THE SUPERVISORY BOARD OF DEUTZ AG

Personal information

Date of birth: 4 January 1969    
Place of birth: Schwäbisch Hall, Germany 

Education

Studied business administration with a focus on technology at the University of Stuttgart    
Degree: postgraduate degree in business administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) with a focus on technology
Doctorate (Dr rer.pol.) from the University of Stuttgart

Career history

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Senior consultant at Horváth & Partners GmbH, Stuttgart

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Principal and authorised signatory (Prokurist) at Horváth & Partner AG, Zurich, Switzerland; from 2000 also Head of the Automotive Industries Competence Center, Horváth & Partner, for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH region)

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Head of Corporate Controlling at AUDI AG, Ingolstadt

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Head of Corporate Strategy at AUDI AG, Ingolstadt

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Head of Business in China at AUDI AG, Ingolstadt

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President of AUDI CHINA Enterprise Mgmt. Co. Ltd., Beijing, PR China; from 2013: also Executive Vice President for China at AUDI AG, Ingolstadt

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Member of the Board of Management with responsibility for marketing and sales at AUDI AG, Ingolstadt

_{Since 2018}
Senior advisor at Horváth & Partners Automotive Competence Center, Munich

_{Since 2025}
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hahn Group (Hahn Automobil-Holding GmbH and Hahn Familien-Holding GmbH & Co. KG)

_{Summary of relevant activities alongside the Supervisory Board membership:}
Dr Dietmar Voggenreiter’s main occupation is management consultant.

Personal information

Date of birth: 7 December 1959
Place of birth: Miltenberg, Germany

Education

Studied economics at Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
Degree: ‘Diplom’ (postgraduate-level degree) in Economics
Post-graduate studies in computer science, Marburg

Career history

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Neckermann Versand AG, Frankfurt, Germany
Marketing planner/customer information systems

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Technology advisory service of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (North Rhine-Westphalia), with the following functions:
Advisor, Head of Training, Head of Labour and Economics, and member and Chair of the Works Council
Trade union representative of the ver.di trade union on the Supervisory Board of Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG 

_{2008 - 2025}
IG Metall Cologne-Leverkusen branch, Cologne
Trade union secretary 

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Trade union representative on the Supervisory Board of DEUTZ AG

Personal information

Date of birth: 19 August 1964
Place of birth: Meppen, Germany

Education

University Osnabrück
Degree: Business graduate

University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Great Britain 
Degree: Master of Business Administration

University of Cambridge in Cambridge, Great Britain
Degree: Master of Philosophy in Management Studies

Career history

_1989-1992
Auditor
Hamburg Mannheimer Versicherungs-AG (today: ERGO) in Hamburg

_1995-1997
Senior Business Auditor
Zeneca plc (tosay: AstraZeneca plc) in London, Great Britain

_1995-2015
Business Auditor, Treasurer, Head of Controlling 
Materna Information & Communications SE in Dortmund

_{2015 - 2021}
Head of Internal Audit
Winkelmann Group GmbH & Co. KG in Ahlen

_{Since 2021}
Vice President Corporate Audit, DEUTZ AG, Cologne 

_{Since 2024}
Equality officer, DEUTZ AG, Cologne 
 

_{Since 2025}
Representative of the senior executives on the supervisory board of DEUTZ AG, Cologne

 

Personal information

Date of birth: March 1, 1960
Place of birth: Frankenberg/Eder

Education

University of Giessen
Degree: Engineering

Career History

_{1985 – 1991}
Head of Operations, Continental plant Korbach

_{1990 – 1992}
Production Manager, Bicycle Tires and Tubes, Vehicle Replacement Tires, Continental Korbach Plant

_{1992 – 1996}
Managing Director JV, Continental/Vittoria Tyres Thailand

_{1996 – 2001}
Key Account Management ASIA, 2-Wheel Tires Continental, Bangkok/Thailand

_{2001 – 2006}
Business Unit Manager 2-Wheel Tires Continental, Korbach

_{2006 – 2014}
Vice President Independent Aftermarket and Managing Director, Continental Aftermarket GmbH, Frankfurt

_{2014 – 2021}
Senior Vice President ZF Division
Aftermarket & Global Executive Team ZF AG, Schweinfurt & Friedrichshafen

_{Since 2022}
Self-employed management consultant

_{Since 2024}
Member of the Advisory Board kfzteile24 GmbH, Berlin, Germany 

_{Since 2025} 
Member of the Supervisory Board of JOST Werke SE, Neu-Isenburg, Germany

_{Overview of significant activities in addition to the Supervisory Board mandate:}
Mr. Helmut Ernst works full-time as an independent management consultant.

Personal information

Date of birth: February 16, 1975
Place of birth: Essen

Education

Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium
Degree: MA (DES), Financial Economics

University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Degree: BA (Hons), European Economics with Econometrics

Université de la Réunion, France
Degree: BA (Lic.), Finance and International Economics

Career History

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Consultant / Assistant Manager at KPMG,
Frankfurt am Main

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Project Manager / Vice President in the area of European Business Development and Finance at Winterthur Insurance, Wiesbaden

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Senior Project Manager, Corporate Department Mergers & Acquisitions, ThyssenKrupp Services, Düsseldorf

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Chief Financial Officer, thyssenKrupp Xervon Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

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Chief Financial Officer, thyssenkrupp Elevator, Regional Center RUESA (Russia, Eastern Countries, Switzerland, Austria), Vienna, Austria

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Chief Financial Officer, Coperion, Stuttgart

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Chief Financial Officer, Klöckner Metals France, Paris, France

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Head of Corporate Controlling & Development / Mergers & Acquisitions, Klöckner & Co, Duisburg

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Chief Financial Officer, Alba Services / Interzero Group, Berlin

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Chief Financial Officer, Meyer Werft, Papenburg

Personal information

Date of birth: 15 January 1962
Place of birth: Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Grew up in Asunción, Paraguay (South America) – completed a baccalaureate in humanities and sciences; obtained a German university entrance qualification (Abitur) in Hamburg, Germany

Education

Studied business economics at Goethe University Frankfurt and at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart
Degree: ‘Diplom’ (postgraduate-level degree) in Business Economics

Career history

_{1987   - 1994} 
Auditing assistant/senior consultant at Dr. Lipfert GmbH, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft/Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart

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Qualified as a tax advisor

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Qualified as an auditor

_{1995  - 1998}
Director of own audit and management consultancy business, cooperating with KPMG, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Buenos Aires, Argentina

_{1998  - 2001}
Moved abroad to Mexico City, Mexico

_{2001 - 2015}
Engagement leader and authorized signatory (Prokuristin) in Audit & Assurance at PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart

_{2015 - 2022}
Member of the Supervisory Board and of the Audit Committee of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft, Essen (publicly listed)

_{2016 - 2018}
Supported the Climate Governance Initiative of the World Economic Forum in Davos with the development of the Principles for Effective Climate Governance

_{2018 - 2023}
Member of the Supervisory Board, chairwoman of the Audit Committee, and member of the Nominations Committee of CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA, Oldenburg (publicly listed)

_{2022 - 2023}
Deputy chairwomen of the Supervisory Board and chairwomen of the Audit Committee of NEMETSCHEK SE, Munich (publicly listed)

_{Since 2015}   
Director of own audit, tax advice, and management consultancy business in Hamburg

_{Since 2020}
Honorary member of the Advisory Board and the Thematic Committee of FEA – Financial Experts Association e.V., Berlin

_{Since 2025}
Member of the Supervisory Board, Chairwoman of the Audit Committee, and member of the Executive Committee at MEYER-WERFT GmbH, Papenburg

_{Summary of relevant activities alongside the Supervisory Board membership:}
Ms. Patricia Geibel-Conrad is a certified auditor and acts as an independent supervisory board member and operates her own audit and management consultancy business.

Personal information

Date of birth: December 30, 1982
Place of birth: Ulm, Germany

Education

Apprenticeship as an automotive electrician

Career history

_{2004 – 2006}
Management of the gastronomic family business

_{2006 – 2019}      
Employee on the 91X series, and temporary activity in the DPS team, DEUTZ AG, Ulm

_{2014 – 2018}      
Member of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG at the plant in Ulm

_{2019 – 2022}      
Deputy Chairman of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG at the plant in Ulm

_{2022 – today}     
Chairman of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG at the plant in Ulm

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Employee representative on the Supervisory Board of DEUTZ AG, Cologne

Personal information

Date of birth: July 3, 1967
Place of birth: Cologne, Germany

Education

Apprenticeship as plasterer

Professional career

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Employee at Autohaus Fleischhauer Audi/VW, Cologne

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Employee in the assembly department, Klöckner-Humboldt-DEUTZ (today DEUTZ AG), Cologne

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Employee in the test field; qualification in the field of engine technology and test processes in shift work, DEUTZ AG, Cologne

_{2018 – today}
Member of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG, Cologne
Committee work: personnel, time management, REFA / MTM, family and career, works committee

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Employee representative on the Supervisory Board of DEUTZ AG, Cologne

Personal information

Date of birth: 17 October 1957
Place of birth: Schönau

Education

Studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart, specialising in control systems and thermal turbomachinery
Degree: Doctorate in Engineering (Dr Ing) from the University of Stuttgart

Career history

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Bosch Diesel Systems, group leader, measurement technology and tolerance issues

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Bosch Diesel Systems, group leader/head of department, development of distributor injection pumps         

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Bosch Diesel Systems, system area manager, time-controlled single pump systems

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Bosch Diesel Systems, business unit manager, injection systems for commercial vehicles

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General Manager of Bosch Automotive Diesel Systems Co. Ltd, Wuxi, China

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Executive Vice President of Bosch Diesel Systems with responsibility for development

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Executive Vice President of Bosch Diesel Systems with responsibility for the business unit injection systems for commercial vehicles & off road

_{Since 2018}
Freelance management consultant 
Supervisory Board Chairman of Bosch Engineering GmbH, Abstatt, Germany (until December 2023)
Supervisory Board Chairman of ITK Engineering GmbH, Rülzheim, Germany (until December 2023)
Vice Chairman Weifu High Technology Group, Wuxi, China (until May 2021)

_{Summary of relevant activities alongside the Supervisory Board membership:}
Dr Ing Rudolf Maier works mainly as a freelance management consultant.

Personal information

Date of birth: May 5, 1960
Place of birth: Munich

Education

Technical University of Munich, Mechanical Engineering
Degree: Intermediate diploma

HM University of Applied Sciences Munich, Electrical Engineering
Degree: Diploma

Career History

_{1992 – 1998}
Engineer, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG

_{1999 – 2006}
Head of Department, Electronic Systems, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG

_{2006 – 2008}
Managing Director of the Heavy Trucks Business Unit, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG

_{2008 – 2015}
Management Board member responsible for Strategy & Portfolio Development, Research & Development Trucks, Buses, Powertrains (CTO) (from 2009) and Purchasing (from 2010), MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG

_{Since 2016}
Self-employed management consultant

_{Overview of significant activities in addition to the Supervisory Board mandate:}
Mr. Bernd Maierhofer currently performs his duties as a member of the Supervisory Board of VOSS Automotive GmbH, Wipperfürth, in addition to his full-time occupation as an independent management consultant.

Personal information

Date of birth: March 13, 1966
Place of birth: Cologne

Education

1984 Apprenticeship as office clerk at Klöckner-Humboldt-DEUTZ (today DEUTZ AG), Cologne

Professional career

_{1987 – 2016}
Clerk in Order Management Spare Parts, DEUTZ AG, Cologne 

_{2016 – Today}
Released member of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG, Cologne
Focus: Human resources, digitalization and data protection
Other committees: Health management, occupational health and safety committee, appeals committee for appeals on performance appraisal and grouping

_{Since 2023}
Employee representative on the Supervisory Board of DEUTZ AG, Cologne

Personal information

Date of birth 13. March 1960
Place of birth: Stuttgart

Education

1990  University of Stuttgart, Process Engineering
Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur

2000 University of Hagen, Patent Law
Degree: Law for patent attorneys and patent attorneys

2023 University of Strasbourg, LL.M. IP Law and IP Management
Degree: European Patent Attorney

Professional career

_{1984 – 1989}
Programmer and apprentice supervisor, E. Hauser, Vaihingen/Enz

_{1990 – 1991}
Research assistant, Institute for Textile and Process Engineering, Denkendorf

_{1991 - 1997}
Patent engineer, Mann + Hummel, Ludwigsburg

_{1997 - 1999}
Head of patent department, Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH and Co. KG, Lübeck

_{2000 - 2003}
Head of Patent Department, Schuler Pressen GmbH, Göppingen

_{2003 - 2004}
Head of Patent Department, M4M GmbH, Berlin

_{2005 - 2006}
Head of Patent Department, Nanoferenz GmbH, Berlin

_{2006 - 2009}
Head of Patent Department, BERU AG (now BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH), Ludwigsburg

_{2009 - 2021}
Head of Patent & Brand Department, DEUTZ AG, Cologne 

_{2021 - 2022}
Manager Standardization, DEUTZ AG, Cologne  

_{Since 2018}
Member of the Works Council of DEUTZ AG, Cologne
Committee work: Non-tariff employees, collective wage agreement, health management

_{Since 2023}
Employee representative on the Supervisory Board of DEUTZ AG, Cologne

_{Summary of relevant activities alongside the Supervisory Board Membership:}
Mr. Hans-Jörg Schaller works avocationally as Managing Director of Fucking Hell GmbH, Berlin.