Our group operates a dual management structure consisting of an Executive Board and a Supervisory Board
Our Executive Board manages the company with the ultimate aim of increasing our company’s value. The Supervisory Board oversees and advises the Executive Board on matters such as business development, planning, strategy and risk mitigation.
Striving for economic success is what drives us. At board level, we encourage our teams to create innovative solutions that look beyond the classic areas of flavors and fragrances.
Our management at Symrise
The overarching focus of both our Executive and Supervisory Board is to drive the Symrise Group’s sustainable, long-term success. The two boards meet regularly to discuss business development, planning, strategy and risk mitigation. In compliance with the German Codetermination Act (MitbestG).
To fulfill its responsibilities more efficiently, the Supervisory Board formed a total of four committees. These committees draft the Supervisory Board’s resolutions and prepare the agenda items to be addressed in the full session. The three committees are the Auditing Committee, the Arbitration Committee pursuant to § 27 (3) of the Codetermination Act (MitbestG), a General Committee and a Nominations Committee. In certain instances where permitted by law, the Supervisory Board’s decision-making authority is assigned to its committees. For more information please see the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board of Symrise AG.
Date of birth: September 18, 1958 Place of birth: Landwehr, Germany
Qualifications
1985: Chemistry degree 1987: Chemistry PhD
Career history
1985: Various management positions in Research & Development at the Bayer Group, the Haarmann & Reimer-Group und Symrise GmbH & Co KG 2003: Symrise GmbH & Co KG, Global Head of the Aroma Chemicals Division 2004: Symrise GmbH & Co KG, Global Head of Operations 2006: Symrise AG, Global Head of Flavor & Nutrition 2006: Symrise AG, Member of the Executive Board 2009: Symrise AG, Chief Executive Officer
Membership of statutory supervisory boards of other German companies
None
Membership of comparable supervisory bodies (in Germany or abroad)
Date of birth: May 09, 1965 Place of birth: Heide, Germany
Qualifications
1992: Completion of studies in business administration, awarded degree in business
Career history
1993: Mannesmann AG, Finance department 1996: Mannesmann Corp./USA, Head of treasury 2002: Merck KGaA, Head of global financial organization 2015: AMEOS Group Switzerland, CFO (Member of Executive Board) 2016: Symrise AG, Chief Financial Officer
Membership of statutory supervisory boards of other German companies
None
Membership of comparable supervisory bodies (in Germany or abroad)
Corestate Capital Holding S.A., Luxembourg, Member of the Supervisory Board (since June 5, 2020)
Date of birth: May 22, 1962 Place of birth: Mannheim, Germany
Qualifications
1990: Economics degree
Career history
1990: various positions within the Procter & Gamble Group 2001: Coty GmbH, Managing Director for Germany/Austria/Switzerland 2004: various management positions at Scent & Care within the Symrise Group in Germany, France and the USA since 12/2006: Symrise AG, Global President Scent & Care
Membership of statutory supervisory boards of other German companies
None
Membership of comparable supervisory bodies (in Germany or abroad)
Date of birth: June 06, 1956 Place of birth: Holzminden, Germany
Career history*
1978: various management positions at the Haarmann & Reimer Group and Symrise AG 1978: Sales Manager for Flavor 1985: Head of Sales Flavor Europe 1988: Head of the Flavor Division in the UK 1991: Head of Sales Flavor Europe 1997: Vice President Flavor in the US 2000: Regional Head Flavor EAME 2014: Global Head of the Flavor Division since 10/2016: Symrise AG, President Flavor Division
* all positions with Symrise
Membership of statutory supervisory boards of other German companies
None
Membership of comparable supervisory bodies (in Germany or abroad)
Date of birth: February 07, 1964 Place of birth: Lunéville, France
Qualifications
1988: University degree in veterinary medicine and MBA HEC Paris
Career history
1989: Sales & Marketing Pfizer 1990: Product Manager/Head for Europe at Merial (Rhone Poulenc Group) 1996: General Manager Rhone Poulenc Polen 2000: Head of "Prepared Food“ Business Unit Food Rhodia & Vice President for Europe 2004: Vice President Gobal Marketing & Sales Development Danisco 2006: Global Market Director „Food and Pharma“Air Liquide 2009: Head of the Food Division Diana since 2014: Head of the Diana Division at Symrise 2016: Symrise AG, President Nutrition (DIANA)
Membership of statutory supervisory boards of other German companies
None
Membership of comparable supervisory bodies (in Germany or abroad)
Probi AB, Lund, Sweden, Chairman of the Supervisory Board VetAgroSup, Lyon, France, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Chief Executive Officer of ELKEM ASA; Oslo, Norway
Personal Information
Date of birth: September 03, 1963 Place of birth: Iserlohn, Germany
Education
1989: Graduate Engineer in Chemical Process Engineering, Technical University, Dortmund
Professional Career
1989-1998: Various Technical Roles in Polymer Manufacturing, Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany 1999–2000: Project Manager for Shanghai Polycarbonate-Project, Bayer AG, Krefeld, Germany 2000-2004: Managing Director of Bayer Polymers Shanghai Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China 2001-2004: Site Manager MDI/TDI, Shanghai, China 2004-2007: Global Head Production & Technology for MDI and TDI, Bayer Material Science AG, Leverkusen, Germany 2007-2011: Chairman and CEO, Bayer China, Shanghai; China/Managing Director, Bayer Material Science China Ltd, Shanghai; China 2011-2013: Global Head Business Unit Polycarbonates, Shanghai, China 2013-2015: Member of the Executive Board of Bayer Group, Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany 2016-12/2019: Chief Executive Officer, China National Bluestar Group, Beijing, China since 12/2019: Chief Executive Officer, Elkem ASA, Oslo, Norway
Membership in Legally Mandated Domestic Supervisory Boards
None
Membership in Comparable Domestic and Foreign Supervisory Bodies
Conzetta AG, Zurich, Switzerland, Member of the Supervisory Board
Mandates in the Elkem/China National Bluestar-Group: REC Solar Group Ltd, Oslo, Norway, Chairman of the Supervisory Board China National Bluestar Group, Beijing, China, Member of the Supervisory Board
Managing Director of Top Managementberatung BuckConsult
Personal Information
Date of birth: October 24, 1961 Place of birth: Ulm, Germany
Education
1981: High school diploma, Wirtschaftsgymnasium Ulm 1986: Degree in Business Economics at the University of Augsburg, Faculty of Business and Economics
Professional Career
1987–1993: McKinsey & Company, New York (USA), Düsseldorf, Munich, Consultant 1993–1998: Hugo Boss, Metzingen, Director of Strategic Planning/Director of Licenses 1999: Valentino S.p.A., Rom/Italy, Head of Marketing/Productmanagement/Licenses 2000–2002: Willy Bogner GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, Geschäftsführerin Strateg. Planung/Lizenzen 2002–2012: Esprit Holdings, Ratingen, Executive Director of Product & Licenses since 2013: Top Managementberatung BuckConsult, Munich, Managing Director
Membership in Legally Mandated Domestic Supervisory Boards Symrise AG, Holzminden, Member of the Supervisory Board
Membership in Comparable Supervisory Bodies (Domestic and international) None
Chairman of the works council and Chairman of the general works council at Symrise AG
Personal Information
Date of birth: November 5, 1962 Place of birth: Stadtoldendorf, Germany
Education
1982: High school diploma 1984: Industrial clerk at Dragoco Gerberding GmbH & Co. GmbH
Professional Career
1984-1988: Flavor sales clerk at Dragoco 1988-1992: Team leader for foreign sales at DEUTSCHE SPEZIALGLAS AG 1992-2006: Various sales positions at Haarmann & Reimer GmbH and Symrise GmbH & Co. KG in the Flavor division since 2006: Pricing Manager EAME in the Flavor & Nutrition division at Symrise AG since 2010: Member of the Holzminden works council at Symrise AG since 07/2013: Vice Chairman of the works council and Vice Chairman of the general works council at Symrise AG since 03/2018: Chairman of the works council of Symrise AG and Chairman of the general works council of Symrise AG
Membership in Legally Mandated Domestic Supervisory Boards
Symrise AG, Holzminden, Member of the Supervisory Board
Membership in Comparable Domestic and Foreign Supervisory Bodies
Date of birth: March 15, 1982 Place of birth: Schönebeck, Germany
Education
2001: High school diploma at Gymnasium Himmelsthür, Hildesheim 2001-2008: Degree in Social Sciences from Georg-August University in Göttingen (Diplom)
Professional Career
2008-2009: Youth officer for the IG BCE in the Mainfranken and Nuremberg districts 2010: Trainee trade union secretary in the Augsburg district and in Baden-Wuerttemberg for IG BCE 2010-2012: IG BCE trade union secretary for Kassel district since 2012: IG BCE trade union secretary for the North region
Membership in Legally Mandated Domestic Supervisory Boards
Symrise AG, Holzminden, Member of the Supervisory Board
Membership in Comparable Supervisory Bodies (Domestic and International)
Chief Financial Officer of Bertelsmann Management SE
Personal Information
Date of birth: July 24, 1970 Place of birth: Ellwangen
Education
1989: High school graduation (Abitur) 1998: Study of business economics (Diplom-Betriebswirt)
Professional Career
1998-2001: Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft Arthur Andersen, Audit Manager 2001-2002: Carl Zeiss-Grippe, Head of Mergers & Acquistions 2002-2009: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Member of the Executive Board / Chief Financial Officer 2009-2015: Symrise AG, Member of the Executive Board / Chief Financial Officer since 04/2016: Bertelsmann Management SE, Chief Financial Officer
Membership in Legally Mandated Domestic Supervisory Boards
Symrise AG, Holzminden, Member of the Supervisory Board Evotec AG, Hamburg, Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Membership in Comparable Supervisory Bodies (Domestic and International)
Bertelsmann Inc., Wilmington, USA, Member of the Supervisory Board Penguin Random House LLC, UK, Member of the Supervisory Board RTL Group S.A., Luxembourg, Member of the Supervisory Board
Independent member of the works council at Symrise AG
Personal Information
Date of birth: August 20, 1965 Place of birth: Stadtoldendorf, Germany
Education
1982: Secondary school certificate 1982–1983: BGJ Electro 1983-1986: Apprenticeship as power plant technician at Haarmann & Reimer GmbH
Professional Career
1986-2003: Haarmann & Reimer GmbH 2003-2006: Symrise GmbH & Co KG 2006-06/2016: Tesium GmbH since 07/2016: Independent member of the works council at Symrise AG
Membership in Legally Mandated Domestic Supervisory Boards
Symrise AG, Holzminden, Member of the Supervisory Board
Membership in Comparable Supervisory Bodies (Domestic and International)
Date of birth: August 9, 1961 Place of birth: Wesel, Germany
Education
1977-1980: Training as chemical laboratoy technican at Thyssen AG, Duisburg, Germany 1981: High School Diploma 1986: Degree in chemical engineering (FH)
Professional Career
1987: Head of Analytical Laboratory, R&D; Johnson & Johnson, Düsseldorf, Germany 1990: various positions in the field of Quality Control /Analytics, Dragoco Gerberding & Co. AG, Holzminden, Germany 2003: Director Quality Control Region EAME, Symrise GmbH & Co KG, Holzminden, Germany since 10/2016: Vice President Quality Control Global, Symrise AG, Holzminden, Germany
Membership in Legally Mandated Domestic Supervisory Boards
Symrise AG; Holzminden, Member of the Supervisory Board
Membership in Comparable Supervisory Bodies (Domestic and International)
Vice Chairperson of the works council and Vice Chairperson of the general works council at Symrise AG
Personal Information
Date of birth: October 4, 1977 Place of birth: Holzminden, Germany
Education
1997 High school diploma 1999 Industrial clerk at Haarmann & Reimer GmbH 2003 Specialist for Marketing (IHK)
Professional Career
1999-2005 Fragrance/CI Sales Clerk 2005-2011 Purchasing Assistant S&C 2011-2016 Global Marketing Manager Menthol since 2002: Member of the Holzminden works council at Symrise AG since 03/2018: Vice Chairperson of the works council and Vice Chairperson of the general works council at Symrise AG
Membership in Legally Mandated Domestic Supervisory Boards
Symrise AG, Holzminden, Member of the Supervisory Board
Membership in Comparable Supervisory Bodies (Domestic and international)
President & Chief Executive Officer of Neste Corp., Espoo, Finland
Personal Information
Date of birth: March 11, 1966 Place of birth: Wervik, Belgium
Education
1989: MSc. Chemical Engineering, University Gent, Belgium
Professional Career
1990-1994: Sales & Technical Manager Coatings/Polyurethanes for the Benelux Countries, Bayer NV, Brussels, Belgium 1994-1996: Sales Manager Elastomers, Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany 1996-1998: Manager Marketing Unit Electrical Encapsulation and Speciality Raw Materials, Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany 1998-2001: Regional Director for Polyurethanes in South America, Bayer SA, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2001-2002: Vice President Specialities Business Group NAFTA-Region, Bayer Corp.,Pittsburgh, USA 2002-2003: Senior Vice President & Head of Polymer Solutions Americas Division, Bayer Corp., Pittsburgh, USA 2003-2004: Executive Vice President, Head of Region Europe, Middle East and Africa, Member of the Executive Committee, Bayer Polymers AG, Leverkusen, Germany 2004-2011: Executive Vice President & General Manager Business Unit Polyurethanes, Member of the Executive Committee, Bayer MaterialScience AG, Leverkusen, Germany 2011-2012: Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, Member of the Executive Committee, Bayer MaterialScience AG, Leverkusen, Germany 2012-2015: CEO & Managing Director, Treofan Group GmbH, Raunheim, Germany 2015-2018: CEO & Managing Director, CABB Group GmbH, Sulzbach, Germany since 2018: President & CEO, Neste Corp., Espoo, Finland
Membership in Legally Mandated Domestic Supervisory Boards
None
Membership in Comparable Supervisory Bodies (Domestic and international)
Regional Head of the IG BCE district southern Lower Saxony
Personal Information
Date of birth: October 17, 1958 Place of birth: Wuppertal, Germany
Education
1976: Fachoberschulreife Berufsfachschule Textiltechnik 1976-1979: Ausbildung als Laborant bei der AKZO AG in Wuppertal
Professional Career
1983: Sekretär zur Ausbildung bei der IG Chemie, Papier, Keramik im Bezirk Leverkusen 1984: Gewerkschaftssekretär bei der IG Chemie, Papier, Keramik im Bezirk Leverkusen 01/1985-02/1988: Wechsel in die Verwaltungsstelle Alfeld 03/1988-12/1997: Wechsel in die Landesbezirksleitung Nord, Hannover since 1998: Regional Head of the IG BCE district southern Lower Saxony
Membership in Legally Mandated Domestic Supervisory Boards
Symrise AG, Holzminden, Member of the Supervisory Board amedes Holding GmbH, Hamburg, Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board aenova Holding GmbH, Starnberg, Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Membership in Comparable Supervisory Bodies (Domestic and International)
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