Supervisory Board
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The Supervisory Board of Praktiker AG comprises 16 members. In accordance with the German Law of Industrial Codetermination, it will equally consist of eight members representing the shareholders, who are elected by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, and eight members representing the employees.
Supervisory board chairman is Dr. Kersten v. Schenck and Marliese Grewenig is his deputy.
The shareholders' representatives to the Supervisory Board are expected to serve their appointments until the conclusion of the General Shareholders’ Meeting that decides about the notification and release for the financial year 2012.
The supervisory board has four committees with equal representation of shareholders and employees, namely the supervisory board presidium, the audit committee, the personnel committee and the committee in accordance with Sec. 27 para. 3 MitbestG (German Co-Determination Act). There is also a nomination committee filled with representatives of the shareholders, which is intended to propose suitable candidates to the supervisory board for the election proposals it submits to the annual general meeting. The composition of the committees are shown in the following list.
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Members of the supervisory board are:
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Dr. Kersten v. Schenck (Chairman)
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Attorney at law and notary public
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Chairman of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH
Member of the supervisory board of ThyssenKrupp AG
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Marliese Grewenig*
(Vice Chairwoman)
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Chairwoman of the General Workers Council of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH and of the Group Workers Council of Praktiker AG
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Vice Chairwoman of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH |
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Dr. Norbert Bensel
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Independent Management Consultant and President of Hochschule für Internationale Wirtschaft und Logistik
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Member of the supervisory board of DEVK Deutsche Eisenbahn Versicherung Sach- und HUK-Versicherungsverein a.G. Betriebliche Sozialeinrichtung der Deutschen Bahn Member of the supervisory board of ecotel communications AG Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH Chairman of the supervisory board of TransCare AG |
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Member of the advisory board of BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG Member of the advisory board of BREUER Nachrichtentechnik GmbH Member of the advisory board of IQ Martrade Holding- und Managementgesellschaft mbH Member of the board of directors of Qnamic AG, Switzerland |
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Ulrich Grillo
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Chief Executive Officer of Grillo-Werke AG
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Member of the supervisory board of IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG Member of the supervisory board of mateco AG Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH |
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Dr. Kay Hafner
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Managing Partner of HAFNER & CIE. Corporate Advisory Services GmbH
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Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH |
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Member of the advisory board of Dietz AG Member of the advisory board of L. Stroetmann GmbH & Co. KG Member of the advisory board of proFagus GmbH |
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Ebbe Pelle Jacobsen
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Chief Executive Officer („PDG“) of Delsey SA, France
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Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH |
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Chairman of the supervisory board („Formand for Bestyrelsen“) of BoConcept A/S, Denmark Chairman of the supervisory board („Styreformand“) of HAG/RH/RBM Group, Norway Chairman of the supervisory board („Ordförande“) of NetonNet AB, Sweden |
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Gabriele Kanter*
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Employee and chairwoman of the workers council of the Max Bahr store in Schwerin
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Ulrich Kruse*
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Chairman of the General Workers Council of Max Bahr Holzhandlung GmbH & Co. KG
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Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH |
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Johann C. Lindenberg
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Businessman
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Member of the supervisory board of BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Member of the supervisory board of Esso Deutschland GmbH Member of the supervisory board of ExxonMobil Central Europe Holding GmbH Member of the supervisory board of Gruner & Jahr AG & Co KG Chairman of the supervisory board of Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH |
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Chairman of the supervisory board of Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Bau GmbH & Co. KG |
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Alexander Michel*
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Department head Praktiker Deutschland GmbH
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Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH |
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Zygmunt Mierdorf
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Management Consultant
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Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH Member of the supervisory board of TÜV Süd AG |
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Member of the board of directors of Wagner International AG, Switzerland |
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Cora Peters*
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Procurement Manager in the garden department, instructor in the store Braunschweig (Kurze Kampstraße) of Praktiker Baumärkte GmbH Vice Chairwoman of the General Workers Council of Praktiker Baumärkte GmbH
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Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH |
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Rigobert Rumpf*
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Department head in the store Kaiserslautern of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH
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Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH |
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Jörg Wiedemuth*
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Trade union secretary in the national administrative office of the ver.di union
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Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH Member of the supervisory board of Kaiser’s Tengelmann GmbH |
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Prof. Dr. Harald Wiedmann
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Attorney at law, tax advisor, auditor
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Member of the supervisory board of Merz GmbH & Co. KGaA Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH Member of the supervisory board of Prime Office AG Member of the supervisory board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG Member of the supervisory board of Senator GmbH & Co. KGaA |
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Chairman of the advisory board of Berenberg Bank Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG |
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Rüdiger Wolff*
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Trade union secretary in the national administrative office of the ver.di union
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Member of the supervisory board of Galeria Kaufhof GmbH Member of the supervisory board of Praktiker Deutschland GmbH |
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* Employee representative
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Member of other statutory supervisory boards of domestic companies |
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Member of comparable German and foreign boards of business enterprises |
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