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Supervisory Board

In accordance with the German Co-determination Act (Mitbestimmungsgesetz) from 1976, the Henkel Supervisory Board has 16 members made up of an equal number of shareholder and employee representatives. The purpose of the Supervisory Board is to regularly advise and monitor Henkel Management AG and/or its Management Board in its stewardship of the company.


Supervisory Board of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
  Membership of statutory supervisory boards Membership of comparable supervisory bodies
Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah
Chairwoman,
(Chairwoman since September 23, 2009)
Private Investor,  Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1969
Member since April 14, 2008
Henkel Management AG Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
(Shareholders' Committee)
Winfried Zander*
Vice-Chairman,
Chairman of the General Works Council of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA and Chairman of the Works Council of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, site Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1954
Member since May 17, 1993
   
Dr. Friderike Bagel
(until April 20, 2009)
Attorney at Law/Tax Consultant, Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1971
Member since April 18, 2005
   
Jutta Bernicke*
Member of the Works Council of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, site Düsseldorf /Germany
Born in 1962
Member since April 14, 2008
   
Fritz Franke*
Member of the General Works Council of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA and Chairman of the Works Council of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, site Genthin / Germany
Born in 1955
Member since April 14, 2008
   
Johann-Christoph Frey
(since September 23, 2009)
Commercial Executive,
Klosters,
Born in 1955,
Member since September 23, 2009
   
Birgit Helten-Kindlein*
Member of the Works Council of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, site Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1964
Member since April 14, 2008
   
Bernd Hinz*
Member of the General Works Council of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA and Vice- Chairman of the Works Council of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, site Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1951
Member since May 4, 1998
   
Dr. sc. nat. Michael Kaschke
Member of the Executive Board of Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen / Germany
Born in 1957
Member since April 14, 2008

Siltronic AG,

Carl-Zeiss Group mandates:
Carl Zeiss Financial Services GmbH (Chairman),
Carl Zeiss Microlmaging GmbH (Chairman)

Carl-Zeiss Group mandates:
Carl Zeiss Japan Co. Ltd. (Chairman),
Carl Zeiss Far East (Chairman),
Carl Zeiss Korea (Chairman),
Carls Zeiss Singapore (Chairman),
Carls Zeiss Australia (Chairman)
Thomas Manchot
Private Investor, Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1965
Member since April 10, 2006
   
Thierry Paternot
Operating Partner, Duke Street Capital, Paris / France
Born in 1948
Member since April 14, 2008
  SGD SA (Chairman), France,
FullSix International SAS (Chairman), France,
Bio DS SAS, France
Andrea Pichottka*
Secretariat of the General Executive of IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie, responsible for research/technology, women/equal opportunities, employees, advertising, Hannover / Germany
Born in 1959
Member since October 26, 2004
Siltronic AG  
Prof. Dr. Theo Siegert
(since April 20, 2009)
Managing Partner of de Haen-Carstanjen & Söhne, Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1971
Member since April 18, 2005
Deutsche Bank AG,
E.ON AG,
ERGO AG,
Merck KGaA
DKSH Holding Ltd., Switzerland,
E. Merck OHG
Konstantin von Unger
Founding Partner Blue Corporate Finance, London / Great Britain
Born in 1966
Member since April 10, 2006
  Ten Lifestyle Management Ltd., Great Britain

Michael Vassiliadis*
Member of the Executive Committee of IG Bergbau Chemie Energie, Hannover / Germany
Born in 1964
Member since May 4, 1998

BASF SE,
K + S AG (Vice-Chairman),
K + S Kali GmbH (Vice-Chairman),
Evonik Steag GmbH (Vice-Chairman)
 
Bernhard Walter
Former Chairman of the Executive Board Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt / Main
Born in 1942
Member since May 4, 1998
Bilfinger Berger AG (Chairman),
Daimler AG,
Deutsche Telekom AG,
Hypo Real Estate Holding AG (Vice-Chairman)
 
Dipl.-Ing. Albrecht Woeste
(Chairman and Member until September 22, 2009)
Private Investor, Düsseldorf / Germany
Born in 1935
Member since June 27, 1988
Henkel Management AG Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
(Shareholders’ Committee)
Ulf Wentzien*
Commercial Executive, Düsseldorf / Germany,
Representative of the Senior Staff of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Born in 1963
Member since April 14, 2008
   

*Employee representative

Subcommittees of the Supervisory Board of the Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
  Members

 Nomination Committee

The Nomination Committee prepares the resolutions of the Supervisory Board on election proposals to be presented to the Annual General Meeting on the election of members of the Supervisory Board (representatives of the shareholders).

Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah, Chairwoman, (Member since April 20, 2009, Chairwoman since September 23, 2009)
Dr. Friderike Bagel
(until April 20, 2009)
Bernhard Walter
Konstantin von Unger
(since September 23, 2009)
Dipl.-Ing. Albrecht Woeste,
(Chairman and member until September 22, 2009)

 Audit Committee

The Audit Committee prepares resolutions of the Supervisory Board on the approval of the annual financial statements and the consolidated financial statements, for ratification of the proposal to be put before the Annual General Meeting regarding appointment of the auditor and also deals with accountancy, risk management and compliance issues.

Bernhard Walter, Chairman
Dr. Friderike Bagel
(until April 20, 2009)
Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah
(since September 23, 2009)
Birgit Helten-Kindlein
Prof. Dr. Theo Siegert
(since April 20, 2009)
Michael Vassiliadis
Dipl.-Ing. Albrecht Woeste
(until September 22, 2009)
Winfried Zander

 

 


Supervisory Board of Henkel Management AG
  Membership of statutory supervisory boards Membership of comparable supervisory boards
Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah
Chairwoman
(Vice-chairwoman until September 18, 2009),
Private Investor, Düsseldorf/Germany
Born in 1969
Member since February 15, 2008
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
(Shareholders' Committee)

Stefan Hamelmann
(since September 19, 2009)
Vice-chairman,
Private Investor, Düsseldorf
Born in 1963
Member since September 19, 2009

   Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
(Shareholders’ Committee)
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lehner
Former Chairman of the Management Board of Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf/Germany
Born in 1946
Member since February 15, 2008

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

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
(Shareholders' Committee)
Dr. August Oetker KG,
Novartis AG, Switzerland
Dipl.-Ing. Albrecht Woeste
(Chairman and Member until September 18, 2009)
Private Investor, Düsseldorf/Germany
Born in 1935
Member since February 15, 2008
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
(Shareholders' Committee)

Status: October 2009