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Supervisory Board

Members of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

  • Wolfgang Kirsch, Chair

     

     

    Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

    Initial appointment: 2021
    Current term of office: 2021 – 2025

     

    		  
    Date of Birth: March 19, 1955  
    Place of Birth: Bensberg  
    Nationality: German  

     

     


    Professional Experience
    2002 – 2018 DZ Bank AG
    • 2006 – 2018 Chief Executive Officer
    • 2005 – 2006 Deputy Chief Executive Officer
    • 2002 – 2005 Member of the Board of Managing Directors
    2000 - 2002 Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt
    Managing Director and Senior Credit Executive of the Corporates and Real Estate Division and CIB Corporate and Investment Bank
    1998 - 2000 Deutsche Bank, Singapore
    General Manager and Chief Country Officer
    1981 - 1998 Deutsche Bank AG, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt
    various positons within the Corporate and Investment Banking Division
     
    Education
    1977 – 1981

     

    Universität Köln
    Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann)

     
    1975 – 1977 Deutsche Bank AG
    Banking apprenticeship

    Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
    Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG
    Fresenius Management SE (Fresenius Group mandate, Chair)

    Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies
    None

     

  • Prof. Dr. med. D. Michael Albrecht

     

     

    Medical Director and Spokesman of the Management Board
    University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden

     

    Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    Initial appointment: 2011
    Current term of office: 2021 – 2025

     
    Date of Birth: December 14, 1949  
    Place of Birth: Munich  
    Nationality: German  
     

     
    Professional Experience
    since 2002 University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
    Medical Director and Spokesman of the Management Board
    1999 – 2002 Technical University of Dresden
    Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
    1997 – 1999 Harvard Medical International Association Institution Dresden
    Director, founder and dean
    1994 – 1997 Technical University of Dresden
    Appointment as a C4-Professor in anesthesiology and intensive care
    1989 – 1994  University of Heidelberg
    • 1992 – 1994 Director and Founder Center for Medical Research
    • 1989 – 1992 appointment as C3-Professor for anesthesiology; Deputy
     
    Education
    1989 University of Lübeck
    Habilitation in medicine (Prof. Dr. med.)

     
    1985 LMU Munich
    Doctorate in medicine (Dr. med.)
    1971 – 1976  LMU Munich
    Studies of medicine

    Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

    University Hospital Aachen

    Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies
    None

     

  • Stefanie Balling

     

    Full-time Works Council Member
    Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH

     

    Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    Initial appointment: 2016
    Current term of office: 2021 – 2025
    Date of Birth: December 26, 1968  
    Place of Birth: Schweinfurt  
    Nationality: German  
     

    Professional Experience
    since 2018 Chair of the General Works Council of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    since 1999 Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Schweinfurt
    • since 2010 Chair of the Works Council
    • since 2002 Member of the Works Council
    • since 1999 Procurement
    1998 – 1999 Training as commercial correspondent for foreign languages (English)
    1993 – 1998 Parental leave
    1991 – 1992 Notary clerk
    1990 – 1991  Parental leave
    1989 – 1990 SKF
    Procurement / Dispatcher
     
    Education
    1987 – 1989 Apprenticeship as office administrator

     

    Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
    None

    Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies
    None

     

     

  • Bernd Behlert

     

     

     

    Full-time Works Council Member
    Helios Vogtland-Klinikum Plauen GmbH

     

    Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    Initial appointment: 2018
    Current term of office: 2021 – 2025

     

     

    		  
    Date of Birth: October 1, 1958  
    Place of Birth: Bad Elster  
    Nationality: German  

     
    Professional Experience
    since 09/2018 Chairman of the Group Works Council Helios Kliniken GmbH
    since 2010 

    Member of the European Works Council of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    since 2006 Helios Vogtland-Klinikum
    Full-time Works Council Member (Chairman)
    2003 – 2006 Humaine Vogtland-Klinikum
    50% Works Council Member (Chairman); 50% Degreed engineer,
    Department of biomedical engineering
    1990 – 2003 Vogtland-Klinikum Plauen
    Degreed engineer
    • since 1994
      Works Council Member (Chairman)
    1985 – 1990 Bezirkskrankenhaus Plauen
    Degreed engineer
     
    Education
    1980 – 1985

    Ilmenau University of Technology
    Engineering degree in Technical Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering

    Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
    Helios Vogtland-Klinikum Plauen GmbH (Fresenius Group mandate)

    Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies
    None

     

  • Michael Diekmann

     

     

    Member of various Supervisory Boards


    Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    Initial appointment: 2015
    Current term of office: 2021 – 2025

     
    Date of Birth: December 23, 1954  
    Place of Birth: Bielefeld  
    Nationality: German  
     

     
    Professional Experience
    2003 – 2015 Allianz SE (formerly Allianz AG)
    Chairman of the Management Board
    1998 – 2003 Allianz AG
    Member of the Management Board
    1988 – 1998 Allianz Versicherungs-AG
    1983 – 1988 Diekmann / Thieme GbR (publishing house)
    CEO
     
    Education
    1973 – 1982 University of Göttingen
    Studies in Law and Philosophy

     

    Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

    Allianz SE1 (Chair)
    Fresenius Management SE (Fresenius Group mandate)
    Siemens AG1

    Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies
    None

    1 Stock listed company

  • Grit Genster

     

     

    Secretary of the Trade Union ver.di Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft


    Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

    Initial appointment: 2020
    Current term of office: 2021 – 2025

     

    		 Grit Genster
    Date of Birth: January 24, 1973  
    Place of Birth: Cottbus  
    Nationality: German  
     

     
    Professional Experience
    since 1991 Trade Union Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft ver.di
    • since 2015      Head of Health care affairs
    • 2012 – 2015    Department coordination
    • 1996 – 2012    ver.di-districts Essen und Wuppertal-Niederberg
      last position serving as managing director
    • 1994 – 1996    Trainee as trade union secretary
    • 1991 – 1994    Administrative clerk
     
    Education
    1989 – 1991 Lausitzer Braunkohle AG
    Apprenticeship as business management assistan

    Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
    None

    Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies
    None

     

  • Konrad Kölbl

     

     

    Full-time Works Council Member
    VAMED-KMB Krankenhausmanagement und Betriebsführungsges. m.b.H.

    Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    Initial appointment: 2007
    Current term of office: 2021 – 2025

     
    Date of Birth: July 21, 1959  
    Place of Birth: Hof am Leithaberge  
    Nationality: Austrian  
     

     
    Professional Experience
    since 2008 Member of the European Works Council of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    • 2008 – 2017 Deputy Chairman
    since 1991 Member of the Group Works Council of VAMED AG
    • since 2001 Chairman
    since 1991 Full-time member of the Manual Workers‘ Works Council of
    VAMED-KMB Krankenhausmanagement und Betriebsführungsges. m.b.H.
    since 1986 VAMED-KMB Krankenhausmanagement und Betriebsführungsges. m.b.H.
    1978 – 1986  BBC
    High voltage installation technician
     
    Education
    1974 – 1978 BBC
    Apprenticeship as high voltage installation technician

     

    Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
    None

    Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies
    None

     

  • Frauke Lehmann

     

    Full-time Works Council Member
    Helios Kliniken Schwerin GmbH

     

    Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    Initial appointment: 2016
    Current term of office: 2021 – 2025
    Date of Birth: June 27, 1963  
    Place of Birth: Schwerin  
    Nationality: German  


    Professional Experience    		  
    since 2008 Member of the European Works Council of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    • since 09/2018 Chair
    since 2004 Member of the Group Works Council Helios Kliniken GmbH
    since 1983 Helios Kliniken Schwerin GmbH
    • since 2005 Full-time Works Council Member (Chair)
    • 1999 – 2005 Ward manager
    • 1986 – 1999 Deputy ward manager
    • 1983 – 1986 Hospital nurse
     
    Education
    1980 – 1983 Medical School Schwerin
    Graduation as hospital nurse

     

    Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
    Helios Kliniken Schwerin GmbH (Fresenius Group mandate, Deputy Chair)

    Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies
    None

     

  • Prof. Dr. med. Iris Löw-Friedrich

     

     

    Chief Medical Officer und Executive Vice President,
    Head of Development, UCB S.A.

     

    Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    Initial appointment: 2016
    Current term of office: 2021 – 2025
    Date of Birth: November 17, 1960  
    Place of Birth: Offenbach / Main  
    Nationality: German  


    Professional Experience
    2008 – today UCB S.A.
    Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President Development
    2001 – 2009 Schwarz Pharma AG
    Member of the Executive Board, Head of Research and Development
    2000 – 2001 BASF Pharma
    Vice President Global Projects 
    1992 – 2000  Hoechst AG
    Various positions, last serving as Vice President Clinical Development
     
    Education
    since 2000 University of Frankfurt am Main
    Professor for internal medicine
    1985 University of Frankfurt am Main
    Doctorate in medicine (Dr. med.)
    1979 – 1985 University of Frankfurt am Main
    Studies of medicine

    Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
    Evotec AG1 (Chair since 06/2021)

    Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies
    None

    1 Stock listed company

  • Klaus-Peter Müller

     

     

    Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank AG

     

    Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    Initial appointment: 2008
    Current term of office: 2021 – 2022

     

    		 Klaus Peter Müller
    Date of Birth: September 16, 1944  
    Place of Birth: Duppach  
    Nationality: German  
     

     
    Professional Experience
    1990 – 2008 Commerzbank AG
    • 2001 – 2008 Chairman of the Management Board
    • 1990 – 2001 Member of the Management Board
    1966 – 1990 Commerzbank AG
    • Head of the department in charge of the bank’s East German operations
    • Executive Vice President / Head of corporate banking department
    • Joint Manager of the New York branch
    • Düsseldorf branch, later Joint Manager of the Duisburg branch
    • Representative office (later branch) in New York
    • Düsseldorf branch
     
    Education
    1964 – 1966 Military service (1st Lt.)

     
    1962 – 1964 Bankhaus Friedrich Simon KGaA
    Apprenticeship in banking

    Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
    Fresenius Management SE (Fresenius Group mandate)

    Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies
    None

     

  • Oscar Romero de Paco

     

    Production staff member / Laboratory technician
    Fresenius Kabi España S.A.U.

     

    Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    Initial appointment: 2016
    Current term of office: 2021 – 2025

    		 Oscar Romero de Paco
    Date of Birth: January 29, 1974  
    Place of Birth: Barcelona  
    Nationality: Spanish  
     

    Professional Experience
    since 2008 Member of the European Works Council of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    since 2004 Member of the Works Council Fresenius Kabi España S.A.U.
    since 1998 Fresenius Kabi AG
     
    Education
    2016 Seminar at ETUI (European Trade Union Institute): Current challenges for
    employee representatives in supervisory boards: How to deal with confidentiality rules and impact of European commercial law
    2015 Seminar: Trade union cultures in the European Union
    Training for the European Works Council (EWC training center)
    Seminar: Occupational Health and Safety (Trainig center of CC.OO.)
    1990 – 1994 Instituto Cristófol Ferrer, Secondary school

    Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
    None

    Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies
    None

     

  • Hauke Stars

     

    Member of supervisory bodies

     

    Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
    Initial appointment: 2016
    Current term of office: 2021 – 2025
    Date of Birth: June 3, 1967  
    Place of Birth: Merseburg  
    Nationality: German  


    Professional Experience
    2012 – 2020 Deutsche Börse AG
    Member of the Executive Board

    • 2018 – 2020 responsible for Human Resources / Labour Director

    • 2016 – 2020 responsible for Cash Market, Pre-IPO & Growth Financing

    • 2012 – 2015 responsible for the Information Technology and Market Data + Services Division
    2004 – 2012 Hewlett Packard AG
    Last position: Managing Director Switzerland and Country Manager Enterprise Business
    1998 – 2004 Triaton GmbH
    (formerly ThyssenKrupp Information System GmbH)
    Last position: Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing
    Member of Triaton Management Board
    1992 – 1998 Bertelsmann mediaSystems GmbH
    Last Position: Executive Assistant to the CIO of Bertelsmann AG
     
    Education
    1991 – 1992 University of Warwick (UK)
    MSc by Research in Engineering
    1986 – 1991 Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg
    Engineering degree in applied computer science (Dipl.-Ing.)

    Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
    RWE AG1 

    Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies
    Kühne + Nagel International AG1

    1 Stock listed company

Committees of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

  • Nomination Committee

    Wolfgang Kirsch (Chair)
    Michael Diekmann
    Klaus-Peter Müller

  • Audit Committee

    Klaus-Peter Müller (Chair)
    Grit Genster
    Wolfgang Kirsch
    Konrad Kölbl
    Hauke Stars

  • Joint Committee

    Dr. Dieter Schenk (Chair)
    Michael Diekmann
    Wolfgang Kirsch
    Hauke Stars
     

    The committee consists equally of two members each of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA and of Fresenius Management SE.

Additional information on the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Members of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius Management SE

  • Wolfgang Kirsch, Chair
    Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
  • Dr. Frank Appel

    Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Post DHL Group

  • Michael Diekmann
    Member of various Supervisory Boards
  • Dr. Heinrich Hiesinger

    Member of various Supervisory Boards

  • Dr. Dieter Schenk

    Deputy Chairman
    Member of supervisory bodies

  • Susanne Zeidler

    Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG)

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