Supervisory Board

Members, Committees and Participation meetings

Chairman

Independent Consultant, Gengenbach

Born in 1954
Nationality: German
Study: Industrial Engineering
Appointed until the end of the Annual general meeting in 2025

Short biography

1980 - 1982	Paschal-Werk G.Maier, Steinach Assistant to the Managing Director
1982 - 1988	E. Scheurich Pharmwerk Head of Planning and Control / Marketing Controller
1988 - 1989	Heinrich Heine Head of Business Planning
1989 - 2003	Schoeller & Hoesch, Gernsbach and/or Glatfelter Company, US 1989: Head of Finance and IT 1997: Commercial Director 2001: Vice President at the headquarters of the parent company, Glatfelter Company, York PA, US
2003 - 2013	Schunk-Group 2003: Managing Director of the holding company 2007: CEO of the holding company Various international advisory and supervisory board mandates within the Group
since 2016	Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG
since 2020	Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG

(As of Jan 1, 2024)

Mandates:

Homag Group AG*, Schopfloch (Chairman, part of the Dürr Group)

* listed on stock exchange (regulated unofficial market)

Committees:

Personal Committee / Executive Committee (Chairman)
Audit Committee
Mediation Committee (Chairman)
Nomination Committee (Chairman)

Special expertise:

Expertise in the fields of accounting

Hayo Raich

Deputy Chairman | Employee representative

Full-time Chairman of the Group Works Council of Dürr AG, Stuttgart | Full-time Chairman of the Works Council of Dürr Systems AG, Stuttgart, at the Bietigheim-Bissingen site

Born in 1960
Nationality: German
Court-appointed member of the Supervisory Board

Short biography

1981	Commercial apprenticeship
1981 - 2006	Various positions at Dürr, lastly as Deputy Head of Department, Customer Service Controlling
since 2006	Chairman of Dürr AG’s central Group works council
Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG since 2006
Member of the local IG Metall trade union administration in Stuttgart (until December 31, 2009) and in Ludwigsburg (since December 1, 2009)
Honorary judge at the labor court in Stuttgart

(As of Jan 1, 2024)

Mandates:

Dürr Systems AG, Stuttgart (Deputy Chairman, part of the Dürr Group)

Committees:

Personal Committee / Executive Committee
Mediation Committee (Deputy Chairman)

Arnd Zinnhardt

Additional Deputy Chairman

Entrepreneur, Königstein im Taunus

Born in 1962
Nationality: German
Study: Economics
Appointed until the end of the Annual general meeting in 2025

Short biography

1988 - 1997	Ernst & Young, Frankfurt am Main Auditing activities with a focus on multinational industrial companies and banks as well as risk management systems
1997 - 2002	BDO AG, Frankfurt am Main Partner financial services, mergers & acquisitions as well as due diligence audits
2002 - March 2020	Software AG, Darmstadt, member of the Board of Management (CFO) Responsibilities: finance, controlling, treasury, M&A, investor relations, business operations including pricing, taxes, general services
Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG since 2020

(As of Jan 1, 2024)

Mandates:

Aareon AG, Mainz
Grant Thornton AG (Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft), Düsseldorf
Blinqx BV, Barendrecht, Netherlands

Committees:

Audit Committee (Chairman)

Special expertise:

Knowledge in applying accounting principles, internal control procedures and audit principles

Mirko Becker

Employee representative

Full-time Deputy Chairman of the Group Works Council of Dürr AG, Stuttgart | Full-time Deputy Chairman of the Works Council of Dürr Systems AG, Stuttgart, at the Bietigheim-Bissingen site

Born in 1975
Nationality: German
Court-appointed member of the Supervisory Board

Short biography

1995	Apprenticeship as industrial fitter (completed at Dürr, Stuttgart)
2006	Dürr AG, Stuttgart Full-time Works Council member
2007	Training school for master craftsmen, qualification as Master Craftsman in Precision Mechanics
2007	Dürr Systems GmbH, Stuttgart Full-time Deputy Chairman of the Works Council
since 2010	Dürr Systems AG, Stuttgart, at the Bietigheim-Bissingen site Full-time Works Council Member
Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG since 2007
Honorary judge at the administrative court for social security and related matters in Heilbronn

(As of Jan 1, 2024)

Committees:

Audit Committee

Dr. Rolf Breidenbach

Supervisory Board member, Dortmund

Born in 1963
Nationality: German
Study: Mechanical engineering, economics
Appointed until the end of the Annual general meeting in 2025

Short biography

1988 - 1991	PhD (Dr.-Ing.)
1989 - 1992	SHM Sinter - HIP - Materials, Aachen Head of Development and Production
1992 - 1994	RWTÜV Rheinisch-Westfälischer Technischer Überwachungsverein e.V., Essen Senior Executive and Lead Auditor
1995 - 2004	McKinsey & Company, Düsseldorf Partner (2000 - 2004)
2004 - 2022	HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt CEO
since 2022	Supervisory Board member
Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG since 2018

(As of Jan 1, 2024)

Mandates:

STIHL AG, Waiblingen (additional Deputy Chairman)
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen
STIHL Holding AG & Co. KG, Waiblingen (member of the Advisory Board)

Committees:

Personal Committee / Executive Committee

Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexandra Dürr

Professor for medical genetics and head of research team, Paris Brain Institute, Paris, France

Born in 1962
Nationality: French
Study: Medical studies (Freiburg, Ulm, Montpellier, Paris)
Appointed until the end of the Annual general meeting in 2025

Short biography

1998	PhD in human genetics, Université Paris Diderot, France
2009	Habilitation for research management at Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
since 2014	Professor for medical genetics at Sorbonne Université and University Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
since 2019	Head of the research team "Basic to translational Neurogenetics“ at the Paris Brain Institute, Paris, France
Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG since 2006

(As of Jan 1, 2024)

Committees:

Audit Committee
Nomination Committee

Carmen Hettich-Günther

Employee representative

Full-time Chairwoman of the Group Works Council of Homag Group AG, Schopfloch | Full-time Chairwoman of the Works Council of HOMAG GmbH, Schopfloch

Born in 1968
Nationality: German
Court-appointed member of the Supervisory Board

Short biography

1988	Apprenticeship as office administrator
1991 - 2012	Homag Holzbearbeitungssysteme GmbH, Schopfloch Member of the Strategic Purchase department
2013 - 2015	Homag Holzbearbeitungssysteme GmbH, Schopfloch Team Leader Strategic Purchase
since 2004	Homag Holzbearbeitungssysteme GmbH, Schopfloch Works Council Chairman as well as Member of the Supervisory Board
since 2007	HOMAG Group AG, Schopfloch Member of the Supervisory Board
since 2015	HOMAG Group Full-time Chairman of the Works Council
since 2015	Homag GmbH, Schopfloch Full-time Chairman of the Works Council
Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG since 2016

(As of Jan 1, 2024)

Mandates:

Homag Group AG*, Schopfloch (Deputy Chairwoman, part of the Dürr Group)
HOMAG GmbH, Schopfloch (Deputy Chairwoman)

* listed on stock exchange (regulated unofficial market)

Committees:

Mediation Committee

Thomas Hohmann

Employee representative

Commercial Manager of Dürr Systems AG, Stuttgart (Division Application Technology)

Born in 1964
Nationality: German
Study: Business administration and politics
Court-appointed member of the Supervisory Board

Short biography

2000	Joined the Dürr Group initially as personnel officer
2002 - 2006	Commercial Director at the Business Unit “Application Technology“
since 2007	Personnel Director at Dürr Systems AG
since March 2020	Commercial Manager of Dürr Systems AG, Stuttgart (Division Application Technology)
Honorary positions as judge at the labor court in Stuttgart and in the administrative councils of health insurer AOK Baden-Württemberg
Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG since 2008

(As of Jan 1, 2024)

Committees:

Audit Committee

Dr. Markus Kerber

Entrepreneur, Berlin

Born in 1963
Nationality: German
Study: Economics
Appointed until the end of the Annual general meeting in 2025

Short biography

1992	Doctorate in Social Sciences, University of Hohenheim
1992 - 1995	S. G. Warburg Ltd, London Associate Director, Equity Capital Markets
1995 - 1998	Deutsche Bank AG, London Director, Equity Capital Markets
1998 - 2009	GFT Technologies AG, Stuttgart Chief Financial Officer (until 2003), Member of the Supervisory Board (until 2009) Minority shareholder since 1998
2006 - 2009	Federal Ministry of the Interior, Berlin Head of Department, Policy Issues and International Analyses
2009 - 2011	Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin Head of Department, Fiscal and Economic Policy Issues, International Fiscal Policy
2011 - 2017	Federation of German Industries (BDI), Berlin Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Presidential Board
2018 - 2021	Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs, Berlin Permanent Secretary of State
since 2022	CDU Federal Office, Berlin Policy Coordinator
Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG since 2023

(As of Jan 1, 2024)

Mandates:

Heinz Dürr GmbH, Berlin (Chairman of the Advisory Board)

Committees:

Mediation Committee
Nomination Committee

Maximilian Locher

Employee representative

Transformation Secretary in the District Management team of the German Industrial Union of Metalworkers (IG Metall), Stuttgart

Born in 1991
Nationality: German
Study: Economics, degree: Master of Arts in Ethics and Organization
Court-appointed member of the Supervisory Board

Short biography

2014 - 2022	Metaplan GmbH, Quickborn near Hamburg 2014: Junior Consultant 2014 - 2018: Working student 2018 - 2022: Senior Consultant
2017 - 2022	Witten/Herdecke, Witten University Research Associate
since 2022	Member of the District Management Team of IG Metall Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart Transformation Secretary
Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG since 2024

(As of Sep 19, 2024)

Committees:

Audit Committee

Dr. Anja Schuler

Specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy FMH, Zurich, Switzerland

Born in 1961
Nationality: German
Study: Medical degree
Appointed until the end of the Annual general meeting in 2025

Short biography

1993	Dissertation License to practice medicine
1994 - 2004	Resident physician working in different departments at hospitals in Schaffhausen and Basel
2002	FMH specialist qualification in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Swiss Medical Association)
2003 - 2016	Self-employed psychiatrist and psychotherapist, group practice Frobenstraße, Basel
Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG since 2016

(As of Jan 1, 2024)

Mandates:

Homag Group AG*, Schopfloch (part of the Dürr Group)

* listed on stock exchange (regulated unofficial market)

Dr. Astrid Ziegler

Employee representative

Head of Department for Industrial, Energy, and Structural Policy on the Board of Management of IG Metall, Frankfurt/Main

Born in 1961
Nationality: German
Study: Economics
Court-appointed member of the Supervisory Board

Short biography

1986 - 1991	University of Kassel Research Assistant in the field of "empirical economic research"
1991	PhD
1991 - 2009	Institute of Economic and Social Research of the DGB (German Federation of Trade Unions), Düsseldorf (since 1995 part of Hans-Böckler-Stiftung) Research Officer for structural policy and research
2009 - 2011	IG Metall, Frankfurt / Main Head of Department for industrial policy on the Board of Management of IG Metall
2012 - 2013	IG Metall, Frankfurt / Main Political Secretary responsible for industrial and transport policy on the Board of Management of IG Metall
since 2014	IG Metall, Frankfurt / Main Head of Department for industrial, structural and energy policy on the Board of Management of IG Metall
since 2020	IG Metall, Frankfurt / Main Head of the Functional Area Industrial, energy and structural policy
Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG since 2016

(As of Jan 1, 2024)

Mandates:

Pfleiderer Deutschland GmbH, Neumarkt/Oberpfalz

Committees:

Personal Committee / Executive Committee

Independent Members of the Supervisory Board (According to the opinion of the Supervisory Board: 7 Members are classified to be independent)
Gerhard Federer	(independent)
Arnd Zinnhardt	(independent)
Dr. Rolf Breidenbach	(independent)
Dr. Markus Kerber	(independent)
Maximilian Locher	(independent)
Dr. Anja Schuler	(independent)
Dr. Astrid Ziegler	(independent)
Hayo Raich	(Employee representative)
Mirko Becker	(Employee representative)
Carmen Hettich-Günther	(Employee representative)
Thomas Hohmann	(Employee representative)
Committees
Personal Committee/ Executive Committee	The Personnel Committee, which also acts as the Executive Committee, is primarily responsible for the appointment of members of the Board of Management and their compensation, and conducts the groundwork for the corresponding resolutions by the full Supervisory Board. Gerhard Federer (Chairman), Dr. Rolf Breidenbach, Hayo Raich, Dr. Astrid Ziegler
Audit Committee	The Audit Committee deals with financial reporting, risk management, internal control system and internal auditing. It also oversees the compliance management system, reviews the annual and consolidated financial statements of Dürr AG, and conducts the groundwork for the corresponding resolutions by the full Supervisory Board. Arnd Zinnhardt (Chairman), Mirko Becker, Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexandra Dürr, Gerhard Federer*, Thomas Hohmann, Maximilian Locher
	Mr. Zinnhardt is an independent member of the Audit Committee. He has specific knowledge and experience in applying accounting principles, internal control procedures and audit principles. The requirements of the German Corporate Governance Code are fulfilled. He has gained industry expertise in leading positions with various consulting and audit firms as well as in the financial sector of a large software company. *Mr. Federer is an independent member of the Audit Committee. He has specific knowledge and experience in applying accounting principles, internal control procedures and audit principles. He has gained extensive expertise in leading positions with various companies.
Mediation Committee	The Mediation Committee convenes if there are differences of opinion within the Supervisory Board regarding the appointment or dismissal of members of the Board of Management. At Dürr AG, this committee has never had to convene. Gerhard Federer (Chairman), Hayo Raich (Deputy chairman), Carmen Hettich-Günther, Dr. Markus Kerber
Nomination Committee	The Nomination Committee proposes to the Supervisory Board candidates who are professionally and personally suitable for election as shareholder representatives at the annual general meeting. It takes account of the provisions of the Act on Equal Participation of Women and Men in Executive Positions, of the skills profile and of the objectives for the composition of the Supervisory Board. Gerhard Federer (Chairman), Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexandra Dürr, Dr. Markus Kerber
Participation meetings Supervisory Board and committees in 2023 (Number of possible meetings attended)
Gerhard Federer	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	12 out of 12 9 out of 9 21 out of 21 (100%)
Hayo Raich	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	11 out of 12 3 out of 3 14 out of 15 (93.3%)
Richard Bauer (until May 12, 2023)	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	4 out of 5 0 out of 3 4 out of 8 (50%)
Mirko Becker	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	12 out of 12 4 out of 4 16 out of 16 (100%)
Dr. Rolf Breidenbach	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	12 out of 12 2 out of 2 14 out of 14 (100%)
Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexandra Dürr	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	11 out of 12 5 out of 6 16 out of 18 (88.8%)
Carmen Hettich-Günther	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	10 out of 12 0 out of 0 10 out of 12 (83.3%)
Thomas Hohmann	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	12 out of 12 4 out of 4 16 out of 16 (100%)
Dr. Markus Kerber (since May 12, 2023)	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	6 out of 7 0 out of 0 6 out of 7 (85.6%)
Dr. Anja Schuler	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	12 out of 12 0 out of 0 12 out of 12 (100%)
Dr. Martin Schwarz-Kocher	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	12 out of 12 4 out of 4 16 out of 16 (100%)
Dr. Astrid Ziegler	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	12 out of 12 3 out of 3 15 out of 15 (100%)
Arnd Zinnhardt	Supervisory Board meetings Committee meetings Total	12 out of 12 4 out of 4 16 out of 16 (100%)

Supervisory Board – self-assessment

Every three years, the Supervisory Board uses a comprehensive questionnaire (currently comprising 41 questions) to review the efficiency of its activities, the organization and the conduct of meetings including their preparation, information provided by the Board of Management and other aspects (self-assessment according to recommendation D.12 of the German Corporate Governance Code). The questionnaire must be completed by every Supervisory Board member, and the result is discussed anonymously in plenary session. Based on the outcome, the Supervisory Board then decides where and how processes must be changed, or the Supervisory Board determines that no changes are required. The last review took place in the summer of 2024, during which it was found that the concept of the sustainability expert was met with strong approval, even though coordination and interface management are challenging. The latter needs to establish itself and should be reviewed on an ongoing basis. In summary, it can be concluded from the 2024 self-assessment that the work and organization of the Supervisory Board are viewed positively by its members.