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Shareholders’ Committee

In accordance with the statutes, Henkel also has, in addition to a Supervisory Board, a Shareholders’ Committee which, on behalf of the Annual General Meeting, is also involved in the management of the businesses. Furthermore, the Shareholders’ Committee is responsible for appointing and removing personally liable partners and has power of authority and management authority for the legal relationship between the company and personally liable partner Henkel Management AG. It is also responsible for issuing internal rules of procedure guiding the actions of the Management Board, and for stipulating classes of business transaction that require approval.


Shareholders’ Committee of  the Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
  Membership of statutory supervisory boards Membership of comparable supervisory bodies
Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah
Chairwoman,
(Vice-chairwoman until September 18, 2009)
Private Investor, Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1969
Member since April 18, 2005
Henkel Management AG,
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
 
Dr. h.c. Christoph Henkel
Vice-Chairman
Managing Partner Canyon Equity LLC, San Francisco / USA
Born in 1958
Member since May 27, 1991
  Texas Syngas Inc., USA
Dr. Paul Achleitner
Member of the Executive Board of Allianz SE, München / Germany
Born in 1956
Member since April 30, 2001

Bayer AG,
RWE AG,

Allianz group mandates:
Allianz Deutschland AG,
Allianz Global Investors AG

 
Boris Canessa
(since September 19, 2009)
Private Investor, Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1963
Member since September 19, 2009
Wilhelm von Finck AG  
Stefan Hamelmann
Private Investor, Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1963
Member since May 3, 1999
Henkel Management AG  
Dr. h.c. Ulrich Hartmann
Chairman of the Board of E.ON AG, Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1938
Member since May 4, 1998
Deutsche Lufthansa AG,
E.ON AG (Chairman),
Münchner Rückversicherungs-Gesellschafter AG
 

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lehner
Former Chairman of the Management Board of Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1946
Member since April 14, 2008

Deutsche Telekom AG (Chairman),
E.ON AG,
Henkel Management AG,
HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG,
Porsche Automobil Holding SE,
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG,
ThyssenKrupp AG

Dr. August Oetker KG,
Novartis AG, Switzerland
Konstantin von Unger
Founding Partner, Blue Corporate Finance, London/Great Britain
Born in 1966
Member since April 14, 2003
  Ten Lifestyle Management Ltd., Great Britain
Karel Vuursteen
Former Chairman of the Executive Board of Heineken N.V., Amsterdam / Netherlands
Born in 1941
Member since May 6, 2002
  Akzo Nobel N.V., Netherlands,
Heineken Holding N.V., Netherlands,
ING Groep N.V., Netherlands,
Tom Tom N.V., Netherlands

Werner Wenning
Chairman of the Executive Board of Bayer AG, Leverkusen / Germany
Born in 1946
Member since April 14, 2003

Deutsche Bank AG,
E.ON AG,
HDI V.A.G.,
Talanx AG

 
Dipl.-Ing. Albrecht Woeste
(Chairman and Member until September 18, 2009)
Private Investor, Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1935
Member since June 14, 1976
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA,
Henkel Management AG
 


Subcommittees of the Shareholders' Committee of the Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
  Members

 Finance Subcommittee

The Finance Committee deals principally with financial matters, accounting issues including the statutory year-end audit, taxation and accounting policy and risk management in the Company.

Dr. h.c. Christoph Henkel, Chairman
Stefan Hamelmann, Vice-Chairman
Dr. Paul Achleitner
Dr. h.c. Ulrich Hartmann
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lehner

 Human Resources Subcommittee

The Human Resources Committee deals principally with personnel matters for members of the Management Board, issues relating to the human resources strategy and with remuneration.

Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah, Chairwoman
Konstantin von Unger, Vice-Chairman
Boris Canessa
(since September 19, 2009)
Karel Vuursteen
Werner Wenning
Dipl.-Ing. Albrecht Woeste
(until September 18, 2009)

Status: October 2009