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Supervisory Board

Members, Committees and Participation meetings

Gerhard Federer

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 16, 2025)

Mandates:

  • 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 neurogenetics 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-Guenther

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

Head of Transformation at Dürr Systems AG, Stuttgart (Automotive Division)

  • 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
2020 - 2024 Commercial Manager of Dürr Systems AG, Stuttgart
(Division Application Technology)
since January 2025 Head of Transformation at Dürr Systems AG, Stuttgart
(Automotive Division)
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, 2025)

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

Trade Union 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
since 2025 Member of the District Management Team of IG Metall Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart
Collective Bargaining Secretary
Member of the Supervisory Board of Dürr AG since 2024
(As of Jan 1, 2025)

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

Political Secretary 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
2020 - 2024 IG Metall, Frankfurt / Main
Head of the Functional Area Industrial, energy and structural policy
since January 2024 IG Metall, Frankfurt / Main
Political Secretary on the Board of Management of IG Metall
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 2024
(Number of possible meetings attended)
Gerhard Federer Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		7 out of 7
9 out of 9
16 out of 16 (100%)
Hayo Raich Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		7 out of 7
3 out of 3
10 out of 10 (100%)
Arnd Zinnhardt Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		7 out of 7
4 out of 4
11 out of 11 (100%)
Mirko Becker Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		6 out of 7
3 out of 4
9 out of 11 (81.8%)
Dr. Rolf Breidenbach Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		7 out of 7
3 out of 3
10 out of 10 (100%)
Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexandra Dürr Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		7 out of 7
6 out of 6
13 out of 13 (100%)
Carmen Hettich-Günther Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		7 out of 7
0 out of 0
7 out of 7 (100%)
Thomas Hohmann Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		7 out of 7
4 out of 4
11 out of 11 (100%)
Dr. Markus Kerber Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		7 out of 7
2 out of 2
9 out of 9 (100%)
Maximilian Locher (since Sep 18, 2024) Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		3 out of 3
1 out of 1
4 out of 4 (100%)
Dr. Anja Schuler Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		7 out of 7
0 out of 0
7 out of 7 (100%)
Dr. Martin Schwarz-Kocher (until Aug 31, 2024) Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		4 out of 4
2 out of 2
6 out of 6 (100%)
Dr. Astrid Ziegler Supervisory Board meetings
Committee meetings
Total 		7 out of 7
3 out of 3
10 out of 10 (100%)

Compensation system

Information about the compensation system for the Supervisory Board

Rules of Procedure Supervisory Board

Profile of skills Supervisory Board

Qualification matrix of the Supervisory Board

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.