By way of a resolution dated December 13, 2022, the Supervisory Board has adopted the following Rules of Procedure:
Rules of Procedure of the Board of Management of Brenntag SE
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Board of Management
Jens Birgersson
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Management of Brenntag SE
- Nationality: Swedish
- Year of birth: 1967
- Place of birth: Skerike, Sweden
| Member of the Board of Management since September 1, 2025 | |
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| Specific expertise and experience | Jens Birgersson is a dynamic and visionary CEO with a proven track record of driving profitable and sustainable growth. He has three decades of international leadership experience with a proven track record of guiding organizations to success through strategic vision, technology leadership and effective execution. He brings extensive, on-the-ground experience across five continents, including CEO roles in Europe, Australia, and the United States, with over 10 cross-border relocations. |
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Thomas Reisten
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Management of Brenntag SE
- Nationality: German
- Year of birth: 1972
- Place of birth: Düren, Germany
| Member of the Board of Management since April 1, 2025 | ||
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| Specific expertise and experience | Thomas Reisten is an international management executive with in-depth expertise in finance and capital markets and extensive experience in the financial and strategic management of global companies. He possesses strong skills in building efficient organisations, achieving ambitious business goals and implementing cost efficiency programs. His professional career includes management positions in Germany, the UK, Japan, India, Ireland and Romania. | |
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| Career | Since April 2025 | CFO and Member of the Management Board, Brenntag SE, Essen, Germany |
| 2020 – 2024 | CFO and Executive Director, Member of the Management Board, Vantage Towers AG, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| 1998 – 2020 | Various positions at Vodafone: including CFO in the UK, India, Ireland and the AMAP region | |
| Education and Training | 1993 – 1998 | Business economics (Diploma), University Münster, Germany |
| Supervisory Board mandates at non-group companies or comparable functions | None. | |
Michael Björn Friede
Chief Executive Officer Brenntag Specialties
Chief Executive Officer Brenntag Specialties and member of the Board of Management of Brenntag SE
- Nationality: German
- Year of birth: 1980
- Place of birth: Gronau (Leine) ,Germany
| Member of the Board of Management since April 1, 2023 | ||
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| Specific expertise and experience | Michael Friede has many years of international management experience, proven market knowledge and a profound understanding of the specialty chemicals sector. | |
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| Career | Since 2023 | CEO Brenntag Specialties and Member of the Board of Management, Brenntag SE, Essen, Germany |
| 2021 - 2023 | Member of the Executive Committee, Chief Commercial Officer – Performance Coatings, Akzo Nobel N.V., Amsterdam, the Netherlands | |
| 2017 - 2021 | Executive Vice President, Business Unit Head Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties, COVESTRO Deutschland AG, Leverkusen, Germany | |
| 2014 - 2017 | CEO & President, COVESTRO Elastomers SAS, Romans, France | |
| 2001 - 2014 | Various positions at BAYER Group, Leverkusen, Germany, and Pittsburgh, USA: a.o. Vice President Global Key Accounts, Business Unit Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties; Vice President Procurement & Trading NAFTA | |
| Education and Training | 2013 | Business Economics Program, Oxford University, Oxford, England |
| 2011 | Executive Summer School, London School of Economics, London, England | |
| 2004 - 2005 | International MBA, Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada | |
| 2001 - 2004 | Dual trainee program with focus on finance and accounting, University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management, Essen, and Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany | |
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