Supervisory Board

Dr John Feldmann

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

  • Former member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Bilfinger SE, Mannheim
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Hornbach Baumarkt AG, Bornheim
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Hornbach Holding AG, Bornheim

Joachim Hartig1

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board

  • Head of Learning and Development at Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg
  • Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg

Birgit A. Behrendt (since 1 January 2015)

Vice President, Global Programs and Purchasing Operations at the Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Holger Brandt2

  • Head of Sales Germany at STILL GmbH, Hamburg
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material
  • Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of STILL GmbH, Hamburg

Dr Alexander Dibelius

  • Chairman of the Executive Board of Goldman Sachs AG, Frankfurt am Main
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Member of the European Management Committee of 
Goldman Sachs International, London, United Kingdom
  • Member of the Board of Directors of OOO Goldman Sachs, Moscow, Russia
  • Member of the Board of Directors of OOO Goldman Sachs Bank, Moscow, Russia
  • Member of the Shareholder Committee of Xella International S.à r.l., Luxembourg
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wincor Nixdorf AG, Paderborn

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH, Paderborn

Denis Heljic1

  • Spokesperson for the STILL branches, Field Technician at STILL GmbH, Dortmund, and Deputy Chairman of the Works Council of STILL GmbH, Dortmund plant
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)

Dr Martin Hintze (until 31 December 2014)

  • Managing Director of Merchant Banking at Goldman Sachs International, London, United Kingdom
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Non-Executive Director of Ceona Holding Ltd., Guernsey
  • Member of the Board of Directors of DONG Energy A / S, Fredericia, Denmark
  • Managing Director of New Energy Investment S.à r.l., Luxembourg (until 17 December 2014)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of LEG Immobilien AG, Düsseldorf (until 2 April 2014)
  • Member of the Executive Board of Xella International Holdings S.à r.l., Luxembourg
  • Member of the Executive Board of Xella HoldCo Finance S.A., Luxembourg
  • Member of the Executive Board of Xella Topco S.à r.l., Luxembourg
  • Member of the Executive Board of Xenia S.à r.l., Luxembourg

Johannes P. Huth

  • Partner at and member of the Executive Committee of Kohlberg
  • Kravis Roberts & Co. Partners LLP, London, United Kingdom
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Finedining Capital AG, Munich (since 2 October 2014)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of German Estate Group AG (GEG), Frankfurt am Main (since 21 January 2015)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Hertha BSC GmbH & Co. KGaA, Berlin (since 4 February 2014)
  • Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NXP BV, Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat. 1 Media AG, Unterföhring (until 26 June 2014)
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of WMF AG, Geislingen an der Steige

Jiang Kui

  • President and Director of Shandong Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd., Jinan, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Chairman of the Asia Pacific Committee of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden *
  • Director of Shantui Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Jining, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Strong Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Linyi, People’s Republic of China
  • Deputy Chairman of the Board of Weichai Holding Group Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China
  • Director of Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China
  • Director of Shandong Heavy Industry India Private Ltd., Pune, India
  • Director of Weichai Power Hong Kong International Development Co., Ltd., Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Executive Board of Hydraulics Drive Technology Beteiligungs GmbH, Aschaffenburg
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Linde Hydraulics Verwaltungs GmbH, Aschaffenburg

Olaf Kunz1 (since 1 September 2014)

  • District Secretary / Lawyer at IG Metall, District Office for the Coast, Hamburg
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of STILL GmbH, Hamburg

Thilo Kämmerer1 (until 31 August 2014)

  • Trade Union Secretary, IG Metall, Administrative Office, Bamberg
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)

Özcan Pancarci1

  • Chairman of the Plants I & II Works Council of Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg
  • Chairman of the European Works Council of the KION Group
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg

Kay Pietsch1

  • Chairman of the Group Works Council of the KION Group (until 22 January 2015)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of STILL GmbH, Hamburg

Hans Peter Ring

  • Management Consultant, Munich
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Airbus Defense und Space GmbH, Ottobrunn (since 15 October 2014) Member of the Supervisory Board of Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH, Dresden
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of MAG IAS GmbH, Göppingen
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Fokker Technologies Holding B.V., Papendrecht, Netherlands

Alexandra Schädler 1

  • Trade Union Secretary on the National Executive of IG Metall, Frankfurt am Main
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH, Munich

Silke Scheiber (until 31 December 2014)

  • Partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Partners LLP, London, United Kingdom
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Finedining Capital AG, Munich (since 2 October 2014)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Jungbunzlauer Holding AG, Basel, Switzerland
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of WMF AG, Geislingen an der Steige
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Van Gansewinkel Groep B.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands

Tan Xuguang

  • Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Weichai Power Co. Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shandong Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd., Jinan, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Weichai Group Holding Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Weichai Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shaanxi Heavy-duty Motor Co., Ltd., Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shaanxi Fast Gear Co., Ltd., Xi’an, People’s Republic of China

Hans-Peter Weiß1

  • Chairman of the Plant III Works Council of Linde Material Handling GmbH, Kahl
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden (until 25 April 2014)

Xu Ping (since 1 January 2015)

  • Partner at King & Wood Mallesons, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Ferretti S.p.A., Cattolica, Italy
  • Member of the Management Committee at King & Wood Mallesons, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
1 Employee representatives
2 Executive representatives
* Not a committee or governing body of the KION GROUP AG required by law