Supervisory Board

Vossloh AG’s Supervisory Board has six members. Chairman of the Supervisory Board is Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Grube. Since, in the wake of the various transactions conducted in 2002, the number of German employees has fallen below the threshold of 2,000 employees, the Supervisory Board composition is no longer governed by the German codetermination legislation of 1976. Supervisory Board membership is now subject to the provisions of the German Stock Corporation Act (“AktG”) and thus also to those of the One-Third Participation Act according to which one-third of its members must be employee representatives and two-thirds stockholder representatives.

The Supervisory Board oversees and advises the Executive Board’s management and conduct of business. Certain material transactions and Executive Board actions (specified in the Executive Board Rules of Procedure) are subject to prior Supervisory Board approval. The Supervisory Board periodically discusses with the Executive Board the business trend, as well as the corporate plan and strategy and their implementation. Moreover, the Supervisory Board approves the annual budget and financial statements of Vossloh AG and the Group with due regard to the reports of the internal and the statutory auditors, apart from being responsible for the appointment and removal of Executive Board members.

The Supervisory Board has set up the following by-laws for its tasks: Supervisory Board By-laws (only in German)

Furthermore, at its meeting on November 24, 2022, the Supervisory Board resolved the following requirements and objectives for its composition: Composition of the Supervisory Board

Biography Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Grube

since Oktober 2017	Professorship at Technical University of Hamburg, Chair in Management Sciences as well as Mobility and Logistics
since August 2017	Company establishment of Rüdiger Grube International Business Leadership, Hamburg
since August 2017	Chairman, Lazard Deutschland, Frankfurt
2009 – 2017	Chairman of the Executive Board at Deutsche Bahn AG
2007 – 2009	Member of the Executive Board at Daimler AG responsible for Corporate Development and Shareholdings as well as Merger & Acquisitions; since 2004 responsible for North-Eastern-Asia Activities
2001 – 2007	Member of the Executive Board at DaimlerChrysler AG responsible for Corporate Development and Shareholdings as well as Merger & Acquisitions; since 2004 responsible for North-Eastern-Asia Activities
2000 – 2001	Senior Vice President responsible for Corporate Development at Daimler-Chrysler AG, Head of Post-Merger-Integration (PMI)
1999 – 2000	Chairman of the Executive Board of Häussler Group
1998 – 1999	Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Development Strategy at DaimlerChrysler AG
1996 – 1998	Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Development at Daimler-Benz AG
1989 – 1995	Different executive tasks at Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH, Deutsche Airbus GmbH and Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG
1986 - 1989	Independent Consultant for Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH
1982 – 1986	Teaching Professorship at the University of Hamburg in the field of Manufacturing Engineering; Promotion in the field of Ergonomics and Poly Technics at the Universities of Hamburg and Kassel
1986	Promotion in the field of Ergonomics and Poly Technics at the Universities of Hamburg and Kassel
1982	Degree as Lecturer at the vocational school of Hamburg for Manufacturing and Aircraft Technics
1978	Examination as degreed Engineer and studies in Work and Economic Education at the University of Hamburg
1972	Studies in Vehicle and Aircraft Manufacturing at the technical college of Hamburg
1969	Commercial technical apprenticeship as metal aircraft constructor at Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB)
born 1951

Biography Ulrich M. Harnacke

since 2015	Independent Accountant, Tax and Business Consultant
2007 – 2015	Managing Director at Deloitte & Touche GmbH
1997 – 2006	Member of the Board of Directors of BDO AG
1988 – 1997	Partner at Dr. Kohlstruck, Telgenbüscher, Knecht, Harnacke Partnership
1981 – 1988	Treuarbeit AG (now PwC)
1988	State Examination as Chartered Accountant
1986	State Examination as Chartered Tax Advisor
1976 – 1981	RWTH Aachen University, University of Cologne. Major fields of study: business taxation, auditing and fiduciary management, MBA (Diplom-Kaufmann)
born 1957

Biography Dr. Roland Bosch

since 2021	Managing Director of WOLFF & MÜLLER Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart
2017 – 2019	CEO of DB Cargo AG, Frankfurt
2013 – 2017	Board Member and Chief Operating Officer, DB Netz AG, Frankfurt
2010 – 2013	Board Member and Chief Financial Officer, DB Netz AG, Frankfurt
2005 – 2010	Chief Financial Officer for Daimler Northeast Asia Ltd., Beijing, China
2002 – 2005	Director of Strategic Planning, DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart
1997 – 2002	Project Manager at Boston Consulting Group, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Bangkok and Jakarta
1998 – 2000	Doctorate in business administration, University of Tübingen
1991 - 1997	Studies in business administration, University of Tübingen
1991 – 1996	Studies of physics, Universities of Tübingen and Oxford
born 1971

Biography Dr. Bettina Volkens

since 2021	Co-Founder and Senior Advisor, great2know GmbH, Königstein
2013 – 2019	Member of Executive Board in charge of HR and Legal as well as Head of Group HR, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
2012 – 2013	Head of "Group Management Staff," Deutsche Lufthansa AG
2011 – 2012	Head of "Group Staff and Group Management Staff Development", DB Mobility Logistics AG
2006 – 2011	HR Director at DB Regio AG, from 2008 also Head of "Passenger Traffic HR"
2005 – 2006	Project Manager for "Personnel Management Development" project, Deutsche Bahn AG
1997 – 2005	Various management positions at DB Regio AG, including legal counsel, Head of "Client Team Legal" and, simultaneously, Head of Passenger Traffic Executive Board Office and HR Officer on the North-East Regional Management Team
1996 – 1997	Attorney at Wessing & Partner
1995 – 1996	Attorney at law (self-employed)
1994 – 1995	Scientific assistant at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
1991 – 1994	Legal clerkship and second legal state examination, while working as consultant at the Federal Environment Agency
1988 – 1991	Research associate and doctorate, University of Göttingen
Until 1988	Studies of law, University of Göttingen
born 1963

Biography Marcel Knüpfer

since 2022	Chairman of the General Works Council of Vossloh Rail Services Deutschland GmbH
since 2021	Vice Chairman of the Group Works Council
since 2016	Shift supervisor at Vossloh Rail Center GmbH, Leipzig
2013 – 2016	Production worker at Vossloh Rail Center Leipzig GmbH, Leipzig
since 2013	Member of the Group Works Council
2007 – 2013	Different occupations at Stahlberg Roensch Leipzig GmbH, Leipzig, e.g. pavement welder, maschine and pavement device operator, factory worker, Unimog and lorry driver
until 2000	Apprenticeship as “Technical Administration Specialist“, Chamber of Industry and Commerce Magdeburg
born 1971

Biography Martin Klaes

since 2022	Chairman of the Works Council of Vossloh Fastening Systems GmbH and Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft, Werdohl
2021 - 2022	Vice manager of the fitter’s shop at Vossloh Fastening Systems GmbH, Werdohl
2017 - 2022	Vice Chairman of the Works Council of Vossloh Fastening Systems GmbH and Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft, Werdohl
since 2013	Member of the Works Council of Vossloh Fastening Systems GmbH and Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft, Werdohl
1982 – 2020	Employee in the fitter’s shop at Vossloh Fastening Systems GmbH, Werdohl
1979 – 1982	Apprenticeship as an industrial fitter at Vossloh-Werke GmbH, Werdohl
born 1962

¹⁾ Employee representative
²⁾ Member of the Personnel Committee
³⁾ Member of the Audit Committee
⁴⁾ Member of the Nomination Committee