[48] Members of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board

Executive Board members

Gordon Riske

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (from March 14, 2008 to December 31, 2021)

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde (China) Forklift Truck Corp., Ltd., Xiamen, People’s Republic of China (until June 30, 2021)
  • Non-Executive Director of Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Executive Board of the non-profit Hertie Foundation, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Atlas Copco AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Dr. Richard Robinson Smith

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (since January 1, 2022)

  • Member of the Board of Directors of FLSMIDTH & CO A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark

Anke Groth

Member of the Executive Board / CFO and Labor Relations Director (since June 1, 2018)

Dr. Eike Böhm

Member of the Executive Board / CTO (from August 1, 2015 to June 30, 2021)

  • Member of the Board of Directors of Linde (China) Forklift Truck Co., Ltd., Xiamen, People’s Republic of China (until June 30, 2021)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of KION (Jinan) Forklift Truck Co., Ltd., Jinan, People’s Republic of China (until June 30, 2021)

Hasan Dandashly

Member of the Executive Board / President of KION Supply Chain Solutions (since January 1, 2021)

Andreas Krinninger

Member of the Executive Board / President of KION ITS EMEA (since January 1, 2021)

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Linde Hydraulics GmbH & Co. KG, Aschaffenburg, Germany
  • Member of the Advisory Board of ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG, Mulfingen, Germany
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Schöler Fördertechnik AG, Rheinfelden, Germany

Dr. Henry Puhl

Member of the Executive Board / CTO (since July 1, 2021)

  • Member of the Board of Directors of Linde (China) Forklift Truck Corp., Ltd., Xiamen, People’s Republic of China (since July 1, 2021)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of KION (Jinan) Forklift Truck Co., Ltd., Jinan, People’s Republic of China (since July 1, 2021)
  • Member of the Shareholder’s Advisory Board of KION Battery Systems GmbH, Karlstein, Germany (since July 1, 2021)
  • Member of the Advisory Board of JULI Motorenwerk s.r.o., Moravany, Czech Republic (since July 1, 2021)

Ching Pong Quek

Member of the Executive Board / President of KION ITS APAC & Americas (since January 11, 2013)

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of KION South Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of KION ASIA (HONG KONG) Ltd., Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde Material Handling Hong Kong Ltd., Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde Material Handling Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde Material Handling (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde Material Handling (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Pathum Thani, Thailand
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of KION Baoli Forklift Co., Ltd., Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of KION India Pvte. Ltd., Pune, India
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde Material Handling Pty. Ltd., Huntingwood, Australia
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Lansing Bagnall (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Huntingwood, Australia
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of KION (Jinan) Forklift Co., Ltd., Jinan, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde (China) Forklift Truck Corp., Ltd., Xiamen, People’s Republic of China (since June 2021)
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Fujian JULI Motor Co., Ltd., Putian, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the APAC Advisory Board of Euro Asia Consulting Co., Ltd., Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Zhejiang EP Equipment Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Shanghai Quicktron Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Anhui Hayuan X Drive Tech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, People’s Republic of China (since November 8, 2021)

Supervisory Board members

Dr. Michael Macht (since October 9, 2018)

Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since May 9, 2019)

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart, Germany (since June 2021)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of McLaren Group Limited, Woking, United Kingdom (since September 2021)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Endurance Capital Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, Germany (until September 2021)
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Linde & Wiemann SE & Co. KG, Dillenburg, Germany (until March 2021)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Mahle GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Chairman of the Administrative Board of Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Tittmoning, Germany (since July 2021)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China

Özcan Pancarci1 (since June 12, 2013)

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since January 1, 2016)

  • Chairman of the Group Works Council of the German KION Group, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • Full-time works council representative and Chairman of the Plants I and II Works Council, Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg, Germany
  • Deputy Chairman of the European Works Council of the KION Group, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • Member and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg, Germany

Birgit A. Behrendt (since January 1, 2015)

Member of the Supervisory Board and freelance management consultant, Cologne, Germany

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Umicore SA, Brussels, Belgium (since April 2021)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Infinium Holdings, Inc., Sacramento, USA (since March 2021)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Ford Werke GmbH, Cologne, Germany
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies GmbH, Erlangen, Germany
  • Member of the Administrative Board of Stulz Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp AG, Essen, Germany

Stefan Casper1 (since May 11, 2017)

Chairman of the Works Council of KION Warehouse Systems GmbH, Reutlingen, Germany
Member of the Group Works Council of the German KION Group, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Dr. Alexander Dibelius (since March 12, 2007)

Managing Partner at CVC Capital Partners (Deutschland) GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  • Member and Chairman of the Administrative Board of Breitling S.A., Grenchen, Switzerland
  • Member of the Board of Directors of CVC Capital Partners (Luxembourg) SARL, Luxembourg
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Diebold Nixdorf Inc., North Canton, USA
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of DKV MOBILITY SERVICES HOLDING GmbH & Co. KG, Ratingen, Germany
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Douglas GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of ironSource Mobile Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Kirk Beauty Investments S.A., Luxembourg
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Messer Industries GmbH, Bad Soden, Germany
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Messer Industries USA Inc., Bridgewater, USA
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Syntegon Technology GmbH, Waiblingen, Germany
  • Member of the Shareholders’ Committee of Tipico Group Ltd., St. Giljan, Malta

Martin Fahrendorf1 (since May 10, 2018)

Chairman of the Works Council of Dematic GmbH and Dematic Services GmbH, Heusenstamm, Germany

Jiang Kui (since December 27, 2012)

President of Shandong Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd., Jinan, People’s Republic of China

  • Member of the Board of Directors of Ballard Power Systems Inc., Burnaby, Canada
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Shantui Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Jining, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Sinotruk (BVI) Limited, British Virgin Islands
  • Member of the Board of Directors of SINOTRUK (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
  • Member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Weichai Ballard Hy-Energy Technologies Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China

Olaf Kunz1 (since September 1, 2014)

Trade Union Secretary on the National Executive of IG Metall, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of STILL GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

Jörg Milla1 (since November 16, 2015)

Chairman of the Works Council of STILL GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

  • Member and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of STILL GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

Dr. Christina Reuter (since May 12, 2016)

Head of Digital Design, Manufacturing and Services (DDMS) at Operations at Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Taufkirchen, Germany

Hans Peter Ring (since June 9, 2013)

Freelance management consultant, Munich, Germany

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Ottobrunn, Germany
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Fokker Technologies Holding B.V., Papendrecht, Netherlands (until April 2021)

Alexandra Schädler1 (since October 2, 2013)

Trade Union Secretary on the National Executive of IG Metall, Industrial Relations Policy department, Industrial Relations Code and Co-Determination Policy division, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg, Germany
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Opel Automobile GmbH, Rüsselsheim, Germany

Dr. Frank Schepp2 (since May 11, 2017)

Senior Vice President of Operations, Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg, Germany, Head of Production Unit Counterbalance Trucks, KION

Tan Xuguang (since May 9, 2019)

Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of Shandong Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd., Jinan, People’s Republic of China

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shaanxi Heavy-Duty Automobile Co., Ltd., Jinan, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shaanxi Fast Gear Co., Ltd., Jinan, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd., Jinan, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Weichai Holding Group Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sinotruk Group Co., Ltd, Jinan, People’s Republic of China

Claudia Wenzel1 (since November 1, 2016)

Full-time works council member, headquarters and plant 2 at Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg, Germany

Xu Ping (since January 1, 2015)

Senior Partner and member of the Management Committee at law firm King & Wood Mallesons, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

1 Employee representative
2 Executive representative