[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)