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Supervisory Board

Dr. Christoph Loos

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of FUCHS SE

Born: 1968 | Place of residence: Schaan, Liechtenstein | Nationality: German

First appointment: 2020 | Chair of the Supervisory Board: 2022 | Mandate ends: 2025

Current position or full-time activity: Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hilti AG, Schaan, Liechtenstein

 

 

Christoph Loos has been a member of the Group Management of HILTI AG since 2007 and the group’s CEO since 2014. He joined the company in 2001. After holding positions in the areas of Corporate Development and Strategic Marketing, he headed a sales region in Germany from 2003 onwards, and took over as Managing Director in 2005. Prior to that, he worked for 6 years for the Boston Consulting Group in Germany and China.

He was born in 1968. After an apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank in Mannheim, he studied business administration, followed by a doctorate at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Christoph Loos is a member of the boards of the Hilti Foundation and the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies.

Dr. Susanne Fuchs

Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of FUCHS SE

Born: 1964 | Place of residence: Mannheim | Nationality: German
First appointment: 2017 | Mandate ends: 2025
 

Current position or full-time activity: Managing Director of Fuchs Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH and RUDOLF FUCHS KAPITALANLAGEGESELLSCHAFT mbH

Susanne Fuchs was born in Mannheim in 1964. From 1983 to 1988 she studied veterinary medicine at Justus Liebig University in Giessen, and earned her doctorate there in 1992. From 2013 to 2016 Susanne Fuchs studied business administration at the Open University in England and completed this with the MBA.

Susanne Fuchs has international experience from having spent several years in England.

As a third-generation member of the Fuchs family, which holds the majority in the share capital of FUCHS PETROLUB SE through an asset management company, she is a highly involved member of the family business. At the FUCHS PETROLUB Annual General Meeting which was held on May 5th, 2017 she was elected to the Supervisory Board and its committees.

In addition to an Advisory Board function, Susanne Fuchs is engaged in voluntary work and has been in Germany and England over the last 20 years.

 

Dr. Markus Steilemann

Member of the Supervisory Board

Born: 1970 | Place of residence: Cologne | Nationality: German

First appointment: 2022 | Mandate ends: 2025

Current position or full-time activity: Chairman of the Executive Board of Covestro AG

Dr. Markus Steilemann, born in 1970 in Geilenkirchen, is married and has two children. He studied chemistry at RWTH Aachen University and at ETH Zurich, completing his doctorate at RWTH Aachen University, where he also earned a degree in business administration. He began his career with the Bayer Group in 1999.

Starting in 2008, Dr. Markus Steilemann held senior management positions in the Polycarbonates division of Bayer MaterialScience, from which Covestro AG emerged. From 2013 to 2015 he headed the whole Polycarbonates division, headquartered in China, where he lived for several years.

In 2015, Dr Markus Steilemann became a member of the Executive Board of Covestro AG and was responsible for innovation. In 2016 he then also became head of the Polyurethanes business segment. In 2017 he was appointed Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), assuming responsibility for all three company segments including innovation, marketing and sales and distribution.

Since June 1, 2018, Dr Markus Steilemann has been Chief Executive Officer of Covestro AG. His area of responsibility includes the central functions Strategy, Sustainability & Public Affairs and Group Innovation as well as Corporate Audit, Human Resources and Communications. Dr Markus Steilemann is, among other things, President of PlasticsEurope, the Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe and he is also Vice President of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI).

Ingeborg Neumann

Member of the Supervisory Board

Born: 1957 | Place of residence: Berlin | Nationality: German
First appointment: 2015 | Mandate ends: 2025
 

Current position or full-time activity: Managing Partner, Peppermint Holding GmbH


Memberships on statutory supervisory boards and other governance bodies:

  • SGL Carbon SE (listed)
  • Berliner Wasserbetriebe AöR 

 

After finishing her studies in business administration in Münster and Munich, Ingeborg Neumann worked at the international accounting firm Arthur Andersen for 12 years, in her last positions as auditor and partner.

Since the foundation of Peppermint Holding GmbH in 1997, she has been an entrepreneur and from 2002 on the owner of this medium-sized industrial group headquartered in Berlin. The Peppermint companies produce high quality and innovative textiles for fashion industry, as well as technical and home textiles. In addition, Peppermint supports and invests in recently established technology companies in the life sciences / medical equipment area.

Ingeborg Neumann serves on several supervisory boards, e.g.: Vice President and Treasurer - Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI, Federation of German Industries) and President – Gesamtverband textile+mode (Confederation of the German Textile and Fashion Industry).

 

Jens Lehfeldt

Member of the Supervisory Board (Employee Representative)

Born: 1980 | Place of residence: Mannheim | Nationality: German
First appointment: 2019 | Mandate ends: 2025

Current position or full-time activity:

  • Chairman of the Works Council of FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GmbH
  • Chairman of the General Works Council of FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GmbH
  • Chairman of the Group Works Council
  • Chairman of the European Works Council (SE works council)

Memberships on statutory supervisory boards and other governance bodies:

  • Employee representative to the Supervisory Board of FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GmbH

 

Jens Lehfeldt, born 1980 in Mannheim, is married and has three children. Since 2001 he has been employed at today's FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GmbH. Initially, he began training as an industrial clerk. After graduating, he then worked in sales for eight years, five of them in the field. He has been a member of the works council of FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GmbH in Mannheim since 2006.

He has been a full-time works council member since 2012 and chairman of the Mannheim works council since 2018.
He is also Chairman of the General Works Council, Deputy Chairman of the Group Works Council and Chairman of the European Works Council (SE works council).
In 2016, he was elected employee representative to the Supervisory Board of FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GmbH, to which he still belongs today.

In addition, he is active in numerous voluntary functions.

 

Cornelia Stahlschmidt

Member of the Supervisory Board (Employee Representative)

Born: 1958 | Place of residence: Rodenbach | Nationality: German
First appointment: 2020 | Mandate ends: 2025


Current position or full-time activity:

  • Chairwoman of the Works Council and representation of severely disabled persons of
    FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GmbH for the Kaiserslautern and Dohna sites
  • Deputy Chairwoman of the Group Works Council

 

Born 1958 in Rodenbach, married, two children.

After training as an office assistant, she has been employed by today's FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GmbH since 1976. Initially as a typist, then clerk and in 2006 as team leader in Customer Service Germany.

Since 2006 she has been a representative for the severely handicapped. Since 2010 on the works council. First as deputy works council chairwoman and since 2012 works council chairwoman.

 

Committees

The Supervisory Board at FUCHS SE has formed three professionally qualified committees, which prepare and also supplement its work. The duties, responsibilities and work processes are all aligned with the requirements of the Corporate Governance Code and also take into account the binding regulations of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG).

The Personnel Committee supports the Supervisory Board in reaching personnel decisions. The Personnel Committee was made up of Dr. Christoph Loos (Chairman of the Committee), Dr. Susanne Fuchs, Dr. Markus Steilemann and Ms. Ingeborg Neumann.

The Audit Committee has the task of monitoring both the accounting process and the quality and independence of the audit, issuing the audit engagement for the auditor, determining the focuses of the audit and agreeing the fee for the audit, as well as monitoring the effectiveness of the financial accounting-based Internal Control System (ICS), of the risk management system, of the internal audit department and of the compliance measures. It is also responsible for preparing meetings and resolutions of the Supervisory Board dealing with these issues and questions. The Audit Committee was made up of Ingeborg Neumann (Chairman of the Committee), Dr. Susanne Fuchs and Dr. Markus Steilemann. Ms. Ingeborg Neumann is an independent financial expert, who has acquired special knowledge in the application of financial accounting principles, internal control procedures and audits in the light of her professional experience.

The Nomination Committee is made up solely of shareholder representatives in line with the Corporate Governance Code. The Nomination Committee was made up of Dr. Christoph Loos (Chairman of the Committee), Dr. Susanne Fuchs, Ms. Ingeborg Neumann and Dr. Markus Steilemann.

The Personnel Committee and Audit Committee meet several times a year, while the Nomination Committee only convenes for meetings when these are necessary based on its allocation of duties. The respective Chairmen of the Committees regularly report to the Supervisory Board on the work of the Committees.

Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board

Independence

The current Supervisory Board members Dr. Christoph Loos, Ingeborg Neumann and Dr. Markus Steilemann are shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board who are considered as independent from the company and its Excecutive Board and from the controlling shareholder within the meaning of the recommendations of the Code. 

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