[48] Members of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board

Executive Board members

Dr. Richard Robinson Smith

Chief Executive Officer (since January 1, 2022) and Labor Relations Director (since April 1, 2022)

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

Anke Groth

Chief Financial Officer and Labor Relations Director (from June 1, 2018 to March 31, 2022)

Marcus A. Wassenberg

Chief Financial Officer (since January 1, 2023)

Hasan Dandashly

President KION Supply Chain Solutions (since January 1, 2021)

Andreas Krinninger

President 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 (until March 2022)

Dr. Henry Puhl

Chief Technology Officer (since July 1, 2021)

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

Ching Pong Quek

President KION ITS Asia Pacific & 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 (Jiangsu) Forklift Co., Ltd., Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of KION India Pvte. Ltd., Pune, India
  • Member 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
  • 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

Supervisory Board members

Dr. Michael Macht (since October 9, 2018)

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

Freelance management consultant

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Member of the Board of Directors of McLaren Group Limited, Woking, United Kingdom
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Mahle GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Chairman of the Administrative Board of Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Tittmoning, Germany
  • 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

Chairman of the Works Council of Linde MH headquarters and Plant II at Linde Material Handling GmbH

Deputy Chairman of the European Works Council of the KION Group

  • 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

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Umicore SA, Brussels, Belgium
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Infinium Holdings, Inc., Sacramento, USA
  • 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

Jan Bergemann1 (since May 11, 2022)

Senior Director Central Order Desk KION ITS EMEA at STILL Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Hamburg

Stefan Casper1 (from May 11, 2017 to May 11, 2022)

Chairman of the Works Council of KION Warehouse Systems GmbH

Member of the Group Works Council of the German KION Group

Dr. Alexander Dibelius (since March 12, 2007)

Managing Partner at CVC Capital Partners (Deutschland) GmbH

  • Member and Chairman of the Board of Directors 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 (until January 2022)
  • 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

Jiang Kui (since December 27, 2012)

President of Shandong Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd.

  • 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 (until June 10, 2022)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of SINOTRUK (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China (until December 5, 2022)
  • 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 (from September 1, 2014 to May 11, 2022)

Trade Union Secretary on the National Executive of IG Metall

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of STILL Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Hamburg, Germany (until February 10, 2022)

Dominique Lembke1 (since May 11, 2022)

Head of Collective Bargaining at IG Metall District Office for the Coast, Hamburg

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of STILL Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Hamburg, Germany (since February 10, 2022)

Thomas Mainka1 (since May 11, 2022)

Full-time works council chairman for the Hamburg/Bremen main branch at STILL Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

Member of the Group Works Council of the German KION Group

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of STILL Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Hamburg, Germany (since February 10, 2022)

Jörg Milla1 (since November 16, 2015)

Chairman of the Works Council of STILL Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

  • Member and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of STILL Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Hamburg, Germany

Dr. Christina Reuter (since May 12, 2016)

Head of Digitalization in Operations at Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Hans Peter Ring (since June 9, 2013)

Freelance management consultant

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Ottobrunn, Germany

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

  • 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 (from May 11, 2017 to May 11, 2022)

Senior Vice President of Operations at Linde Material Handling GmbH

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.

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Weichai Lovol Intelligent Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China (since August 30, 2022)
  • 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 Ferretti S.p.A., Cattolica, Italy
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Weichai Holding Group Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China

Claudia Wenzel1 (since November 1, 2016)

Full-time member of the Works Council of Linde MH headquarters and Plant II at Linde Material Handling GmbH

Xu Ping (since January 1, 2015)

Senior Partner and member of the Management Committee at law firm King & Wood Mallesons

1 Employee representative

2 Executive representative

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