Supervisory Board

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Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board consists of sixteen members. As a controlling body, the Supervisory Board has rights of access and information. Furthermore, the Supervisory Board assigns the annual auditor elected by the Annual General Meeting. Together with the Shareholder Committee, the Supervisory Board advises and supervises the management.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board is Klaus Kühn.

Klaus Kühn

Studies in mathematics and physics, MBA
From 1979 to 1981 IT Systems Engineering at Siemens AG
From 1981 to 1998 Head of Corporate Staff as well as Head of Finance at Schering AG
From 1998 to 2002 Head of Finance at Bayer AG
Between 2002 and 2010 Chief Financial Officer (Finanzvorstand) of Bayer AG and other functions within the Bayer Group including supervisory board chairman at Bayer CropSciences AG and Bayer Business Services GmbH
Since 2010 Member of the Shareholder Committee of HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
Since 2014 Member of the Supervisory Board of HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA as well as chairman of the Supervisory Board's Audit Committee
Since 2019 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of HELLA

Further members of the Supervisory Board:

Michaela Bittner

Since 2017, Head of Central Tasks and Administration, before from 1997 until 2017 assistant to general partner(s)
Since 2015, family officer
Since 2009, member of the HELLA supervisory board as executive employee
Since 2004, responsible for coordination of company’s corporate bodies and its family shareholders
Since 1991, numerous secretary positions at HELLA
Trilingual personal assistant, economics, certified manager, MBA management, Certified Family Officer

Heinrich-Georg Bölter

Since 2004, member of the HELLA supervisory board
Since 1990, member of the HELLA works council.
Since 2006, speaker and head of economics council
Since 2010, head of the company’s works council
Apprenticeship as toolmaker

Paul Hellmann

Apprenticeship as production mechanic
2003-2014 Quality product auditor at HELLA in Lippstadt, Germany
Member of the workers council since 2006, released as of 2014
Member of the Economic Committee since 2014
Member of the Supervisory Board of HELLA since 2019

DR. DIETRICH HUECK

Studies in law (doctorate – Dr. iur.) in Munich, Freiburg, Geneva and Austin, Texas, United States (M.C.J.)
Since 1991 Lawyer
From 1992 to 1998 Case Leader at The Boston Consulting Group, Munich, Germany
From 1998 to 2016 Founder and managing shareholder (geschäftsführender Gesellschafter) at zeros+ones GmbH
From 2003 to September 2013 Member of the Shareholder Committee of Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
From 2016 to June 2019 Founder and managing shareholder (geschäftsführender Gesellschafter) at diva-e Digital Value Excellence GmbH
Since July 2019 Shareholder and freelance advisor of diva-e Platforms GmbH
Since 2019 Member of the Supervisory Board of HELLA

Stephanie Hueck

Studies in business administration (Dipl.-Kffr.)
Studies in English, French and Spanish languages, interpreter and translator
Positions at Henrichs & Partner, Hueck Consult as well as at Gerhardi & Cie
From 2013 to 2017 Managing Shareholder (geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin) at Gerhardi Alutechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Since 2014 Member of the Supervisory Board of HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA

DR. TOBIAS HUECK

Studies in law (doctorate – Dr. iur.)
From 2012 to 2014 Law clerk with stages at, inter alia, Gleiss Lutz and the German Federal Ministry of Justice
From 2015 to 2019 Lawyer at P+P Pöllath + Partners Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater mbB
In 2018 Secondment at Macfarlanes LLP, London, United Kingdom
Since 2019 Member of the Supervisory Board of HELLA
Since 2020 Lawyer and Associated Partner at Noerr Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB

Susanna Hülsbömer

Commercial education
From 1984 until 1996, assembly worker and MAFES, and working hours office at HELLA
Since 2006, chairwoman of the HELLA works council at the Hamm location, works council member since 1994
Since 2009, member of the HELLA supervisory board
Since 2014, member of HELLA company works council

Manfred Menningen

Since 2009, member of the HELLA supervisory board
Union secretary to the management of IG Metall since 1997
Representations at IG Metall in various supervisory boards (selection): Barmag AG, ABB Deutschland AG, MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
Business administration studies
Other positions: supervisory board member at Gerry Weber International AG

Claudia Owen

Studies in social science
From 2011 to 2015 Project manager for the Martinu Festtage Basel
Since 2016 Member of the executive board of Dr. Arnold Hueck Stiftung
Since 2016 Member of the Supervisory Board of HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA

DR. THOMAS B. PAUL

Studies in law (doctorate – Dr. iur.), economics (Dipl.-Vw.) and business administration (Dipl.-Kfm.)
From 2005 to 2008 Research fellow at the Institute for Commercial law of Bonn University
Since 2009 Lawyer at Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB, since 2016 as Partner
Since 2018 Lecturer at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany
Since 2019 Member of the Supervisory Board of HELLA

BRITTA PETER

Apprenticeship as materials tester
1991-2002 Technical customer consultant at Hoesch Hohenlimburg GmbH
2002-2016 Political Secretary, IG Metall
2016-2017 Second General Manager of IG Metall Hamm-Lippstadt, also Cashier since 2017
Since 2018 First General Manager and Cashier of IG Metall Hamm-Lippstadt
Member of the Supervisory Board of HELLA since 2019

Christoph Rudiger

Member of the HELLA Supervisory Board since 2018.
Member of the Works Council of HELLA Innenleuchten-Systeme since 2012
Chairman and deputy chairman of the Group Works Council since 2006
Apprenticeship as carpenter

CHARLOTTE SÖTJE

Studies in law (Ass. iur.)
From 1999 to 2007 Managing shareholder (geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin) of Cato-Catering GmbH, Berlin, Germany
From 2011 to 2012 Further training to become a mediator
From 1998 to 2019 Independent lawyer
Since 2012 Independent mediator
Since 2019 Member of the Supervisory Board of HELLA