Wacker Chemie AG’s Supervisory Board
Responsibilities and composition
The Supervisory Board appoints, oversees and advises the Executive Board and is directly involved in all decisions of crucial importance to WACKER.
It comprises 16 members with an equal number of shareholder and employee representatives, including leading managers from industry, finance and law, as well as labor union representatives and skilled workers.
You can find detailed information in our latest annual report.
Dr. Peter-Alexander Wacker
Born in 1951
Former President & CEO of Wacker Chemie AG, businessman
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2008
- 1971 - 1976: Studied Business Administration at the Universities of Vienna, Geneva and Munich
- 1980: Obtained doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.)
- 1978 - 1992: BMW AG, various sales and marketing positions
- 1992 - 1995: TMG consultancy
- 1993 - 1996: Wacker Chemie GmbH, member of the Supervisory Board
- 1996 - 2008: Wacker Chemie GmbH / Wacker Chemie AG, spokesman for the Executive Board / President & CEO
- Since 2008: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wacker Chemie AG
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Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Blue Elephant Energy AG
Chairman of the Administrative Council and Board of Trustees of ifo Institute – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.
Born in 1955
Managing Director of Impacting l GmbH & Co. KG and Impact GmbH
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2015
1975 – 1984
Studied Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration at the Technical University of Munich (TUM; qualified engineer, qualified industrial engineer)
1978 – 1979
Rotary Foundation scholarship, University of Illinois, USA
1982 – 1984
Assistant at the Chair of Flight Propulsion at the TUM
1984
Obtained doctorate (Dr. Ing.)
1984 – 2012
McKinsey & Company, Inc., New York
Since 2012
Managing Director, Impacting I GmbH & Co. KG and Impact GmbH
Since 2013
Lectureship at the TUM (Finance and Accounting)
Since 2019
Honorary professor at the TUM (School of Management)
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Chairman of the Advisory Council of ATHOS Service GmbH
Member of the Board of Directors of Ashok Leyland, Chennai, India
Member of the Supervisory Board of Aixtron SE
Born in 1968
Director General, Bavarian State Chancellery
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2013
1995
Second State Examination in Law, Munich
2002
Obtained doctorate (Dr. jur.)
1996 – 2018
Functions in various Bavarian State Ministries
Since 2018
Director General, Bavarian State Chancellery
Born in 1966
Attorney
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2008
1995
Second State Examination in Law
1995 – 2021
Attorney and in-house lawyer, UniCredit Bank AG
Since November 2021
Attorney
Born in 1950
Former Chairman of the Executive Board and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Webasto SE
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2001
1976 – 1992
Various positions at Daimler-Benz
1992
Member of the Executive Board of Audi AG
1993
Chairman of the Executive Board of Audi AG
1994 – 1998
Member of the Executive Board of Webasto AG
1998 – 2013
Chairman of the Executive Board of Webasto AG
2004 – 2012
Member of the Executive Board of the VDA (Association of the German Automotive Industry)
2013 – 2018
Member of the Supervisory Board of Webasto SE
2018 – 2019
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Webasto SE
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Chairman of the Advisory Council of Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG
Member of the Board of Directors of Autoliv Inc., USA
Born in 1988
Attorney and in-house lawyer / investment manager
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2018
2006 – 2008
Diploma of Higher Education in International Relations & Modern History
2008 – 2011
BA Corporate Management & Economics
2020
Second State Examination in Law
Since 2020
Attorney
Since 2021
In-house lawyer and investment manager (family office)
Born in 1984
Certified German Public Auditor / Certified German Tax Advisor
Professor of General Business Studies, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2022
2008
Degree in business administration at the University of Mannheim
2011
Obtained doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.)
2008 – 2014
Ernst & Young, GmbH, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Freiburg and Stuttgart, various functions, most recently as manager/engagement leader for auditing (authorized signatory)
Since 2014
Auditing and tax advisory firm, Burghaun
Since 2015
Professorship in General Business Studies, specializing in financial accounting, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences
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Member of the Supervisory Board of Aixtron SE
Born in 1961
Commercial lawyer, partner and founding member of the law firm Weiss Walter Fischer-Zernin
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2008
1989
Second State Examination in Law
Since 1989
Commercial lawyer
1994
Obtained doctorate (Dr. jur.)
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Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board, ROFA INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION AG
Member of the Supervisory Board of Porr AG, Austria
Member of the Supervisory Board of Spielvereinigung Unterhaching
Member of the Supervisory Board of UBM Development AG, Austria
Born in 1971
Chairman of the Employee Council, Burghausen Site, Wacker Chemie AG
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2003
1995 – 1997
Trade union secretary, IG BCE labor union
Since 1998
Full-time member of the Employee Council, Burghausen Site, Wacker Chemie AG
Since 2005
State-certified HR specialist
Since 2016
Chairman of the Employee Council, Burghausen Site, Wacker Chemie AG
Born in 1960
Deputy Chairman of the Group Employee Council, Wacker Chemie AG
Member of the Supervisory Board since 1998
1998
Certified HR specialist (IHK Chamber of Industry and Commerce)
Since 1990
Full-time member of the Employee Council, Wacker Chemie AG
Since 2006
Deputy Chairman of the Group Employee Council, Wacker Chemie AG
Born in 1971
District Chairman of the IG BCE labor union, Altötting
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2021
1990 – 1994
Qualified as an energy electronics technician
1994 – 1996
FOS Schwandorf
1997 – 2000
Studied Social Work, Regensburg
Since 2000
Different positions in various departments of the IG BCE labor union
Since 2020
District Chairman of the IG BCE labor union, Altötting
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Member of the Supervisory Board of Siltronic AG
Born in 1977
Member of the Employee Council, Burghausen Site, Wacker Chemie AG
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2018
1993 - 1996
Qualified as a chemical technician
2001 – 2003
Went on to qualify as a master technician in chemistry and environmental technology
Since 2011
Full-time member of the Employee Council, Burghausen Site, Wacker Chemie AG
Born in 1961
Chairman of the General and Group Employee Councils, Wacker Chemie AG
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2003
1976 – 1979
Qualified as a building fitter
1979 – 1985
Steel construction fitter
1985 – 2008
Further qualified as a state-certified power plant operator (boiler operator)
Since 1994
Member of the Employee Council, Burghausen Site, Wacker Chemie AG
Since 1998
Full-time member of the Employee Council, Burghausen Site, Wacker Chemie AG
Since 2002
Chairman of the General and Group Employee Councils, Wacker Chemie AG
Born in 1980
Deputy Chairwoman of the General Employee Council of Wacker Chemie AG
Deputy Chairwoman of the Employee Council, Burghausen Site, Wacker Chemie AG
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2017
1996 – 2000
Qualified as a chemical technician
2000 – 2006
Machine operator / chemical technician
Since 2006
Full-time member of the Employee Council
Since 2014
Deputy Chairwoman of the Employee Council, Burghausen Site, Wacker Chemie AG
Since 2018
Deputy Chairwoman of the General Employee Council, Wacker Chemie AG
Born in 1965
Regional head of the IG BCE labor union, Bavaria
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2019
1982 – 1985
Industrial mechanic, E. Merck, Darmstadt
1988 – 1989
Studied at the Akademie der Arbeit (“Academy of Labor”), Frankfurt
Since 1990
Different positions in various departments of the IG BCE labor union
Since 2018
Regional head of the IG BCE labor union, Bavaria
At present
Alongside work, studying Politics and Sociology at the FernUniversität of Hagen (Distance-Teaching University)
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Member of the Supervisory Board of adidas AG
Born in 1972
Head of Quality, WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS, Wacker Chemie AG
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2020
1991 – 1996
Studied Biology at Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich (qualified biologist)
2000
Obtained doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.), Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen
Since 2014
Head of Quality, WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS, Wacker Chemie AG