli married; c.: three
Present position: 
 CEO of Leumi-Hitel Bank
Education:
studied political economy at Hebrew University
Career:
1982 leaded banking controlling institution at the Central Bank of Israel; since 1991 deputy general director of Leumi; since 1995, pres.pos.
Address:
Bárczy István u. 3-5, H-1364 Budapest.
Tel.: (+36-1) 117 72 33. Fax: (+36-1) 1177328


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.: Liechtenstein
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, since 2009 present position
Other positions:
Board of directors mandates in the following Landesbank subsidiary companies: Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Switzerland) Ltd. (member), Bank Linth LLB AG (Vice Chairman), LLB Asset Management AG (Chairman), LLB Fund Services AG (Vice Chairman) and LLB Fondsleitung AG (Vice Chairman), swisspartners Investment Network AG (member)
Languages:
English, French
WHO MaX: 08
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


MORTENSEN Carsten, Management Executive
Present position:   CEO and President of DS Norden, Hellerup
Address:
52, Strandvejen, DK-2900 Hellerup.
Tel.: (+45-33) 15 04 51. Fax: (+45-33) 156199. E-Mail: info@ds-norden.com


MÜLLER Georg, Lawyer
Present position:   Executive Chairman of MVV AG - Mannheimer Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft AG, Mannheim                                     
Career:
1993 started working as a lawyer in Düsseldorf. 1995 changed to RWE, Essen. Since 2003 Member of the Executive Board of VSE AG, Saarbrücken. Since 2008 CEO of RWE Rhein-Ruhr AG, Essen; since 1st of January 2009, pres.pos.
Address:
Luisenring 49, D-68159 Mannheim.
Tel.: (+49-621) 290-0. Fax: (+49-621) 2902324


NEUMANN Karl-Thomas, Electrical Industry Executive
born: April 1, 1961, Twistringen/Niedersachsen
nat.: German
Present position: 
 CEO of Continental AG, Hannover
Education:
Studied Electronics in Dortmund and promoted.
Career:
1993 started working for Motorola, since 1996 Director of Marketing for the same company. 1999 changed to Volkswagen, 2002 Director of Electronics. Since 1st of October 2004 Director for Automotive Systmes for Continental AG, Hannover, since December 2007 additionally responsible for Chassis&Safety, Powertrain.
Since 1st of September 2008, 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


NONNENMACHER Dirk Jens, Financial Executive
born: June 3, 1963, Karlsruhe
nat.: German
Present position: 
 Executive Chairman of HSH Nordbank AG, Hamburg
Education:
Degree in Mathematics and Medicin in Germany and then promoted in the USA
Career:
1993 Teacher at an academy and advisor for the financial industry. 1998 started working for the Deutsche Bank AG, responsible for the global development. 2004 changed to DZ Bank, responsible for risk controlling. Since 2007 CFO at HSH Nordbank, Hamburg; since November 2008, pres.pos.
Address:
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz 50, D-20095 Hamburg.
Tel.: (+49-40) 33 33-0. Fax: (+49-40) 3333-34001. E-Mail:
info@hsh-nordbank.com


OLETZKY Torsten, Industrial Executive
born: September 11, 1966, Cologne
nat.: German
Present position: 
 Chairman Executive Officer of ERGO, Düsseldorf
Education:
Doctrine in industrial manager at Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz (KHD), Cologne; 1989 studied business management at Saarland University and Michigan University
Career:
1993 started his career at McKinsey in Frankfurt and Istanbul. 1997 changed to McKinsey in Cologne. 1998 promoted at Hamburg University. Changed to Hamburg-Mannheimer insurances in 2000; since 2001 member of the executive board of the same company; since 2002 also member of the board of Hamburg-Mannheimer legal expenses insurance. Changed to the Board of Directors of ERGO, Düsseldorf in 2004. Since 2008, pres.pos.
Address:
Victoriaplatz 2, D-40198 Düsseldorf.
Tel.: (+49-211) 49 37 0. Fax: (+49-211) 4937 1500


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


PIEDELIÈVRE Frank, Management Executive
Present position: 
 CEO of Bureau Veritas, Courbevoie
Address:
17 Bis Place des Reflets La Defense 2, F-92400 Courbevoie.
Tel.: (+33-1) 42 91 52 91. Fax: (+33-1) 42915294. E-Mail: contact@bureauveritas.fr


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


RIBAR Monika, Finance Executive
born: 1959, St.Gallen, Switzerland
nat.: Swiss married
Present position:   CEO of Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG
Education: studied finances and controlling at St.Gallen University
Career: 1991 worked for BASF, Vienna; later started working for Panalpina (IT-equipment); 2000 COO of Panalpina; 2005 CFO of the same company; since 2006, pres.pos.
Address: Huebweg 25, CH-4102 Binningen.
Tel.: (+41-61) 306 22 22. Fax: (+41-61) 3023802


ROCHER Bris, Management Executive
born: 1979
nat.: French
Present position: 
 President of Yves Rocher SA, La Gacilly
Career:
Started working for Athur Andersen, after two years in 2003 became Vice-President for Yves Rocher, pres.pos.
Address:
Z.I. des Archers, F-56021 La Gacilly Cedex.
Tel.: (+33-2) 99 08 29 29. Fax: (+33-2) 99082828


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


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


SCHELL Bernd, Business Economist
born: September 9, 1967, Mainz
nat.: German married; c.: two
Present position: 
 COO of ARQUES Industries AG, Starnberg
Education:
1988 - 1992 Business economics studies at the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, graduate in business administration
1992 - 1993 MBA at the American Graduate School of International Management, Glendale/Arizona


SCHREIBER Hans-Joachim, Household Equipment Executive
Present position: 
 Member of the Board of Blanco Group
WHO MaX: 5
Address:
Flehinger Strasse 59, D-75038 Oberderdingen.
Tel.: (+49-7045) 44-81100. Fax: (+49-7045) 4481299. E-Mail:
info@blanco.de


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


SCHWARZENBAUER Peter, Economist
born: 1959, Weissenburg
nat.: German
Present position: 
 Member of the Board of Directors of Audi AG, responsible for sales and marketing
Education:
Studied business economics in Munich
Career:
Worked for BMW, responsible for the overseas market and later for the motorbike branch in the USA and in Europe. 1984 changed to Porsche; 1997 Managing Director of Porsche Ibérica, Madrid; 2003 Chairman of Porsche North America in Atlanta/USA; since 1st of April 2008, pres.pos.
Address:
  D-85045 Ingolstadt.
Tel.: (+49-841) 89-0. Fax: (+49-841) 8932524


SENICHEV Guennady S., Management Executive
Present position:   CEO of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works, Russia
Address:
92 Kirov St. Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk region, R-455002.
Tel.: (+7-3519) 24 40 09. Fax: (+7-3519) 247309. E-Mail:
press@mmk.ru


SHIRYAEV Alexander, Management Executive
Present position:   CEO and President of OAO TMK, Moscow
Address:
40/2a, Pokrovka Street, R-105062 Moscow.
Tel.: (+7-495) 775 7600. Fax: (+7-495) 7757601. E-Mail:
tmk@tmk-group.com


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


SPOERR Eckhard, Engineer and Chief Executive
born: 1968, Maulbronn
nat.: German
Present position: 
 Former Chief Executive of Freenet.de AG, Hamburg, resigned on December 23th, 2008. Will be staying with freenet.de AG (DSL branch) until end of 2009
Education:
studied business economics in Saarbrücken and at Michigan Business School, USA
Career:
Started working for Booz, Allen & Hamilton after his business economics studies; since October 1999, pres.pos.
Other positions:
CEO of Mobilcom AG, Büdelsdorf
Address:
Deelbögenkamp 4c, D-22297 Hamburg.
Tel.: (+49-40) 51306-0. Fax: (+49-40) 51306-960


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


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


VIGNANO DI Tomaso Tommasi, Management Executive
Present position:   Chairman of the Management Board of Gruppo Hera SpA, Bologna
Address:
Gruppo Hera SpA, Viale Berti Pichat, 2/4, I-40127 Bologna.
Tel.: (+39-051) 287111. Fax: (+39-051) 287525. E-Mail:
info@gruppohera.it


VULIS Felix, Management Executive
Present position:   CEO of ENRC, London
Address:
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation P, 16 St James's Street, GB-London.
Tel.: (+44-20) 7389 1440. Fax: (+44-20) 73891441. E-Mail:
contact@enrc.com


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


WEIMER Theodor, Economist
born: 1959, Wertheim
nat.: German
Present position: 
 Board Spokesman of Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG (HVB), Munich
Education:
1978 – 1984 University of Tübingen and University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). Studies in economics, business administration, geography; 1984 – 1987 University of Bonn:
Assistant at the research chair of Prof. Dr. Albach, Doctorate in Political Science
Career:
1988 – 1995 McKinsey & Company
Management Consultant; 1995 – 2001 Bain & Company, Inc. Senior Partner, Member of the Global Management Committee; 2001 – 2007 Goldman Sachs Partner in the Investment Banking Division; since June 2007 UniCredit Group, Markets & Investment Banking Division

Head of Global Investment Banking; April 2008 changed to Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG / UniCredit Group; since January 2009, pres.pos.
Designated Board Spokesman of HVB as of 1 January 2009
Executive Chairman of Global Investment Banking
Other positions:
Member of the Management Committee as Country Chairman Germany of UniCredit Group
Address:
Kardinal- Faulhaber-Straße 1, D-80333 München.
Tel.: (+49-89) 378 0. Fax: (+49-89) 37825999


WERNER Roland, Economist
born: 1969, Hamburg
nat.: German
Present position: 
 Member of the Board of Directors (Marketing, personnel and logistics)
Education:
Made his school leaving examination, later studied business studies
Career:
1996 started working for Europcar, later changed to Premiere Medien GmbH. 2001 started a training-on-the-job at Bijou Brigitte, later he became general manager. Since 2004, pres.pos.
Address:
Poppenbütteler Bogen 1, D-22399 Hamburg.
Tel.: (+49-40) 60 60 90. Fax: (+49-40) 6026409

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.
Since October 2008, pres.pos.
Address:
Von-der-Tann-Straße 2, D-80539 München.
Tel.: (+49-89) 2880 0. Fax: (+49-89) 288910228. E-Mail: info@hyporealestate.de


ZANDBERGEN Rob, Chief Financial Officer
Present position:   CEO and CFO of USG People N.V., Almere
Address:
USG People N.V., Landdrostdreef 124, NL-1314  Almere.
Tel.: (+31-36) 529 95 00. Fax: (+31-36) 5299509. E-Mail:
info@usgpeople.com


ZIEGLER Hans, Engineer and Chief Executive
born: August 31, 1952, Switzerland
nat.: Suisse
Present position:   CEO of OC Oerlikon, Pfäffikon, will resign in 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