Draeger Safety Canada

Supervisory Board

Jan 5, 2021
 
The Supervisory Board continued its trusting working relationship with the Executive Board, dealing in detail with the Company’s economic situation and prospects. The Supervisory Board was promptly and directly involved in all decisions.
 
Stefan Lauer (Chairman)
Former Executive Board member of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt
 
Member of committees:
 
  • Joint committee (chairman)
  • Audit committee
  • Nomination committee (chairman)
 
Other Supervisory Board memberships:
 
  • Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
  • Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck
  • People at Work Systems AG, Munich
 
Personal information
 
Date and place of birth: March 24, 1955, Melsungen
Marital status: Married, three children
 
Career
 
1983 – 1986 Personal Aide of the Head of the Department of Personnel, Organization and Legal Affairs, Frankfurt City Council
1986 – 1988 Private Secretary and Office Manager to the Mayor of the City of Frankfurt
1989 Special Envoy for Economic Development Frankfurt GmbH
1990 Head of the Executive Liason Department, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
1991 – 1994 Head of the Central Office of the Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
1994 – 1997 Head of Strategic Group and Organizational Development, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
1997 – 1999 Board Member for Sales and Marketing, Lufthansa Cargo AG
January 2000 Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Lufthansa Cargo AG
Since May 2000 Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
 
Siegfrid Kasang (Vice-Chairman)
Group Works Council Chairman of Dräger, Lübeck
Dräger Lübeck Works Council Chairman, Lübeck
 
Member of committees:
 
  • Audit committee
  • Joint committee
 
Personal details
 
Date and place of birth: May 12, 1957 / Bad Schwartau, Germany
Marital status: Married, three children
 
Career
 
since 1981 at Dräger
1981-1998 Production - medical division
since 1990 Works Council member
since 1998 Full-time Works Council member
since 2003 Works Council Chairman of the medical division
since 2005 Group Works Council Chairman
since 2005 Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
since 2006 Process Manager
since 2010 Coach and Consultant
 
Bettina van Almsick
Chairwoman of the Works Council Dräger Sales and Service Germany, Essen
Member of the Works Council Dräger Sales and Service Germany, Lübeck
Member of the Works Council of the General Works Council Dräger, Lübeck
Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2016
 
Other Supervisory Board memberships:
 
  • Dräger Medical Deutschland GmbH, Lübeck (Deputy Chairman)
 
Personal details
 
Date and place of birth: February 12, 1959
Marital status: Married, one daughter
Place of residence: Essen, Germany
Professional function: Member of the Works Council for the region Germany Sales and Service, 2nd Vice Chairperson, Lübeck. Member of the Group Works Council of Dräger, Lübeck. Chairperson of the Works Council Sales and Service, Essen
 
Career
 
Since 1983 Various positions at the company at the sites in Krefeld and Essen. Last post as assistant to area manager for Sales West
Since 1990 Member/Chairperson of the Works Council, Essen
Since 2014 Member of the Works Council for the region Germany (exempted from other duties)
 
Nike Benten
Member of the Works Council Dräger Lübeck, Lübeck
Member of the General Works Council Dräger, Lübeck
Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2016
 
Other Supervisory Board memberships:
 
  • Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck (Vice-Chairwoman)
 
Daniel Friedrich
Regional Director of the metalworker’s union IG Metall, coastal region
Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2006
 
Member of committees of the Supervisory Board:
 
  • Audit Committee
 
Other Supervisory Board memberships:
 
  • Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck
 
Personal details
 
Date and place of birth: November 13, 1975, Cologne
Marital status: Married, 1 daughter
 
Career
 
09/1992 – 8/1998 Linde AG, Cologne Industrial Technician, Member Works Council
9/1998 – 3/2002 IG Metall Bergedorf Union Secretary
Since 4/2002 IG Metall Küste District Secretary: Pay Policies in North Germany, etc.
 
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Grenz
Managing Partner of KIMBRIA Gesellschaft für Beteiligung und Beratung mbH, Berlin
Professor of Economics and Social Sciences at Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel
 
Member of commitees:
 
  • Audit committee (chairman)
  • Joint committee
 
Other Supervisory Board memberships:
 
  • Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
  • Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
  • Dräger Safety Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
  • Gpredictive GmbH, Hamburg
  • Schaltbau Holding AG, Munich
  • Credion AG, Hamburg
 
Personal information
 
Date and place of birth: July 28, 1958, Kiel, Germany
Marital status: Married, 1 daughter
 
Career
 
1984 – 1986 Assistant at economics department, Kiel University
1986 – 1992 Consultant McKinsey & Company, Inc. in Frankfurt, Paris and Vienna
1992 – 1997 Director Group Controlling at Hapag Lloyd AG
1997 – 2000 Finance Director at Hapag-Lloyd Container-Linie GmbH
2000 – 2002 Chief Financial Officer at mobilcom AG
2002 – 2005 Chief Executive Officer at mobilcom AG
2006 Chief Financial Officer at Hero AG
2007 – 2008 Operating Partner at 3i plc.
2008 – 2012 Chief Executive Officer at Veolia Umweltservice GmbH
Since October 2009 Vice President, Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungswirtschaft, Berlin
Since 2012 Also Délégué at Veolia Environnement, Germany
 
Uwe Lüders
Former Chairman of the Executive Board of L. Possehl & Co. mbH, Lübeck
 
Member of committees:
 
  • Nomination committee
  • Joint committee
  • Audit committee
 
Other Supervisory Board memberships:
 
  • Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
  • Dräger Medical GmbH, Lübeck, until August 2, 2015
  • Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck
  • Dräger Safety Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
  • Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH (LHG), Lübeck, Chairman
 
Personal information
 
Date and place of birth: July 28,1952, Hameln, Germany
Marital status: Married, 2 children
 
Career
 
1979 – 1983 Consultant McKinsey & Company, Munich
1983 – 2000 GEA-AG, Bochum: machinery and plant construction company
1983 – 1989 Sales and Export Head GEA-Klimatechnik
1989 – 1992 Sole Managing Director GEA-Pollrich, Mönchengladbach: large-scale ventilator manufacturer
1992 – 1995 Chairman Executive Board GEA-Grasso, Netherlands: compressor and cooling systems manufacturer
1995 – 2000 Member Executive Board GEA-AG
2000 – 2003 Chairman Executive Board Buderus AG
Since April 1, 2004 Chairman Executive Board L. Possehl & Co. mbH, Lübeck
 
Thomas Rickers
Officer for the Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
Secretary IG Metall Bezirksleitung Küste, Hamburg
Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since 2000
 
Member of committees:
 
  • Joint committee
 
Other Supervisory Board memberships:
 
  • Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck

 

Personal information

Date and place of birth: February 17, 1960, Bargfeld-Stegen
Marital status: Married, 2 children
 
Career
 
1976 - 1978 Apprenticeship as machinist at Ortmann & Herbst, Hamburg
1983 - 1990 Works Council at Getriebebau-Nord, Bargteheide
1990 - 2000 IG Metall in Neubrandenburg Union Secretary and 1st Delegate
Since 2000 1st Delegate and Manager in Lübeck-Wismar
 
Dr. Reinhard Zinkann
Managing Partner of Miele & Cie. KG, Gütersloh
 
Member of committees:
 
  • Nomination committee
  • Joint committee
 
Other Supervisory Board memberships:
 
  • Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
  • Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck
  • Falke KGaA, Schmallenberg (Chairman)
 
Memberships on comparable boards of German or foreign companies:
 
  • Hipp & Co, Pfaffenhofen (President of the Administrative Board)
  • Nobilia-Werke J. Stickling GMbH & Co. KG, Verl (Advisory Board)
 
Personal information
 
Date and place of birth: September 1, 1959, Gütersloh, Germany
Marital status: Married, 1 son
 
Career
 
1988 Trainee at BMW AG, Munich, early termination of the program and takeover in the sales department Germany
1990 Power of attorney
1992 Transfer to the Miele Group
1994 General Manager of Imperial-Werke oHG, Bünde
since November 1, 1999 Managing Partner of the Miele Group
 
Astrid Hamker
 
Professional function:
 
Advisory Board member and partner of Piepenbrock Unternehmensgruppe GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin
Advising family-run businesses through KOMPASS-Beratung, Georgsmarienhütte as a freelance consultant
Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since: 2018
 
Member of committees:
 
  • Joint committee

Other Supervisory Board memberships:

  • Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck
  • Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck
  • Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale Nord/LB, Hannover
  • Schmitz Cargobull AG, Horstmar
 
Memberships on comparable boards of German or foreign companies:
 
  • Seier Gruppe GmbH, Dorum (Chairwoman of the Advisory Board)
  • Piepenbrock Unternehmensgruppe GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin (Member of the Advisory Board)
  • Felix Schoeller Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück
  • Wieland Holding GmbH, Bamberg
 
Personal details
 
Date and place of birth: August 24, 1966, Osnabrück
Marital status: Married
Place of residence: Georgsmarienhütte
 
Career
 
1993 - 1995 Assistant to the CEO of the Felix Schoeller Group, Osnabrück
1995 – 1997 Head of marketing, corporate development at Piepenbrock Service GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück
1998 – 2011 Managing partner of Piepenbrock Group (marketing, corporate communications, human resources)
since 2011 KOMPASS-Beratung, advising family-run businesses as a freelance consultant, Osnabrück
2011 - 2015 Member of Supervisory Board of dorma + kaba Holding GmbH & Co. KGaA, Ennepetal
2012 – 2016 Mentor at Bernotat & Cie. GmbH, Essen
2012 – 2016 Member of Advisory Board of Köttermann Systemlabor GmbH & Co. KG, Uetze
 
Education:
 
Studied business administration at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Degree: licentiata oeconomiae HSG
 
Membership in other statutory supervisory boards:
 
  • Dorma+kaba Holding GmbH&Co.KGaA, Ennepetal (Member of the Supervisory Board)
  • NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Hannover (Member of the Supervisory Board) 
 
Membership in comparable supervisory bodies in companies in Germany and abroad:
 
  • Seier Gruppe GmbH, Dorum (Chairwoman of the Advisory Board)
  • Piepenbrock Unternehmensgruppe GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück (Member of the Advisory Board)
  • Augustin Entsorgung GmbH, Meppen (Member of the Advisory Board)
 
Stephan Kruse
 
Professional role:
 
Head of Global Operations
Member of the Supervisory Board of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA since: 2018
 
Personal information
 
Date and place of birth: April 26, 1970, Lübeck
Marital status: Married, 2 children
Place of residence: Herrnburg
 
Career at Dräger
 
1986 – 1990 Training as electronic technician for precision tools
1990 – 1992 Repair workshop
1992 – 1995 Studied electrical engineering with a focus on computer science
1995 – 1999 Project Manager anesthesia development
1999 – 2003 Series management anesthesia
2003 – 2008 Production manager / line manager within production of medical products
2008 – 2012 Head of Operations incl. strategic purchasing WPI
2012 – 2017 Head of Master plant Operations Lübeck / General Manager IS
Since 2017 Head of Global Operations
 
Maria Dietz
 
Professional work:
 
Member of the Administrative Board and shareholder of GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart
Mitglied des Aufsichtsrats der Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA seit: 2018
 
Member of committees:
 
  • Joint committee
 
Other Supervisory Board memberships:
 
  • GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart (Member of the Administrative Board)
 
Personal details:
 
Date and place of birth: March 2, 1962, Villingen-Schwenningen
Marital status: married
Place of residence: Stuttgart
 
Career:
 
1985 -1988 Marketing and export specialist, GAS Gesellschaft für Antriebs- und Steuerungstechnik, St. Georgen
1988 - 1989 Marketing advisor, Atlantic Consultants GmbH, Munich
1989 - 1990 Head of marketing, Wesser Informatik GmbH, Stuttgart
1990 - 1998 Joins GFT GmbH, St. Georgen as shareholder and commercial manager
1998 - 2004 Head of human resources and marketing, GFT Technologies AG, St. Georgen
2004 - 2010 Head of legal and group audit, GFT Technologies AG, Stuttgart
2010 - 2015 Head of global purchase at GFT Technologies AG, Stuttgart
seit 2015 Member of the Administrative Board of GFT Technologies SE
 
Education:
 
1982 – 1985: Studied business administration in the industry faculty at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW, formerly: Berufsakademie) Villingen-Schwenningen, focus on accounting and international marketing
 
Membership in other statutory supervisory boards:
 
  • GFT Technologies SE (Member of the Administrative Board)
 
Other significant activities in addition to position on the Supervisory Board:
 
  • Extended Management Board of the Bitkom committee “Women in ITC” 
  • Member of the FinTechRat of the German Federal Ministry of Finance
  • Lay assessor at Stuttgart Local Court 
  • Member of “Jugend gründet” jury

 


Source: https://www.draeger.com/en_corp/About-Draeger/Company/Supervisory-Board

January 5, 2021
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