Supervisory Board of Daimler AG
According to German Co-determination Law, the Supervisory Board of
Daimler AG consists of twenty members, of whom ten are elected by the shareholders and ten are representatives of the employees.
The core functions of the Supervisory Board include the control and monitoring of executive management, appointments to the Board of Management and the approval of the Operative Planning and important corporate decisions.
The Supervisory Board has elected Dr. Manfred Bischoff as Chairman and Erich Klemm, Chairman of the Corporate Works Council, Daimler in Germany, as Vice Chairman.
Members of the Supervisory Board
Dr. rer. pol. Manfred Bischoff
Munich
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG
Former Member of the Board of Management of the company
Elected until: 2016, first elected: 2006
Biography
Erich Klemm *)
Sindelfingen
Chairman of the General Works Council, Daimler Group and Daimler AG; Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG
Elected until: 2018; first elected: 1998 (DBAG: 1988)
Biography
Dr. Paul Achleitner
Frankfurt/Main
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG
Former Member of the Board of Management of Allianz SE
Elected until: 2015; first elected: 2010
Biography
Sari Baldauf
Helsinki
Former Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Networks Business Group of Nokia Corporation;
Elected until: 2018; first elected: 2008
Biography
Dr. Clemens Börsig
Frankfurt/Main
Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG
Former Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Bank AG
Elected until: 2017; first elected: 2007
Biography
Michael Brecht *)
Gaggenau
Chairman of the Works Council, Gaggenau Plant, Daimler AG
Deputy Chairman of the General Works Council of Daimler AG
Appointed until: 2018; first appointed: 2012
Biography
Dr. rer.nat. Jürgen Hambrecht
Ludwigshafen
Former Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE;
Elected until: 2018; first elected: 2008
Biography
Petraea Heynike
Vevey
Former Executive Vice President of Nestlé S.A.
Elected until: 2016; first elected: 2011
Biography
Jörg Hofmann *)
Stuttgart
District Manager of German Metalworkers’ Union
Baden-Württemberg (IG Metall)
Elected until: 2018; first elected: 2008
Biography
Andrea Jung
New York
Former Chief Executive Officer of Avon Products, Inc.
Elected until: 2018; first elected: 2013
Biography
Gerard Kleisterlee
Amsterdam
Former President and CEO of Royal Philips Electronics N.V.
Elected until: 2014; first elected: 2009
Biography
Jürgen Langer *)
Frankfurt/Main
Chairman of the Works Council of the Frankfurt/Offenbach Dealership
Elected until: 2018; first elected: 2003
Biography
Sabine Maaßen *)
Frankfurt/Main
Legal Department of the Board, German Metalworkers’ Union (IG Metall)
Elected until: 2018; first elected: 2013
Biography
Wolfgang Nieke *)
Stuttgart
Chairman of the Works Council, Untertürkheim Plant, Daimler AG
Elected until: 2018; first elected: 2013
Biography
Valter Sanches *)
São Paulo
Secretary of International Relations of Confederação Nacional dos Metalúrgicos/CUT
Elected until: 2018; first elected: 2008
Biography
Jörg Spies *)
Stuttgart
Chairman of the Works Council, Headquarters, Daimler AG
Elected until: 2018; first elected: 2010
Biography
Lloyd G. Trotter
Plainville
Former Vice Chairman General Electric, President & CEO of the General Electric Group’s Industrial Division, Managing Partner, Founder, GenNx360 Capital Partners
Elected until: 2014; first elected: 2009
Biography
Dr. h. c. Bernhard Walter
Frankfurt/Main
Former Spokesman of the Board of Management of Dresdner Bank AG
Elected until: 2014; first elected: 1998 (DBAG 1998)
Biography
Dr. Frank Weber *)
Sindelfingen
Director of the Press Shop, Sindelfingen Plant, Daimler AG, Chairman of the Management Representatives of the Sindelfingen Plant
Elected until: 2018; first elected: 2013
Biography
Elke Tönjes-Werner *)
Bremen
Member of the Works Council Bremen Plant, Daimler AG
Elected until: 2018; first elected: 2013
Biography
Employee representatives are marked *)
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