Supervisory Board
Members, Committees and Remuneration of the Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board appoints the members of the Executive Board and supervises and advises it in managing the company. The Supervisory Board is directly involved in decisions of material importance to the Company.
The chairman of the Supervisory Board coordinates its work and represents it vis-à-vis third parties. He maintains regular contact between meetings with the Executive Board, and in particular with its chairman, to discuss issues relating to the company’s strategy, business development, risk management and compliance.
The Supervisory Board is composed in accordance with the German Co-determination Act (Mitbestimmungsgesetz – MitbestG) and the company’s Articles of Incorporation - pdf (161KB). Half the members of the Supervisory Board are elected by the shareholders in the Shareholders’ Meeting, while the other half are elected by the employees of Continental AG and its German subsidiaries.
The members elected by the employees of Continental AG and its German subsidiaries are marked with * below.
Members of the Supervisory Board
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Reitzle
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Year of birth: 1949
Nationality: German
First elected: 2009
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2026 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Chairman
- Member in various supervisory boards
Year of birth: 1970
Nationality: German
First elected: 2019
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2029 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Vice Chairman
- Chairman of the Corporate Works Council of Continental AG and Chairman of the Works Council of Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH, Stöcken Site
Year of birth: 1986
Nationality: German
First appointed: 2024
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2029 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Head of Marketing & Strategy of Business Area Industrial Solutions EMEA, ContiTech
Year of birth: 1974
Nationality: German
First elected: 2022
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2028 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Chief Executive Officer of Brussels Airlines SA/NV
Year of birth: 1972
Nationality: Italian
First appointed: 2018
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2029 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Member of the Central Board of Executive Directors, IG BCE (Mining Chemical, and Energy Industries Union)
Year of birth: 1975
Nationality: German
First appointed: 2025
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2029 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Trade union secretary / District leader of the IGBCE, Kassel
Year of birth: 1952
Nationality: USA
First elected: 2019
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2026 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Management Advisor
Year of birth: 1972
Nationality: German
First elected: 2019
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2028 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Member of the Partners´ Committee at the Knauf Group
Year of birth: 1964
Nationality: German
First appointed: 2025
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2029 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Chairwoman of the Works Council of Konrad Hornschuch AG, Weißbach
Year of birth: 1963
Nationality: German
First appointed: 2025
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2029 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- District leader of the IGBCE, Hanover
Year of birth: 1968
Nationality: German
First elected: 2014
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2026 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Managing Partner of NEUSS-TECH-Consult GmbH
Year of birth: 1954
Nationality: German
First elected: 2014
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2028 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Member in various supervisory boards
Year of birth: 1966
Nationality: German
First elected: 2009
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2028 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Chief Executive Officer of Schaeffler AG, Herzogenaurach
Year of birth: 1964
Nationality: German
First elected: 2009
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2026 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Family Shareholder of INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG and Managing Director of IHO Verwaltungs GmbH
Year of birth: 1969
Nationality: French and German
First appointed: 2025
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2026 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Member in various supervisory boards
Year of birth: 1966
Nationality: German
First elected: 2004
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2029 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Chairman of the Works Council for the Korbach Plant and Chairman of the European Works Council
Year of birth: 1988
Nationality: German
First elected: 2024
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2029 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Chairman of the Works Council of Benecke-Kaliko AG, Hanover-Vinnhorst
- Chairman of the Central Works Council Rubber Group
Year of birth: 1968
Nationality: German
First appointed: 2025
Elected until: The current term of office lasts until the end of the 2029 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
- Chairwoman of the Works Council of Vergoelst GmbH, Hanover
Member of the Committees
Members:
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Reitzle (Chairman)
- Hasan Allak
- Francesco Grioli
- Georg F. W. Schaeffler
Members:
- Prof. Dr. Rolf Nonnenmacher (Chairman)
- Francesco Grioli
- Michael Linnartz
- Klaus Rosenfeld
- Georg F. W. Schaeffler
- Matthias Tote
Members:
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Reitzle (Chairman)
- Isabel Corinna Knauf
- Prof. Dr. Rolf Nonnenmacher
- Georg F. W. Schaeffler
Members:
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Reitzle (Chairman)
- Hasan Allak
- Francesco Grioli
- Georg F. W. Schaeffler
