Executive Board

The members of the Company's Executive Board and their respective areas of responsibility are:

 

Lothar Schäfer (47)

Lothar Schäfer

Chairman of the Executive Board 
Executive Board member for Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Public Relations, Sales, Marketing, Visual Merchandising and Site Expansion

Manuela Baier (45)

Manuela Baier

Chief Purchasing Officer
Executive Board member for Purchasing, Supply Chain Management and Quality Control

Karsten Odemann (52)

Karsten Odemann

Chief Financial Officer and Labour Director 
Executive Board member for Finance, Controlling, Audits, Human Resources, Legal, IT, Logistics, Purchase of Technical Equipment and Investor Relations

Supervisory Board

Members of the Supervisory Board 
Pursuant to the Company's Articles of Association, the Supervisory Board is composed of 12 members. Six of these members are elected by the Annual General Meeting and six are elected by the employees in accordance with the provisions of the German Co-determination Act of 1976 (Mitbestimmungsgesetz 1976, "MitbestG"). 

The current members of the Company's Supervisory Board are listed in the following overview.

Name 
Mr. Holger Kowarsch   (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Ms. Angelika Zinner     (Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board , Chairman of the Joint Works Council) *
Ms. Mona Abu-Nusseira 
Mr. Majed Abu-Zarur* 
Ms. Corinna Groß*
Mr. Georg Linder*
Mr. Eduard Regele 
Ms. Rita Richter* 
Ms. Erika Ritter* 
Mr. Markus Roschel 
Mr. Markus Stillger 
Mr. Jörg Ulmschneider 
* Employee Representative 


Members are elected for the period until the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting that resolves to ratify the actions of the Supervisory Board members for the fourth financial year following commencement of their term of office. The financial year in which the term of office commences is not included in calculating such period. Therefore, the tenure of office for all current members of the Supervisory Board will expire on conclusion of the Annual General Meeting in the year 2013.