Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and Labor Relations Director
January 26, 1963, born in Herten, Germany
| 1979 - 1981 | Vocational training as an Industrial Clerical Officer at Bergbau AG Lippe, Herne | |
| 1983 - 1985 | Trained as a Personnel Officer (IHK), Gelsenkirchen | |
| 1986 - 1988 | Further training in Human Resources Management (VWA), Bochum |
| 1982 - 1988 | Human Resources Department, Bergbau AG Lippe, Herne |
| 1988 - 1996 | Human Resources Policy Issues Department, RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen |
| 1997 - 2001 | Head of Human Resources Policy Issues Department, RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen |
| 2001 - 2002 | Deputy Head of Human Resources Division and Head of Human Resources Policy/Controlling Department, RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen |
| 2002 - 2006 | Head of Human Resources Division, RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen Member of the Management Board of RAG Beteiligungs-GmbH, Essen |
| 2006 - 2009 | Chairman of the Management Board, RAG BILDUNG GmbH, Essen |
| 2009 - 2011 | Member of the Management Board and Chief Human Resources Officer of Evonik Degussa GmbH, Essen |
| since September 1, 2011 | Chief Human Resources Officer and Labor Relations Director of Evonik Industries AG, Essen |
| a) | Pensionskasse Degussa VVaG (Chair since July 4, 2025) Vivawest GmbH Vivawest Wohnen GmbH | |
| b) | Gesellschaft zur Sicherung von Bergmannswohnungen mbH |
a) Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
b) Membership of comparable German and foreign supervisory bodies of business enterprises pursuant to Section 125 Paragraph 1 Sentence 5 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)